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A singularly distinctive and uniquely distinguishable stylist, Arthur Blythe is considered one of the greatest alto saxophonist's of his generation. Blythe's beautiful, passionate and expressive sound validates his reputation as one of the most significant jazz musicians of our times. Blythe's work is notable for its exploration of harmony, group counterpoint, and unusual instrumentation. These features, coupled with his rapid, wide vibrato, his swinging style, and his interest in the standard jazz repertory, have won him praise from a wide audience. Arthur Blythe was born 1940 in Los Angeles and grew up in San Diego where his parents moved 1944
Voyage From Jericho
Label: Frederiksberg Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Voyage From Jericho; Return To The East; Just For Two; Children's Music March; Surf Ravin.
Caleb Wheeler Curtis and Jason Moran: Incantation
by Jack Kenny
The lineage of high-powered jazz duos runs from Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines's “Weather Bird" to Jason Moran and Caleb Wheeler Curtis. Where the earlier performance was a contest between two masters, the style here is conversational and exploratory. Across its 12 tracks, Incantation moves fluidly between free improvisation, original compositions, and affectionate engagements with jazz ...
Energy Center: A History Of Studio Rivbea
by John Sharpe
Energy Center: A History Of Studio Rivbea Ed Hazell 324 Pages ISBN: 978-5-415-02882-5 NoBusiness Records 2026 Multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers helped reshape New York's jazz landscape not only through his music but by creating Studio Rivbea, an independent space for rehearsal, education and performance that gave adventurous musicians room to ...
Remembering James Blood Ulmer: The Incognito Bluesman
by Ian Patterson
James Blood Ulmer, the pioneering electric guitarist and singer who first came to prominence in New York in the early '70s, has died at the age of 86. His extraordinarily visceral guitar style--ragged, choppy, spluttering yet deeply emotive--was instantly recognizable. Post-Jimi Hendrix, Ulmer was one of just a handful of guitarists to alter the language of ...
Charles Tyler Ensemble: Voyage From Jericho
by Mark Corroto
Was it a matter of timing, or simply living in the shadow of giants, that has kept saxophonist Charles Tyler off most listeners' radars? Born in Kentucky in 1941 and raised in Indianapolis, Tyler first gained recognition through his association with Albert Ayler. After relocating to Cleveland in the early '60s, the two became ...
Alex Harding, Lucian Ban: Blutopia
by Neri Pollastri
Il pianista Lucian Ban e il sassofonista baritono Alex Harding, assidui collaboratori dalla fine degli anni Novanta, riuniscono qui un quintetto di stelle per interpretare una musica assai diversificata di brano in brano e la cui sintesi è forse espressa da una citazione del filosofo Ibn Al-Arabi riportata nel libretto, la quale celebra il movimento quale ...
Jazz em Agosto 2025
by Stefano Merighi
Jazz em Agosto Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, Portugal August 1-10, 2025 Despite the “onda de calor" which hit it, Lisbon remains as peaceful as ever in its saturnine routine--even though invasive tourism in the Baixa neighborhood has already changed its appearance, and not for the better. August, however, is also ...
Jazz em Agosto 2025
by Stefano Merighi
Jazz em Agosto Fondazione Gulbenkian Lisbona, Portogallo 1-10 agosto 2025 Malgrado la “onda de calor" portoghese stia sfiorando la capitale, Lisbona è al solito pacifica nel suo tran tran saturnino, anche se il turismo invadente della Baixa ha già trasformato certo non in meglio la sua fisionomia. Ma ...
Lucian Ban: Following Bartók's Trail Through the Transylvanian Villages
by Dean Nardi
It is hard to re-invent where jazz can go. Players can eschew all the conventional methods they want, but a wheel is still a wheel. This is a reason why pianist Lucian Ban's efforts to bring to light the Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist Bela Bartók's works as a field collector of folk music in 21st-century ...
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