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Article: Interview

A dialogo con Silvia Bolognesi

Read "A dialogo con Silvia Bolognesi" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Silvia Bolognesi, contrabbassista, compositrice e band leader senese, è tra le più interessanti personalità del jazz italiano. Recentemente ha inoltre ricevuto un riconoscimento internazionale tanto lusinghiero, quanto meritato: la chiamata di Roscoe Mitchell per entrare a far parte del sestetto da lui formato per un progetto in onore di John Coltrane, del quale ricorre quest'anno il ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Anthony Braxton

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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Matthew Shipp & Mat Walerian Duo/The Uppercut: Live At Okuden

Read "Live At Okuden" reviewed by Matthew Aquiline


Forming a duo in jazz can amount to a daunting task. There's simply no hiding; with arrangements so sparse, possibility is boundless and subtleties are fully exposed. This formless atmosphere requires able musicians who can immerse themselves in their instruments and in turn, feed off each other to eventually flourish on a singular wavelength. The innovators ...

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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2017

Read "Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville 2017" reviewed by Mike Chamberlain


Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 18-21, 2017 In Canada, the Monday closest to May 24, the birthday of Queen Victoria, is a public holiday (in Quebec it has two names: Journée des Patriotes or Fête du Dollard--it's complicated), and the Victoria Day long weekend is the ...

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Article: Album Review

Jaimie Branch: Fly Or Die

Read "Fly Or Die" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Improvisational trumpeter and electronics artist Jaimie Branch, a Chicago native, began playing trumpet at the age of nine. Doing double-duty, she has also worked around her home town as a sound engineer for Tim Daisy and Ken Vandermark. A relative newcomer, Branch moved to New York to complete a Master's degree in in Jazz Performance and ...

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Article: Album Review

Oliver Lake: Right Up On

Read "Right Up On" reviewed by Roger Farbey


Despite having performed with the Flux Quartet since as long ago as 2002, this is actually the first recording of compositions by saxophonist Oliver Lake featuring the Quartet. Lake himself is a septuagenarian of renown having been a founder member of the World Saxophone Quartet and Trio 3 with Reggie Workman and Andrew Cyrille (whose Time ...

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Article: Album Review

Yarn/Wire Ensemble: Currents 0

Read "Currents 0" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


From their roots at Stony Brook University in 2005, the dual percussion/dual piano quartet Yarn/Wire has taken an uncommon approach to experimental music. In the case of Currents 0 the jazz roots are strong even as the interpretations are wide open. A continuing sequence of projects under the umbrella of 'Currents' has generated more than one dozen ...

Article: Live Review

Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth a Padova

Read "Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth a Padova" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Cinema Torresino Padova 26.03.2017 Nella pregevole programmazione del Centro d'Arte studentesco di Padova, l'appuntamento con il quintetto Bigmouth di Chris Lightcap rappresentava l'occasione ghiotta di ascoltare un concerto in esclusiva per l'Italia, in cui alla notevole caratura dei singoli componenti si univa la bella compattezza di un gruppo tra i ...

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Article: Album Review

Eivind Opsvik: Overseas V

Read "Overseas V" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Like his first four Overseas albums, Eivind Opsvik's Overseas V defies conventional descriptions. The New York resident, of Norwegian roots, has developed a peculiar style that marries experimental avant-garde with the folkloric traditions of the North Country. This had been particularly evident on IV when Brandon Seabrook's mandolin and Jacob Sacks' harpsichord meet up with Tony ...

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Article: Album Review

Ensemble Pamplemousse: This Is The Uplifting Part

Read "This Is The Uplifting Part" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


This Is The Uplifting Part by Ensemble Pamplemousse, is an unusual album not just in content, but also in format. Offered only as a video release, it is available on a limited USB stick (encased in a replication of a cassette) or as a video download. A non-conventional collection, the album incorporates acoustics and electronics, extended ...


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