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Amos Hoffman: Carving
by Eyal Hareuveni
Israeli guitarist and oudist Amos Hoffman reaches a fine balance between his main instruments on this fine recording. The guitar sounds natural and organic in Middle-eastern scales, while the oud fits perfectly in the swinging jazz sensibilities. Hoffman articulates a clear and melodic outline on both instruments, while he crosses genres. Hoffman is ...
Phronesis: Alive
by Chris May
Copenhagen-born, London-based bassist Jasper Høiby has made a lot of noise--in both senses, all of it good--since graduating from the Royal Academy of Music and forming Phronesis in 2005. Høiby is a mainstay of several bands associated with the Loop and F-IRE musicians' collectives, and Alive is his third album with his own Phronesis, following Organic ...
Kadima Collective
by Stuart Broomer
When you first come across the recordings on Kadima Collective, a couple of things stand out. The first is that the label, devoted to free improvisation, is based in Israel; secondly, there's a good chance that the CD will feature a bassist, often one of substantial international stature, like Barre Phillips, Mark Dresser or Joëlle Léandre. ...
Stockholm Jazz Festival 2010
by James Pearse
Stockholm Jazz Festival 2010 Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden June 10-12, 2010 The central island of Skeppsholmen was, once again, the ideal location for the Stockholm Jazz Festival (SJF). Running since the early 1980s, the event has attracted some of the biggest names in not only jazz but also pop, rock, soul and hip ...
Stockholm Jazz Festival 2010: A Sneak Peek
By James Pearse Stockholm Jazz Festival Skeppsholmen, Stockholm June 10-12, 2010 Despite being in its fourth decade of existence, the Stockholm Jazz Festival is still looking rather sprightly. A quick look at the program is enough to understand why it has become one of city's most popular annual music events. The thinking ...
Robillard & Crownover / Samuel Torres / Andy Cotton: Let's Party!
by J Hunter
Memorial Day, 2010 has come and gone, which means summer is right on its heels. And with summer comes further--and louder--reasons to fire up the grill, cool down the beer (or whatever), and get friends and/or family together to celebrate...well, whatever occasion is handy, up to and including surviving the work week. A party without music ...
Red-Sea Jazz Festival 2010
24 years old and counting Red-Sea Jazz festival never stops surprising Red-Sea Jazz Festival August 23rd-26th, Eilat, Israel Red-Sea jazz festival, the biggest and most successful of its kind in Israel is hosting more than 20 world-known and international artist such as Rickie-Lee Jones, Garry Barton, Stephan Harris, Danilo Perez, Niki Yanofski, ...
Daniel Ori: So It Goes
by C. Michael Bailey
There exists a triple point where adult contemporary, modern, and acoustic improvisatory jazz meet and exist together in an equilibrium where none of the three schools dominate the other two. While real, this creative point remains oddly elusive. Enter Israeli bassist Daniel Ori, whose second recording, So It Goes edges ever closer to the desirable goal ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Avishai Cohen
All About Jazz is celebrating Avishai Cohen's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Avishai CohenBassist/Composer Avishai Cohen, born April 20, 1970 in Israel, a musician who has been called a “jazz visionary of global proportions” by DownBeat... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Avishai Cohen ...
Phronesis: Green Delay
by Alex J Watson
Following the success of Organic Warfare (Loop, 2007), Copenhagen-born bassist and Loop Collective member Jasper Høiby presents his second album as leader--Green Delay--with his London based trio Phronesis. Høiby is joined on this set of original compositions by drummer Anton Eger and pianist Ivo Neame, who replaces Organic Warfare's Magnus Hjorth. Characterized by intense, ...
