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Article: In Tribute To...

Amarcord Hal Willner

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 15, 2020

The iconic producer Hal Willner passed away a little over a week ago, on Tuesday 7 April 2020. The same day, John Prine and Eddy Davis also took off. It felt like a COVID-19-induced Black Tuesday for the music world, but maybe Hal had simply invited them to join him for a follow-up to Lost in ...

Article: Interview

Thana Alexa, Sirintip and Owen Broder: Beaming Live Jazz From Their Living Rooms To Yours

by Michael Ricci
April 14, 2020

All About Jazz was in a unique position to help promote and broadcast the Live From Our Living Rooms Festival & Fundraiser to our readers from April 1-7, 2020 as we presented select performances over the seven days. Similar to the NEA Jazz Masters concert we broadcasted last April, I felt a personal connection to the ...

Article: Album Review

Un Poco Loco: Ornithologie

Read "Ornithologie" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 12, 2020

Somewhere Han Bennink is very jealous of the music making of the trio Un Poco Loco. The master of 'New Dutch Swing' hijinks would give his right crash cymbal to perform music in the manner this trio covers Charlie Parker on Ornithologie. The aptly designated Un Poco Loco ('a bit crazy') trio is trombonist Fidel Fourneyron, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Jazz Immuno-Booster: Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 8, 2020

The suggestions from musicians eager to share, in these trying times, the music they turn to when they need to uplift or sooth their souls keep pouring in. Here's the third volume of this immuno-booster jazz mix-tape series, featuring a compelling mix of jazz masters, contemporary jazz guitar heroes, latin tinge, soul and new gospel.

Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2020

by Ian Patterson
March 31, 2020

Brilliant Corners 2020 Various Venues Belfast, N. Ireland February 27 to March 7, 2020 Maybe it's global warming, for just as the first bloom of spring in these strange times appears in February, so too, Brilliant Corners starts ever earlier. From its first, modest edition over three days ...

News: Festival

Live From Our Living Rooms: An Online Music Festival and Fundraiser Runs April 1st through April 7th

March 30, 2020

All proceeds will provide emergency relief to New York City musicians whose freelance careers have been impacted by COVID-19. Presented by Sirintip, Thana Alexa, Owen Broder and nonprofit partner, MusicTalks Work for NYC’s musicians has come to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic as performances have been cancelled and venues have closed indefinitely. Live From ...

Article: Profile

20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Rex Gregory

by Paul Rauch
March 29, 2020

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America, on Jackson St in the 1920's and '30s. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

Article: In Pictures

ECM50 At Lincoln Center

by Luciano Rossetti
March 4, 2020

Photos from the “ECM50" celebration held in at The Lincoln Center in New York on November 1st. The special event featured among others: Andrew Cyrille, Joe Lovano, Wadada Leo Smith, Anja Lechner, Avishai Cohen, Bill Frisell, Marilyn Crispell, Craig Taborn, Egberto Gismonti, Enrico Rava, Mark Turner, Ethan Iverson, Larry Grenadier, Vijay Iyer, Jack DeJohnette, Nik Bartsch, ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Andy Clausen

by AAJ Staff
February 26, 2020

Meet Andy Clausen Andy Clausen is a New York-based trombonist, composer, and educator. A graduate of The Juilliard School, he currently serves as Artistic Director for Jazz at New York Youth Symphony. Clausen is also a founding member of The Westerlies, an award winning new music brass chamber ensemble. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella, The Westerlies ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

I Gotta Swing - Celebrating Blanche Calloway and Her Joy Boys

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 24, 2020

This week's broadcast includes new releases from Danish sax/flute/clarinetist Sarah Elgeti, flutist Elsa Nilsson, vocalists Lizzie Thomas and Chanda Rule, pianists Lynne Arriale and Carla Bley plus the Kenny Barron / Dave Holland Trio with birthday shout outs to Blanche Calloway (sister of Cab Calloway, pictured), Dena DeRose, Sharel Cassity, Marsha Heydt, Kenny Rankin and Melissa ...