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Article: Year in Review

Mark F. Turner's Best of 2014

by Mark F. Turner
January 9, 2015

Typically, when music is labeled it gets thrown into a box that limits its artistic scope. But the four letter word “jazz" in today's environment obliterates typical categorization as found in these diverse releases. Ambrose Akinmusire The imagined savior is far easier to paint (Blue Note)

Article: Year in Review

2014: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 5, 2015

The year 2014 turned out to be a year noteworthy for its numbers. Newport turned 60, Blue Note turned 75, International Jazz Day's third edition featured 900 events in more than 190 countries. The jazz world lost seven of its NEA Jazz Masters, and New Orleans trumpeter Lionel Ferbos died at 103. Sad but not unexpected, ...

Album

The imagined savior is far easier to paint

By Ambrose Akinmusire

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Marie Christie; As We Fight (willie penrose); Our Basement (ed); Vartha; Memo (g. learson); The Beauty of Dissolving Portraits; Asiam (joan); Bubbles; Ceaseless Inexhaustible Child (cyntoia brown); Rollcall for Those Absent; J.E. Nilmah (Ecclesiastes 6:10); inflatedbyspinning; Richard (conduit).

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Michael Janisch

by AAJ Staff
December 29, 2014

Meet Michael Janisch:Freelance double & electric bassist, composer, producer, record label owner & bandleader from the USA, resident since 2005 in London, England. Performances with Joe Lovano, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, George Garzone, Dianne Reeves, Shirley Horn, Evan Parker, Gary Husband, Joe Locke, Walter Smith III, Mike Moreno, Jason Palmer, Jon Irabagon, Logan Richardson, Will ...

Article: Live Review

Steve Coleman and Five Elements at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
December 24, 2014

Steve Coleman and Five Elements SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA December 14, 2014 “The main thing that I consciously try to follow is things I find in nature, in universe. Basically I see the universe as sort of giant palette of forms within forms."--Steve Coleman He is a 2014 MacArthur ...

Article: Jazzin' Around Europe

Festival Jazz International Promotes Rotterdam Renaissance

by Phillip Woolever
December 21, 2014

After an excellent full day program centered by national talent at Rotterdam's Festival Jazz International, two strong impressions rang very clear. The first was that considering current performers, experimentation and ongoing tradition, the Netherlands is obviously one of the per capita international leaders regarding the size and scope of a national jazz scene.

News: Award / Grant

Grammy Nomination for Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra “Live – I Hear The Sound” Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

December 7, 2014

Archie Shepp - tenor & soprano saxophones, voice with Jimmy Owens (conductor), Amina Claudine Myers, Marion Rampal, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Tom McClung, Famoudou Don Moye, Reggie Washington, Pierre Durand, Stéphane Belmondo, Izidor Leitinger, Christophe Leloil, Olivier Miconi, Sébastien Llado, Simon Sieger, Romain Morello, Michaël Ballue, Raphaël Imbert, Olivier Chaussade, François Théberge, Virgile Lefebvre, Jean-Philippe Scali, Manon ...

Article: Interview

Jason Moran: Joyful Proclamations

by Franz A. Matzner
November 24, 2014

Jason Moran requires no introduction, either as an artistic alchemist or a spokesperson and educator. Moran has left an indelible mark on modern jazz and is now seated at one of the nation's most preeminent performing spaces--the Kennedy Center--as its artistic director for jazz. Already, his capacity for insight, humor, and innovation have launched a new ...

News: Award / Grant

Marquis Hill Wins the Thelonious Monk Competition

November 16, 2014

The winner of the 2014 Thelonious Monk International Trumpet Competition is Marquis Hill. Raised on the south side of Chicago, Mr. Hill, 27, is a veteran of that city’s jazz scene and a product of its institutions—he earned a masters degree in jazz pedagogy from DePaul University and plays in the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. He’s currently ...

Article: Album Review

Somi: The Lagos Music Salon

Read "The Lagos Music Salon" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 22, 2014

L'attuale rinascita del soul, nella nuova connessione tra radici storiche, jazz, hip-hop e Africa non è solo europea (inglese e francese, soprattutto). Evidenziata da giovani cantanti nere con precise radici africane, trova in Somi una figura di crescente rilevanza, destinata ad ampio successo. 33 anni, nata negli Stati Uniti da genitori provenienti da ...