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Article: Interview

Levon Eskenian: Giving Voice to the Sacred Lineage of Armenian Music

by Nenad Georgievski
June 15, 2025

It is not often you come across a musician whose work feels like a bridge--between cultures, centuries, and inner worlds. Levon Eskenian, the Armenian musician and artistic director behind the Gurdjieff Ensemble, is one of those rare figures. Through his thoughtful arrangements and deep cultural understanding, he has led the Ensemble in reimagining the music of ...

Article: Album Review

Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky

Read "After the Last Sky" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
May 19, 2025

Fin dal suo esordio la musica del suonatore di oud tunisino Anouar Brahem ha oscillato tra i tre poli della musica tradizionale classica araba, l'improvvisazione jazzistica e la musica classica europea di stampo cameristico, generalmente adattando le quantità di ogni singolo componente ai musicisti scelti per interpretarla. Dopo i primi due album nei quali ...

Article: Live Review

Anouar Brahem Quartet alla Elbphilharmonie di Amburgo

by Mario Calvitti
May 16, 2025

Anouar Brahem Quartet Elbphilharmonie, Laeiszhall Amburgo 1 Maggio 2025 In occasione della pubblicazione del suo nuovo lavoro After the Last Sky il musicista tunisino suonatore di oud Anouar Brahem ha intrapreso un breve tour promozionale in alcune città europee, toccando Francia, Olanda, Germania, Svizzera e Belgio, in compagnia degli stessi musicisti ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Anouar Brahem, Joona Toivanen, Sullivan Fortner, Claudio Filippini & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 25, 2025

A playlist featuring music inspired by New Orleans, Gaza and Africa, and then an unearthed live gem.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Sullivan Fortner “Southern Nights" Southern Nights (Artwork) 0:16 Host talks 5:48 Randal Despommier “Go to the Mardi Gras" South (Sunnyside) 7:38 Host ...

Article: Live Review

Kraków Jazz Week: Seifert Competition & Jazz Juniors

by Martin Longley
December 9, 2024

Kraków Jazz Week Cricoteka/Hevre Kraków, Poland September 26th-October 3rd 2024 This was the second Kraków Jazz Week, but there is a much deeper history unearthed when studying the roots of this new event. Fundamentally, it involves the amalgamation of two long-running festivals: the Seifert Competition and Jazz ...

Article: In Pictures

Musica sulle Bocche 2024

by Luciano Rossetti
September 28, 2024

A collection of photos from the Musica sulle Bocche in Castelsardo from August 17, 2024 to August 20, 2024 featuring Enzo Favata, Raffaele Casarano, Mirko Signorile, Flavio Boltro Fabio Giachino Duo, Mihaly Dresch Quartet, Ana Cop Lilamors, Anja Lechner, Tenores di Orosei Antoni Milia, Lorenzo Simoni, Dainius Pulauskas Quintetto, Sophia Tomelleri, Emiliano D'Auria Quintetto, Luca Aquino, ...

Article: Live Review

Spoleto Festival USA 2023

by Perry Tannenbaum
July 22, 2023

Spoleto Festival USA Queen Street Playhouse, Sottile Theatre, TD Arena Charleston, SC May 26 to June 11, 2023 Respect for the elders in the jazz lineup of this year's Spoleto Festival USA jazz was gracefully counterbalanced by a hearty welcome to newer generations. It only felt fleetingly like the closing of ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jazz Not War: Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
March 19, 2022

This time we'll let music do all the talking because it's hard to find words that can channel what's going on. If anything it's in times like this that we are reminded about the power of music. If anything it's in times like these that we are reminded about the power of music. And jazz, in ...

Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz 2020

by Martin Longley
November 14, 2020

Enjoy Jazz Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany October 17-21, 2020 Enjoy Jazz spreads over many more weeks than most festivals. This German tri-city marathon usually presents at least one gig each evening, in either Heidelberg, Mannheim or Ludwigshafen, starting in early October, and continuing until mid-November. In 2020, the datesheet flowed smoothly for ...

Article: Live Review

I Poeti del Piano Solo, alla Sala Vanni di Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
October 13, 2020

I Poeti del Piano Solo Musicus Concentus Sala Vanni Firenze 1-3.10.2020 Ci vuole un certo coraggio per inaugurare una nuova rassegna subito dopo la pandemia, con tutte le limitazioni poste agli eventi culturali e di spettacolo, per giunta proprio mentre l'autunno sembra portare un incremento dei contagi. Un coraggio che ...