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Article: What is Jazz?

Hashtag Jazz

by Margret Grebowicz
October 22, 2015

In his 1994 study Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation, Paul Berliner describes American jazz as a community cutting across “boundaries defined by age, class, vocation, and ethnicity" and concludes that “it is their abiding love for the music that binds this diverse population together." (Berliner, 1994, p. 36) Twenty years later, jazz community ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra: Into Forever

by Phil Barnes
September 30, 2015

Some artists epitomise the times they live in, while others go their own way, standing apart from the herd, ploughing their own furrow. As the self-aggrandising, dishonest and downright greedy seem to gain ever greater prominence in our world, those whose work can provide a few moments of respite, refuge and reflection become more and more ...

Article: Album Review

Rob Reddy: Bechet: Our Contemporary

Read "Bechet: Our Contemporary" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
September 2, 2015

With so much history to explore, tribute albums to jazz greats have become an established custom, regularly issued by artists of varying experience, from neophytes to masters. The most efficacious of these homages provide a fresh perspective on longstanding traditions, tracing the lineage of current concepts to past advances. A salient example of this phenomenon is ...

Article: Live Review

Gent Jazz Festival 2015: Part 1

by Martin Longley
July 30, 2015

Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 10-12, 2015 Part 1 | Part 2 A bold beginning was made with the festival's opening night, perhaps concentrating on some of director Bertrand Flamang's personal favourites. This evening was never destined to be a sell-out session, but ...

Article: Album Review

Yells at Eels: In Quiet Waters

Read "In Quiet Waters" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
June 23, 2015

It would seem that trumpeter Dennis González could easily find a place among the better-known artists in jazz were it not for a deep commitment to making generally undefinable music and priorities that include putting his academic and literary responsibilities out front. From the time of his first release as a leader, Air Light (Sleep Sailor) ...

News: Video / DVD

Weekend Extra: Art Ensemble Of Chicago

June 7, 2015

From the mid-1960s through the early years of this century, the Art Ensemble of Chicago crafted elements of free jazz into an ensemble personality that brought it extensive exposure. Often, as much attention went to the band’s costumes and makeup as to its wide range of influences from all eras of jazz and music of Africa, ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD player di... Francesco Chiapperini

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 16, 2015

01. Charlie Haden -Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse! -1969). Il lirismo della Liberation Orchestra di Charlie Haden e di Carla Bley racconta in maniera moderna lo spirito della guerra civile spagnola attraverso composizioni che trasudano di sofferenza, ma anche di speranza. A cucire il filo del free jazz che unisce i diversi brani del disco spiccano ...

Article: Album Review

Dominic Egli's Plurism with Feya Faku: Fufu Tryout

Read "Fufu Tryout" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 18, 2015

Non ancora quarantenne (è nato in prossimità di Zurigo nel 1976), il batterista Dominic Egli ha fondato il trio Plurism nel 2011, e due anni dopo (settembre 2013), allargandolo a quartetto (non in tutti i brani) con l'inserimento del trombettista sudafricano Fezile Feya Faku (New Brighton, Port Elisabeth, 1962), ha inciso questo album, che si colloca ...

Article: Interview

Mauro Ottolini: Sousaphonix and Beyond

by Angelo Leonardi
March 9, 2015

Il Sousaphonix di Mauro Ottolini non ha bisogno di presentazioni. È una delle formazioni italiane più appassionanti e creative dell'ultimo decennio, dalla musica saldamente ancorata alla tradizione del jazz (fino a comprendere gli albori) e aperta a mille stimoli, dal rock all'avanguardia. In questi giorni è stato pubblicato il loro terzo album, Musica per ...

Article: Album Review

Frank Lowe: Out Loud

by John Sharpe
February 15, 2015

In the spring of 1974, the storied ESP label had just released the leadership debut of thirty-year old reedman Frank Lowe, and now he was considering his next move. Val Wilmer in her groundbreaking As Serious As Your Life (Quartet Books, 1977) observes about Lowe: “Everywhere you go in New York you'll run into him, working ...