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Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster: During This Time
by Maurizio Zerbo
Se qualcuno vi chiede cosa è il jazz, fategli ascoltare questo magnifico set del 1972. Sensuale, vellutato ed intriso di blues, è una magistrale lezione di classe, talento, verve, souplesse esecutiva. Sottraendosi alle prevedibili gabbie della jam session, i due leader offrono controllati spunti solistici volti a condensare in goduriose chases l'essenza del jazz. Grazie all'implacabile ...
Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom
by Maurizio Comandini
Michael Blake cita espressamente tre sassofonisti nelle rarefatte note di copertina di questo album: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young e Ross Taggart. I primi due sono la fonte di ispirazione di questo eccellente Tiddy Boom, mentre Taggart viene menzionato soprattutto per ricordarne la figura, di recente scomparsa. Ma non sarebbe sbagliato tirare fuori dall'armadio anche ...
Danish Radio Big Band: A Good Time Was Had By All
by Chris Mosey
To paraphrase Shakespeare, there is something rockin' in the state of Denmark. It's the Danish Radio Big Band, best of its kind in Europe, indeed--depending on who is conducting and the mood of the players--on occasion best in the world. Against all the odds in these cash-strapped times, the DRBB, as it is universally known, is ...
Bimhuis at 40: Older, Better, Business as Usual
by Joan Gannij
The Bimhuis is turning 40 and is still very much in its prime. Beginning October 1, Amsterdam's venerable jazz club will celebrate this milestone with a variety of concerts, activities and special events. The Bimhuis opened in 1974 after a lengthy search for a suitable venue for improvising musicians. Over the next decades it would become ...
Steve Heckman Quintet: Search for Peace
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Steve Heckman has been dishing up rock solid mainstream jazz in the quartet and quintet settings since 2003's For John (World City Music), a tribute disc to the legendary saxophonist John Coltrane. That debut and his two subsequent offerings, Live at Yoshi's (World City Music, 2005) and Born to Be Blue (Jazzed Media, 2013), held ...
Ben Webster: London, 1964
In December 1964, tenor saxophonist Ben Webster was at London's Marquee Club to film the BBC's Jazz 625. Webster was joined by Stan Tracey (p), Rick Laird (b) and Jackie Dougan (d). Saxophonist and London club owner Ronnie Scott appears on A Night In Tunisia. Here's the clip. A special thanks to Jimi Mentis in Athens... ...
Jens Jefsen: Jam Me Up
by Eyal Hareuveni
Veteran Danish double bassist and educator Jens Jefsen, who performed with legendary jazz musicians as Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, and Johnny Griffin, gives a new meaning to the term “jam up." For Jensen, it does not mean malfunction or inefficiency but an opportunity to rethink his playing when guest musicians are put to the ...
Steve Swell: Unlimited Musical Possibilities
by Victor L. Schermer
"Free Jazz" and “Avant-Garde Jazz" are catch phrases often associated with musical pioneers such as Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor but more broadly refer to music that goes outside of the mainstream of melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure. When that happens, opinions and emotions abound. Reactions vary from disgust to excitement and enthusiasm, and it is ...
Roberto Gatto Quintet al Soresina Jazz Fest 2014
by Vincenzo Roggero
Soresina Jazz Festival 2014 03.07.2014 Nell'ambito della seconda edizione del Soresina Jazz Fest--organizzato con il solito entusiasmo e competenza da White Bird, associazione che da tempo opera sul territorio per la promozione della musica jazz--abbiamo assistito all'esibizione del Roberto Gatto Quintet Tribute to Miles Davis, nella splendida cornice di Palazzo Ponzini. ...
Tommy Smith/Brian Kellock: Whispering of the Stars
by Dan McClenaghan
Tommy Smith is known best for his directorship of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. The group has emerged as one of the finest of big bands with offerings like the classic In the Spirit of Duke (Spartacus records, 2013), a tribute to Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue (Spartacus Records, 2006), an extended and stunning remake of ...
