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Article: Live Review

SFJAZZ Collective: Phoenix, AZ, March 21, 2013

by Patricia Myers
April 11, 2013

SFJAZZ CollectiveMusical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZMarch 21, 2013The SFJAZZ Collective delivered an intense contemporary-jazz performance that showcased the playing and composing skills of this stellar octet, sponsored since 2004 by the non-profit SFJAZZ.The Collective's ninth annual tour is celebrating the genius of Chick Corea--the sixth keyboardist to be honored by ...

Article: Live Review

Vossa Jazz 2013

by John Kelman
April 10, 2013

Vossa JazzOslo, NorwayMarch 22-24, 2013Every festival hopes to have a signature, that certain something that differentiates it from all the rest and makes it a desired destination, but few have as many things going for it as the annual Vossa Jazz Festival, now in its 40th year. It certainly may seem ...

News: Radio

NPR Music, WWOZ & WBGO Broadcast SFJAZZ Center Opening Night Concert January 23

January 14, 2013

The opening of the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco will bring the country its first free-standing building for jazz and an exciting night for music fans. NPR Music, WWOZ 90.7FM New Orleans and WBGO 88.3FM Newark, will mark the occasion with a live broadcast of the Center’s sold-out Historic Opening Night Concert as a live video ...

Album

Duende

By Avishai Cohen

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Signature; Criss Cross; Four Verses / Continuation; Soof; All Of You; Central Park West; Ann's Tune; Calm; Ballad For An Unborn.

Article: Album Review

Avishai Cohen: Triveni II

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 31, 2012

Facendo seguito a Introducing Triveni, il trombettista israeliano (ma di stanza a New York) Avishai Cohen si misura nuovamente con la dimensione del trio nel suo nuovo lavoro Triveni II: il risultato è un sincero e ben confezionato album di estrazione hard bop con contaminazioni contemporanee, alla cui registrazione hanno preso parte il contrabbassista e collaboratore ...

Article: Album Review

Third World Love: Songs and Portraits

by AAJ Italy Staff
September 14, 2012

Il titolo del disco, Songs and Portraits, sembra quasi anonimo, così abusato, storpiato, variamente declinato. Poi si ascolta l'album e la minaccia di anonimato scompare. Innanzi tutto perché il gruppo ha un'identità talmente peculiare, fatta di solisti identificabili all'istante, che è impossibile non riconoscerla; poi perché l'apporto compositivo contribuisce, in questo come nei lavori precedenti, a ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz Middelheim: Antwerp, Belgium, August 16-19, 2012

by Martin Longley
September 7, 2012

Jazz Middelheim 2012 Park Den Brandt Antwerp Belgium August 16-19, 2012 The Jazz Middelheim festival is a weekender that hasn't relinquished its fondness for adventure over the last four decades. Nuzzling up against stellar bookings are acts, Belgian and otherwise, who seek to jolt the expectations ...

Article: Album Review

Lionel Loueke: Heritage

Read "Heritage" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
August 21, 2012

Lionel Loueke's two previous Blue Note recordings--Karibu (2008) and Mwaliko (2010)--displayed his usual virtuosity as a guitarist/vocalist who links his West African Beninese musical roots with a modernist jazz outlook that is uniquely his own. On Heritage, he's assembled new musicians and hooks up with innovative pianist Robert Glasper, who coproduced and performs on the album. ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Dan Meinhardt

by AAJ Staff
August 13, 2012

Meet Dan Meinhardt: Dan Meinhardt is a young saxophonist quickly making a name for himself. He has made appearances with some of the Northwest's finest musicians and has been a first-call player for touring groups and pits.In June 2012, Dan released his first album, Gone West. It contains eight original compositions and ...

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Behind the Lens With David Bjorken

by David Björkén
July 2, 2012

Meet David Björkén: I was born in Sweden in 1970 and I currently work as a graphic designer and freelancing photographer in the advertising market and with OPUS magazine, Scandinavia's largest magazine about classical music. I also do some landscape and portrait photography.Gear: I mainly use a Canon EOS 5D ...