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Article: Interview

Shai Maestro: Music as a journey of being a human

by Urszula Orczyk
October 20, 2014

This article was originally published in the Polish magazine JazzPRESS Shai Maestro, talented 27-year-old pianist and a composer, has earned his spurs being a part of Avishai Cohen's band. Now he has a band of his own--Shai Maestro Trio (although he says it's not “his" band but “theirs": Shai, Jorge Roeder and Ziv Ravitz). ...

Article: Live Review

Festival MiTo SettembreMusica

by Paolo Peviani
September 24, 2014

Teatro Franco Parenti / Teatro Manzoni Milano, 04-21.09.2014 Il programma jazzistico di MiTo 2014 presentava due concerti particolarmente intriganti. Avishai Cohen with Strings al Teatro Franco Parenti, e The Master Musicians of Jajouka in compagnia di Bill Laswell & Material al Teatro Manzoni. Filo conduttore di entrambi i concerti ...

Article: Interview

Avishai Cohen: From Darkness, a new trio studio album

by Marta Ramon
September 15, 2014

Avishai Cohen is prolific in music and words, a creative volcano who finds his raison d'être melting with the heart of his wooden instrument. Cohen, who arrived at the forefront of the jazz scene being part of the Chick Corea Sextet “Origin" (from 1996 to 2003), has developed a unique voice and personality as a bassist, ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Ray Clemens

by AAJ Staff
September 14, 2014

Meet Ray Clemens: Born in Oklahoma. High school at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in Idyllwild, CA. College and briefly at the New School for Social Research in NYC. Been playing for what seems ages....and yet I can't come up with suitable material for the bio. Instrument(s): Bass -upright & electric, piano

Article: Extended Analysis

Mark Turner: Lathe of Heaven

by John Kelman
September 5, 2014

Given that he's participated on no fewer than six recordings on ECM over the past six years-- two this year alone, with drummer Billy Hart's sophomore effort for the label, One is the Other (2014), and pianist Stefano Bollani's career-defining Joy In Spite Of Everything (2014)--it's no surprise to find Mark Turner finally getting his own ...

Article: Album Review

Mark Turner Quartet: Lathe of Heaven

Read "Lathe of Heaven" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
September 2, 2014

Saxophonist Mark Turner favors quality over quantity. Lathe of Heaven--his first outing as a leader since 2001--is his first on the ECM label. Turner has hardly been absent from the music scene as the intervening years have seen him as a sideman for guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and saxophonist David Binney among many others. He's gathered strong ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Mark Guiliana: Beat Poet Of A Different Sort

by Dan Bilawsky
August 29, 2014

Drummer Mark Guiliana's work has nothing to do with benzedrine, berets, William S. Burroughs and the like; he's a beat poet of a different sort, shrewdly dissecting and interpreting the language of rhythm in real-time. Guiliana is one of the few drummers who can successfully and creatively straddle and blur the electro-acoustic dividing line, and he's ...

Article: Interview

Mark Guiliana: Emulating The Source

by Ben Scholz
August 28, 2014

Over the past ten years, electronic music and jazz have developed a curious relationship. As programmers and DJs sought to remove the human element from their beats and loops, acoustic musicians sought to apply the tight, complex patterns of house and trance music to their traditional instruments. Drummer Mark Guiliana is at the forefront of this ...

Article: Catching Up With

Avishai Cohen: Family Bonds and Music from the Heart

by Urszula Orczyk
August 8, 2014

Avishai Cohen is a talented trumpeter, composer, band leader, co-leader and active sideman featured on over 50 records to date. Voted a Rising Star in the 2012 DownBeat Critics Poll, Cohen is also a musician with an individual sound, combining the best of traditional jazz with a modern compositional style. As a player, he demonstrates flexibility, ...

Article: Live Review

Gent Jazz Festival 2014 - Part One: Hardcore Jazz

by Martin Longley
August 7, 2014

Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 10-13, 2014 The two weekends of this year's Gent Jazz Festival were characterised by their extreme differences in weather. The first half, traditionally concentrating on jazz in its naked state, was buffeted by persistent rainfall and chilly temperatures. The second ...