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Stephanie Richards: Creative Music
by Kevin Press
Calgary's Stephanie Richards has been rubbing shoulders with some of the world's finest jazz players since putting down roots in New York City. The trumpeter has a passion for testing boundaries and an intuitive approach to her work. Her latest, Take the Neon Lights, is a tribute to her new home. All About Jazz: ...
Joe Fonda: New Origin
by Mike Jurkovic
On New Origin veteran bassist Joe Fonda and drummer Harvey Sorgen—(Ahmad Jamal, Dewy Redman) boldly return to the passion that forged Dreamstruck (Not Two, 2018), their unstoppable trio excursion with Marilyn Crispell. Sworn architects of reverberant depth and the collective accord separating us from AI, the vets team this time with the equally free ...
Experimentalists: Talking with Adam Berenson, Dana Jessen, and Abdul Moimême
by Karl Ackermann
The newly opened Théatre des Champs-Elysées was sold out on the night of May 29, 1913. The well-heeled Parisian audience had come to enjoy the much-anticipated premiere of Igor Stravinsky's “Rite of Spring" which featured the choreography of the acclaimed Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Some accounts of what transpired that night appear to be exaggerated. ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Anthony Braxton
All About Jazz is celebrating Anthony Braxton's birthday today! To his list of achievements and awards, Anthony Braxton may now add the 1994 MacArthur Fellowship: the so-called “genius" grant of (in his case) $300,000, awarded to individuals nominated for outstanding and original contributions to their field. The timing of this crowning achievement couldn\'t be better for ...
Christophe Rocher / Joe Fonda / Harvey Sorgen: New Origin
by John Sharpe
As the title implies, New Origin represents a fertile coming together, the principals in this case being the veteran American rhythm team of bassist Joe Fonda and drummer Harvey Sorgen, with French clarinetist Christophe Rocher. Fonda and Sorgen share a lengthy association, which encompasses the long-running Fonda/Stevens Group and a trio of more recent vintage with ...
Vinny Golia, Gianni Mimmo: Explicit
by Neri Pollastri
Ormai una dozzina d'anni orsono intervistammo l'allora quasi sconosciuto sopranista pavese Gianni Mimmo, che aveva appena inaugurato l'etichetta discografica Amirani Records (clicca qui per leggere l'intervista); Mimmo dichiarava di essere sempre stato attratto in primo luogo dal suono e di essersi dedicato esclusivamente al sax soprano proprio perché, a causa della sua “imperfezione," è uno strumento ...
The Sounds of Saxophones
by Jerome Wilson
The saxophone continues to be one of the cornerstone instruments of jazz. Here are three recent recordings that demonstrate different approaches to the use of saxophones in the music. Jordan Pettay First Fruit Outside In Music 2019 Jordan Pettay is a young Julliard graduate who makes her ...
Brian Krock: Liddle
by Angelo Leonardi
Fattosi conoscere dal pubblico internazionale per il magistrale debutto di Big Heart Machine, il sassofonista Brian Krock accantona per il momento l'orchestra e presenta in questi giorni il disco del nuovo sestetto comprendente il noto pianista Matt Mitchell (già con Tim Berne, Dave Douglas, Steve Coleman e propri gruppi) e il talentoso giovane chitarrista finlandese Olli ...
Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio
by Alberto Bazzurro
Uscita in origine (1992) in formato CD quadruplo (Studio & Live), questa è un'opera fondamentale (o se preferite la metà di essa) nella discografia di Anthony Braxton, posta al culmine della parabola creativa di quello che è stato senz'ombra di dubbio il suo gruppo più longevo, vale a dire il quartetto con Marilyn Crispell (per un ...
Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks: Pure Love
by Jerome Wilson
Wadada Leo Smith has been on a roll in the 2010s, recording and composing in several formats, including ambitious, long-form works such as the Pulitzer-nominated Ten Freedom Summers (Cuneiform, 2012,) which dealt mostly with the history of race relations in America. His latest work concentrates on one specific figure mentioned in that suite, Rosa Parks, the ...
