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Article: Album Review

Simon Nabatov/Mark Dresser/Dominik Mahnig: Equal Poise

Read "Equal Poise" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Russian born pianist Simon Nabatov has been composing since early childhood. His career has placed his residences in Italy, New York (where he studied at Juilliard), and Germany, where he finally settled. He has worked or recorded with Barre Phillips, Ray Anderson, Ed Schuller and, as a leader, has recorded in a variety of settings from ...

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Article: Jazzin' Around Europe

Bergamo Jazz 2016

Read "Bergamo Jazz 2016" reviewed by Francesco Martinelli


For the first time under the artistic direction of trumpeter Dave Douglas, the 38th edition of the Bergamo Jazz Festival--one of Europe's longest running jazz events--invaded the ancient and noble city in the North of Italy with a joyous celebration of the music's diversity. The beautifully restored Teatro Sociale in the Città Alta--Bergamo's ancient ...

Article: Live Review

Bergamo Jazz 2016

Read "Bergamo Jazz 2016" reviewed by Libero Farnè


Bergamo Jazz 2016 13-20 mar. Tutto sommato Bergamo Jazz 2016 ha tenuto fede alle parole programmatiche di Dave Douglas, suo nuovo direttore artistico, tese a presentare “un ampio spaccato di alcune delle espressioni di questa musica in costante evoluzione...," in considerazione anche del fatto che essa “ci arriva in varie forme e ...

Article: Album Review

Convergence Quartet: Owl Jacket

Read "Owl Jacket" reviewed by Stefano Merighi


Il sodalizio del Convergence Quartet, benchè saltuario, rimane vitale e convincente, come dimostra questo Owl Jacket, che offre un repertorio vario e ben strutturato, arrivando a toccare le corde di un lirismo accorato, come ad esempio nell'iniziale “Dogbe Na Wo Lo," vicina a certe cose del Don Cherry “folklorico." Una melodia curiosamente affine ...

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Article: Live Review

Hamid Drake Carte Blanche at Bimhuis Amsterdam: PUNKT+ICP

Read "Hamid Drake Carte Blanche at Bimhuis Amsterdam: PUNKT+ICP" reviewed by Henning Bolte


Hamid Drake, Punkt + ICP Bimhuis Carte Blanche Amsterdam January 23, 2016 World-renowned Amsterdam Bimhuis invited illustrious Chicagoan drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake for a carte blanche night on January 23rd. This article covers the event and adds some background notes. Hamid Drake frequently performs at this venue. To date he played ...

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Alexander Hawkins Trio

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Sweet Duke; Song Singular - Owl (friendly) – Canon; One Tree Found; Perhaps 5 or 6 Different Colours; 40HB (for Taylor Ho Bynum); AHRA; Baobabs + SGrA*; Blue Notes for a Blue Note (Joy To You).

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Article: Year in Review

John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2015

Read "John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2015" reviewed by John Sharpe


Here in no special order are ten new releases, reviewed in All About Jazz, which stood out among those I heard this year. Mats Gustafsson Hidros 6 Knockin' (Not Two Records) An avant-garde jazz composition based on the songs of '50s rocker Little Richard. Really? Yep, that's the premise ...

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Article: Album Review

Sant'anna Arresi Quintet By Evan Parker: Filu ‘E Ferru

Read "Filu ‘E Ferru" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The differences between British free jazz and American is an often debated subject. Certainly in the 1960s, at the genesis of free playing, the ocean's divide between continents was easily identifiable. The African and African/American tradition of Jazz informed the experiments of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, John Coltrane, and Anthony Braxton, while the UK players ...

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Article: Live Review

Keith Jarrett At The National Concert Hall, Dublin

Read "Keith Jarrett At The National Concert Hall, Dublin" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Keith Jarrett National Concert Hall Dublin, Ireland November 17, 2015 Following a solo performance in Dublin's National Concert Hall in 1982, Keith Jarrett's Irish fans would have to wait thirty one years for his return--another solo gig, in early 2013. Therefore, the news that Dublin was on Jarrett's short European tour ...

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Article: Album Review

Sant'Anna Arresi Quintet by Evan Parker: Filu ‘e Ferru

Read "Filu ‘e Ferru" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Live alla ventinovesima edizione della rassegna di Sant'Anna Arresi, Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz, il 2 gennaio 2015, l'album, prontamente prodotto dall'Associazione Culturale Punta Giara, riunisce un'autentica all stars del jazz sperimentale, alle sue più vaste latitudini: c'è l'avanguardia storica europea di Evan Parker, responsabile nominale del quintetto, quella di seconda generazione, neroamericana (Hamid Drake) ...


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