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Simon Nabatov/Mark Dresser/Dominik Mahnig: Equal Poise
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 ...
Bergamo Jazz 2016
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 ...
Bergamo Jazz 2016
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 ...
Convergence Quartet: Owl Jacket
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 ...
Hamid Drake Carte Blanche at Bimhuis Amsterdam: PUNKT+ICP
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 ...
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).
John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2015
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 ...
Sant'anna Arresi Quintet By Evan Parker: Filu ‘E Ferru
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 ...
Keith Jarrett At The National Concert Hall, Dublin
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 ...
Sant'Anna Arresi Quintet by Evan Parker: Filu ‘e Ferru
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) ...



