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Album

Tide

Label: Elemental Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Side 1: Girl From Ipanema; Carinhoso; Tema Jazz; Sue Ann; Remember. Side 2: Tide; Takatanga; Caribe; Rockanalia.

Album

Flor

By Gretchen Parlato

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: É Preciso Perdoar; Sweet Love; Magnus; Rosa; What Does a Lion Say?; Roy Allan; Wonderful; Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007: Minuet I / II; No Plan.

News: Event

Djerassi Films Presents: Resurrection! Airto Moreira And Preservation Hall Jazz Band At The 24th Unaff

October 16, 2021

Djerassi Films is excited to present Resurrection! Airto Moreira and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the 24th UNAFF on Saturday, Oct. 23rd. In this new documentary, producer/director Dale Djerassi brings two powerful forces in the world of jazz together and takes us behind the scenes as famed percussionist Airto Moreira joins the Preservation Hall Jazz ...

News: TV / Film

Djerassi Films Presents 'Resurrection! Airto Moreira And Preservation Hall Jazz Band'

October 2, 2021

With an upcoming premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival Djerassi Films is excited to present Resurrection! Airto Moreira and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. In this new documentary, producer/director Dale Djerassi brings two powerful forces in the world of jazz together and takes us behind the scenes as famed percussionist Airto Moreira joins the Preservation Hall ...

Article: Album Review

Marcos Resende & Index: Marcos Resende & Index

Read "Marcos Resende & Index" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 10, 2021

This debut, eponymous recording by Brazilian keyboard wizard Marcos Resende was recorded in Rio de Janeiro in late summer 1976. This was a truly glorious time for progressive instrumental music in Brazil, as you can hear in the discographies of Eumir Deodato, Marcos Valle, Airto Moreira and many other artists. Resende put together a ...

Article: From the Inside Out

Italian Spirits, Dubé Debuts and Chasing (Mahogany) Frogs

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 2, 2021

Paul Colombo Group Rio Crystal Vectordisc Records 2020 Rio Crystal is the perfect title for this bright and clear, warm and sunny set led by guitarist Paul Colombo. Its frontline pairs Colombo's nimble guitar with keyboardist Ron Thomas, supported by bassist Andy Alonso and drummer Chris ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Airto Moreira

August 5, 2021

All About Jazz is celebrating Airto Moreira's birthday today! Airto Moreira made an immediate impact on the American jazz scene by being the first Brazilian percussionist to be playing a lot of different instruments at the same time. He brought them all together with an avant-garde, progressive sensibility, and revolutionized the role of percussion, both in ...

Article: Interview

Gary Bartz At 80: On Jazz Is Dead, Miles Davis And Why Improvisation Is A Dirty Word

by Rob Garratt
May 5, 2021

It's hard to talk to Gary Bartz about music. Not because he's a difficult or reluctant interviewee—quite the opposite. In fact, the 80-year-old saxophonist is refreshingly unguarded and garrulous when looking back over his formidable six-decade musical career. It's just finding the right words that's the tricky part. Like many musicians, jazz isn't one ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Dennis Winge

by AAJ Staff
March 10, 2021

Meet Dennis WingeDennis is a professional guitarist living in Ithaca, NY and performs in a variety of musical settings throughout the Finger Lakes including his jazz ensemble, The Way (rock cover band), Matrix flute & guitar duo, Dupree (Steely Dan cover band), solo work and more. Having started to learn guitar at age seven, ...

Article: Album Review

Gretchen Parlato: Flor

by Angelo Leonardi
March 8, 2021

Dopo un'assenza di sei anni dedicati alla maternità, Gretchen Parlato torna con un album magistrale per l'equilibrio che esprime tra ricercatezza, lirismo e intatta spinta a riformulare creativamente i brani. A capo di un nuovo organico--arricchito da Gerald Clayton al piano e tastiere, Mark Guiliana alla batteria e Airto Moreira alle percussioni e voce, in veste ...