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Article: Multiple Reviews

Jeremy Monteiro & Eugene Pao: To Paris With Love, A Tribute to the Genius of Michel Legrand / Jeremy Monteiro & Jazz Brazileiro: Brazilian Dreams

by Ian Patterson
August 2, 2016

Jeremy Monteiro, Singapore's aptly titled King of Swing, is celebrating forty years as a professional jazz pianist and composer in 2016. These two releases span the last twelve months and find Monteiro in two quite distinct settings. The first recording, To Paris with Love: A Tribute to the Genius of Michel Legrand finds Monteiro in a ...

Article: Album Review

Dan Costa: Suite Três Rios

Read "Suite Três Rios" reviewed by Paul Naser

by Paul Naser
July 29, 2016

The rich musical history of Brazilian music parallels the development of jazz in the United States' in many ways. At the same time, the two informed and influenced each other as they matured. Brazilian legends like Antonio Carlos Jobim and Dori Caymmi are remembered for their influence on the development of Bossa Nova, and Jobim, like ...

Article: Live Review

Montreux Jazz Festival 2016

by Ian Patterson
July 20, 2016

Montreux Jazz Festival 2016 Various Venues Montreux, Switzerland July 9-12, 2016 No matter at what point, or for how long you dipped into the Montreux Jazz Festival during the seventeen days of its 50th edition, the sense of history was palpable. Charles Lloyd was present, just as he was ...

News: Recording

Ricardo Bacelar’s new CD, "Concerto para Moviola," captures an exciting live performance by the dynamic Brazilian Pianist/Composer/Arranger

July 15, 2016

Concerto para Moviola, the new CD from Brazilian pianist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Bacelar, puts jazz fusion of the 1970s and 1980s in the spotlight with tunes by Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Yellowjackets, Antonio Carlos Jobim and other greats. The new recording documents a performance specially produced for the traditional Guaramiranga Jazz and Blues Festival, held ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Jazz From Around The World: Latin America and the Caribbean

by Hrayr Attarian
July 5, 2016

The focus of the second installment of Jazz from Around the World is Latin America and the Caribbean. Because of both proximity to the US and the shared African heritage, particularly in the Caribbean, jazz was seamlessly and naturally adopted in this part of the world. Of course Latin jazz with its many guises is a ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Antonio Adolfo

by AAJ Staff
June 18, 2016

About Antonio Adolfo Pianist, arranger, producer and educator Antonio Adolfo grew up in a musical family in Rio de Janeiro and began his studies at the age of seven. At seventeen he was already a professional musician. His teachers include Deodato and Nadia Boulanger in Paris. During the 60's he participated in several Bossa ...

Article: Take Five With...

Camila Meza e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
June 1, 2016

All About Jazz Italia: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Camila Meza: Emotivamente piena di colori, diversificata e in perenne sviluppo. AAJI: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. C.M. : Che siano al servizio della musica, con mente cuore e orecchie aperte, e pronti ad offrirsi ...

Article: Album Review

Hans Olding & Sigurdur Flosason: Projeto Brasil!

Read "Projeto Brasil!" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
May 27, 2016

Projeto Brasil!, from saxophonist/flutist Sigurdur Flosason and guitarist Hans Olding, when compared to the authentic and stunningly beautiful Porto da Madama, seems rather tame. But, one cannot fault a project for not being what it cannot be, and never tried to be. What Flosason and Olding have created is a tribute to the music ...

Article: Album Review

Ondrej Stveracek: Calm

by Edward Blanco
May 25, 2016

Veteran Chech-Republic hard-bop saxophonist Ondrej Stveracek, has been a mainstay of the European jazz scene and remains one of the finest proponents of the bop sound, now delivers another outstanding musical statement with the misleadingly titled Calm, since the meat of this date, is far more explosive and fiery than calm in texture. The album's repertoire--all ...

Article: Album Review

Fabrizio Sotti Trio: Forty

by James Nadal
May 15, 2016

As jazz guitar continues to evolve with the introduction of modern influences, some of the more distinguished players are going back to basics. Acknowledged as a remarkable accompanist who can cross genres at will, Fabrizio Sotti has also established himself as genuine guitar stylist. Forty is his fourth release as leader, which represents not only a ...