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What Jazz Is Best For Running?
by Steve Cook
New York City isn't just an epicenter for the music that All About Jazz readers love. It is also home to the largest marathon in the world. With tens of thousands training for the upcoming race, this edition of The Big Question considers: What jazz is best for running? The following reflects on the question through ...
Firenze Jazz Festival 2022
by Neri Pollastri
Firenze Jazz Festival Firenze Varie sedi 6-10.9.2022 Il Firenze Jazz Festival 2022 era programmato in due parti distinte: la prima, denominata Preview, si è svolta da mercoledì 6 a sabato 10 settembre; la seconda, più articolata, la settimana successiva, da mercoledì 14 a domenica 18 settembre. Daremo qui conto di ...
Thumbscrew, Mali Obomsawin and John Escreet
by Maurice Hogue
A few new releases by trios to contemplate and explore in this episode, highlighted by the latest from Thumbscrew, that stellar threesome of Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek and Tomas Fujiwara. Multi-colored Midnight is one of their best to date. Also on the bill, pianist John Escreet, The Bad Plus's latest with new members Ben Monder and ...
Anat Cohen, Mal Waldron, Roberto Ottaviano, Trevor Dunn & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Music by, or inspired by, Charles Mingus, Mal Waldron, Brazil, Humanity... and the Convulsionaries... To know more... click on the embedded player and happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Anat Cohen “Boa Tarde Povo" Quartetinho (Anzic) 0:16 Host talks 5:08 Roberto Ottaviano, Alexander Hawkins “Hobo Ho" ...
Zoh Amba, Janel Leppin, & Roberto Ottaviano and Alexander Hawkins
by Maurice Hogue
Free jazz saxophonist Zoh Amba has had much attention focused on her in a fairly short time, and a new album with drummer Francisco Mela will keep those spotlights firmly in place. There's also a track from her debut, Oh Sun!. Cellist Janel Leppin leads a great band on her new Ensemble Volcanic Ash, while Chicago ...
Roberto Ottaviano, Alexander Hawkins: Charlie's Blue Skylight
by Neri Pollastri
Roberto Ottaviano non poteva non celebrare il centenario della nascita di Charles Mingus, uno dei musicisti che più ha influenzato la sua poetica e al quale già aveva già dedicato un lavoro con i suoi Six Mobiles, Mingus: Portrait in Six Colours, in occasione del decennale dalla scomparsa. Lo fa in formazione minima, assieme cioè in ...
Stephanie McKay, Timo Lassy, Alexander Hawkins, Kit Downes & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Welcome back to our weekly tasting menu of the best new jazz delicacies the international scene has to offer. This week we highlight two releases that draw attention to historic developments with stellar rosters of contributing artists, Music for Ukraine and Black Lives—from Generation to Generation, and on the brand new album by the Michael Leonhart ...
The Gathering—Roots & Branches of Los Angeles Jazz, Survival Unit II & Hot Heroes
by Maurice Hogue
With only one opportunity left to program some music to recognize Black History Month, I decided to dedicate the last hour music by some of the great Black musicians making their own history (Andrew Cyrille, William Parker, Wadada Leo Smith and Graham Haynes & Oliver Lake of OGJB) and The Gathering: Roots And Branches of Los ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa, Emile Parisien & Felix Henkelhausen
by Maurice Hogue
Several debut recordings on this episode for you and music from Rudresh Mahanthappa & his Hero Trio, drummer Maximilian Hering from Germany, bassist Felix Henkelhausen also from Germany, the trio In Real Time (Carol Liebowitz, Adam Lane & Andrew Drury), Argentinean bass clarinetist Emma Famin, French saxophonist Emile Parisien & the striking duo of saxophonist Dave ...
Moers Festival Interviews: Tomeka Reid
by Martin Longley
The Moers Festival has been operating its Improviser In Residence initiative since 2008, inviting artists every year to dwell in a designated house on Klein Allee, very close to this German city's expansive Schlosspark. The 'Residence' part of the title is quite extreme, as each successive musician is given the keys for a full year's inhabitation, ...
