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Bill Evans: Sublime Sideman

by Nathan Holaway
March 27, 2015

We already know what a tremendous voice Bill Evans has had in jazz history, and most of the major jazz pianists that he has influenced. Most jazz aficionados know most of the tunes Evans has composed and most of the tunes that were in his ever-changing repertoire. But, a subject that hardly gets enough attention concerning ...

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The Ten Best Live Jazz Recordings: 1953-1965

by C. Michael Bailey
March 23, 2015

Having recently completed a survey of the Best Live Rock Albums, I have learned a couple of valuable things. One is a list of this sort should be presented in descending order starting with number 10 and descending to number 1. Second, it is better to poll a group for their opinions and develop the list ...

Article: Interview

Secondo capitolo per il trio di Giovanni Guidi

by Angelo Leonardi
March 23, 2015

A distanza di un anno da City of Broken Dreams, l'ECM pubblica in questi giorni il nuovo capitolo del trio di Giovanni Guidi con Thomas Morgan e João Lobo, This Is the Day. Un lavoro particolarmente raffinato e maturo, con nuove splendide composizioni e una ricca empatia. Il pianista umbro ce ne parla in quest'intervista.

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Interview: Andy Waddell

March 21, 2015

Q: How do you feel you have developed creatively with your new album, Alive? A: This is an honest trip. It came like Sunday boredom, almost baptismal, a dip in the river after a week’s bend. I've been writing and creating my own music for a long time, but everything on this album came from a ...

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Why Everybody Digs Bill Evans

by Mark Sabbatini
March 20, 2015

Arguably the greatest jazz pianist of the 1960s and '70s, Bill Evans is generally acknowledged as the most influential pianist since Bud Powell and a primary influence on players such as Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea. Evans co-wrote Kind Of Blue with Miles Davis and some consider the pianist's Sunday At The Village Vanguard the best ...

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Glenn Zottola: A Jazz Life - The Early Years

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 19, 2015

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 World-renown trumpeter, saxophonist, musical director, producer and entrepreneur. These are but a mere handful of words that describe the vast talent in Glenn Zottola's bag of musical marvels. There are others: child prodigy, creative genius, “musical natural" and aural savant also percolate rapidly to mind. Now ...

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Chantale Gagné: Composer on the Rise

by R.J. DeLuke
March 18, 2015

Chantale Gagné has been locked in with some of the best musicians on the scene since the pianist/composer moved to New York City in 2008. She's an import from Quebec. Raised in a rural part of the province, she cut her teeth in jazz circles in Montreal before moving to the Big Apple. She's not only ...

Article: Album Review

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

Read "Kind of Blue" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
March 17, 2015

In any kind of art form, music including, there are pathfinders who probe new territory and establish new trails, and this breed of people is indeed of a rare kind than the many who follow behind and eventually benefit from their trailblazing. One such pathfinder in the 20th century music was the great Miles Davis.Throughout his ...

Article: Live Review

The Fred Hersch Trio at FlynnSpace

by Doug Collette
March 6, 2015

The Fred Hersch Trio FlynnSpace Burlington, Vermont February 27, 2015 Even when FlynnSpace is completely sold out, as it was February 27th for The Fred Hersch Trio, this downstairs venue never feels crowded. The audience is usually seated, as it was for this frigid Friday night, on three sides of a ...

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Concord Music Group Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of Legendary Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Sessions With Four-LP Box Set

March 4, 2015

The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings Due Out April 28. 180-gram vinyl package contains alternate takes and bonus tracks. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Forty years ago, renowned entertainer Tony Bennett joined together with legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans for their first of two duet albums. The result was 1975’s The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album, ...