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From the Wild Sky

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Roots How to Dismantle a Life Wild Birds Paper Man I Can't Land Well Loved Woman Painter's song August Moon Noah Wisdom A Mi Manera

Album

Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women

By Alicia Olatuja

Label: Resilience Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: So Good So Right; No Ordinary Love; Give Me One Reason; People Make The World Go Round; Cherokee Louise; Hide And Seek; Gracias A La Vida; Just Wait; Child Of The Moon; Under The Moon; Transform; Oriana; This Woman's Work

Article: Catching Up With

Linda May Han Oh: Talent and Dedication

by Angelo Leonardi
September 11, 2018

Over the past decade, bassist Linda May Han Oh has been hailed as one of the most gifted bassists, bandleaders and composers of her generation. She is a virtuoso who can swing hard while keeping instrumental grace and precision, structuring her lines through a most free-flowing cascade of ideas. After completing her master's degree at the ...

Article: Interview

Linda May Han Oh: Talento e Dedizione

by Angelo Leonardi
May 7, 2018

Tra i bassisti di nuova generazione--nello strumento sia acustico che elettrico--il ruolo di Linda May Han Oh spicca per il lavoro svolto sia come bandleader che partner di protagonisti come Pat Metheny, Dave Douglas, Vijay Iyer, Joe Lovano o Kenny Barron. Nel 2017 ha pubblicato il quarto album a suo nome Walk Against Wind (Biophilia Records) ...

Article: Live Review

Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers @ NYC Winter Jazzfest

by Dan Bilawsky
January 15, 2018

Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers Le Poisson Rouge NYC Winter Jazzfest New York, NY January 1, 2018 By the time José James took to the stage for his headlining slot on a quadruple-bill event that served as the second stand-alone concert in the 2018 NYC Winter ...

News: Advocacy

Photographer Jimmy Katz Announces Giant Step Arts, Artist-focused Non-profit Supporting Modern Jazz Innovators

January 12, 2018

“[Katz] has developed an exceptional body of work in the jazz field, covering the elder statesmen, the icons, the mainstream and the young lions. In the process, he has developed his own style with the camera that is as identifiable as Armstrong’s tone on trumpet or Coltrane’s sound on tenor sax.”—Michael Cuscuna, producer, Blue Note Records ...

Article: Interview

Pat Metheny: Driving Forces

by Ian Patterson
November 10, 2017

It's been five years since Pat Metheny was last interviewed by All About Jazz, a not inconsiderable period of time in any working musician's life and particularly in one quite as prolific as the Missouri guitarist/composer. At the time, Metheny was promoting his Unity Band featuring Chris Potter, Ben Williams and Antonio Sánchez. His unconcealed enthusiasm ...

Article: Live Review

38th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival

by C. Andrew Hovan
September 15, 2017

38th Annual Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan September 1-4, 2017 Those of us who have been following jazz music for a long time know that there are definite changes in the landscape these days that are having a major impact on the music scene. For starters, we recently have ...

Article: Live Review

Gilad Hekselman at the Cornelia Street Café

by Tyran Grillo
August 13, 2017

Gilad Hekselman with Ben Williams and Billy Hart Cornelia Street Café Hekselfest Greenwich Village, NYC August 10, 2017 As part of a week-long residency at Greenwich Village's Cornelia Street Café, guitarist Gilad Hekselman convened something of a dream band for his Thursday night performance when he shared the stage with ...

Article: Album Review

Zem Audu: Spirits

Read "Spirits" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
July 2, 2017

Saxophonist Zem Audu was born in Nigeria and raised in England before pursuing his musical career in New York City. Along the way, Audu has developed a musical sound that blends his cultural influences to express a musical style that is an amalgamation of: Contemporary jazz, Nigerian Afrobeat, Caribbean rhythms and funk grooves. Audu's album Spirits, ...