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Howard Riley / Keith Tippett: Journal Four
by John Sharpe
British pianists Howard Riley and Keith Tippett were seasoned proponents of the never widespread format of the piano duet, both together and apart. Riley's partners also included Jaki Byard as well as overdubbed sessions with himself, while Tippett's discography contains entries with Stan Tracey, Daryl Runswick and Matthew Bourne (though the last took place subsequent to ...
What Jazz Is Best For Running?
by Steve Cook
New York City isn't just an epicenter for the music that All About Jazz readers love. It is also home to the largest marathon in the world. With tens of thousands training for the upcoming race, this edition of The Big Question considers: What jazz is best for running? The following reflects on the question through ...
Florian Ross: Tunes & Explorations
by Jack Bowers
Variety and nostalgia are the essence of Tunes & Explorations, the twenty-second album by German-born composer/arranger Florian Ross who observes his fiftieth anniversary by dipping into the Great American Songbook to revive and reshape for his splendid octet a number of luminous evergreens from the Golden Age of American music. Ross underlines the ...
Florian Ross Octet: Tunes & Explorations
by Pierre Giroux
Florian Ross is a German-born composer, arranger and jazz pianist who has a fondness for releasing albums with double names which began with his debut release Seasons & Places (Naxos Records, 1998). He has continued with that “idée fixe" in almost every year in which he has delivered a release. This year is no exception; the ...
Pamai Chirdkiatisak: Dreamer
by Hrayr Attarian
Despite having had an accomplished saxophonist and composer as a monarch --the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej-- Thailand is not immediately associated in most people's minds with jazz. However, the country has had an active scene for many years, with annual festivals, contests and a jazz department at the prestigious Mahidol University. Out of this ...
Donald Fagen: An Essential Top 10 Albums
by Peter Jones
Actually, the whole notion of a Donald Fagen Top Ten is tricky. Artists like Chet Baker made well over a hundred albums, whereas in half a century Fagen has only released 13 official studio albums, whether with Steely Dan or under his own name, along with a handful of live sets. The process of selecting the ...
Spiral Trio: Broken Blue
by Ian Patterson
Pianist Spyros Manesis, bassist Arionas Gyftakis and drummer Anastasios Gouliaris came together as Spiral Trio in 2011 at the Athenaeum Conservatory in Athens. Manesis was teaching there, Gyftakis and Goulapis were studying. But there is no hint of hierarchy on Broken Blue where a genuine sense of egalitarian adventure defines the music. The trio has come ...
Eliane Elias & Marc Johnson: Lost Bill Evans Song
Days before Bill Evans's death on September 15, 1980, the pianist handed his bassist, Marc Johnson, a cassette tape. On the tape was a previously unperformed original by Evans called Here Is Something for You. In 2007, Eliane Elias and her partner, Marc Johnson, performed the song on video, which is up at YouTube. As you'll ...
Katharsis: People and Places
by Vincenzo Roggero
People and Places è l'album di debutto di un trio di giovani musicisti attivi da anni nella musica improvvisata che decidono di far convergere i propri percorsi musicali in una formazione stabile che dia spazio anche alle qualità compositive dei singoli.Michele Bondesan è contrabbasssista dalla solida formazione sia classica che jazzistica, vanta eccellenti collaborazioni, è uno ...
Gentiane MG: Walls Made of Glass
by Dan McClenaghan
Montreal-based pianist Gentiane Michaud-Gagnon, aka Gentiane MG, got her start in music with the classical side. It was Bill Evans' Portrait In Jazz (Riverside Records, 1960) that nudged her in the direction of the possibilities that improvisation offered. With this in mind, it seems fitting that the cover art for her third album release--Walls Of Glass--features ...
