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Meet Maxim Micheliov
by AAJ Staff
I currently live in: Vilnius, LithuaniaI joined All About Jazz in: 2010What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? My professional background is in web marketing, and I connected with Michael Ricci through Chris Rich, who encouraged me to submit my first article “Howard Riley: Five Decades in Music." High ...
Maya Homburger - Barry Guy: Tales of Enchantment
by AAJ Italy Staff
The sound! Come per l'estetica propugnata dalla ECM di Manfred Eicher, così per l'inossidabile duo Homburger-Guy appare quasi scontato individuare nella sonorità la preoccupazione/caratteristica prioritaria. Un suono pieno, ineccepibile nell'intonazione, imperioso, modulato nella più ampia gamma delle possibilità timbriche e dinamiche. A questo si aggiunge poi la loro attenzione/sensibilità per le strutture e il timing, che ...
Liudas Mockunas & Barry Guy: Lava
by John Sharpe
Iconoclastic saxophonists Mats Gustafsson and Evan Parker furnish the most customary duo outlets for master bassist Barry Guy, so Lithuanian reedman Liudas Mockunas' situation on Lava is an exposed one. However, he acquits himself well in a voice entirely his own. Co-founder of the No Business imprint, Mockūnas weighs in as one of the country's premier ...
Alexander Hawkins: Retaining The Sense of Discovery
by John Sharpe
One of the fastest-rising stars of the UK jazz scene, pianist Alexander Hawkins is remarkable in that he shines equally in both the further reaches of free improvisation and the creation of ingeniously crafted charts. Indeed, Hawkins' particular talent might be in bringing the two so close that it's hard to distinguish between them. At times ...
Eyal Hareuveni's Best Releases of 2012
by Eyal Hareuveni
A list of some of the new releases that enriched life in 2012. In no particular order... Peter Brötzmann Chicago TentetWalk, Love, SleepSmalltown Superjazz A long time ago I lost count of how many albums I have by Peter Brötzmann. Or how many I still want ...
John Sharpe’s Best Releases of 2012
by John Sharpe
Here are ten new releases which stood out this year: Wadada Leo Smith Ten Freedom Summers Cuneiform Without a doubt, Ten Freedom Summers is the crowning achievement of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's distinguished career to date. Years in the making, the complete sequence of 19 ...
Barry Guy New Orchestra: Krakow, Poland, November 20-23, 2012
by John Sharpe
Barry Guy New OrchestraAlchemiaKrakow, PolandNovember 20-23, 2012 Now in its seventh year, the annual autumn jazz extravaganza--Krakowska Jesien Jazzowa, in the beautiful Polish city of Krakow--has gone from strength to strength. It's impossible to see all the acts on the bill without spending several months in residence as they come in ...
Stevens / Rutherford / Parker / Guy: One Four and Two Twos
by John Eyles
This release brings the very welcome return of an August 1978 studio session involving four legends of British improv: drummer John Stevens, trombonist Paul Rutherford, saxophonist Evan Parker and bassist Barry Guy. The first four of its five quartet tracks were originally released on LP in 1980 by View; all five were rereleased on CD in ...
You say you're beat? You don't know Jack
by Mark Corroto
..."the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..." Jack ...
