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Article: Album Review

Jon Cowherd Quartet: featuring Steve Cardenas, Tony Scherr and Brian Blade: Gateway

Read "Gateway" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Pianist/keyboardist Jon Cowherd has been a regular member of the Brian Blade Fellowship through its four releases dating back to the group's self-titled debut in 1998 (Blue Note Records). He has recorded with Cassandra Wilson, Lizz Wright and Myron Walden (also of Fellowship) as well, but the Kentucky native has a background that extends to country ...

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Article: Album Review

Matt Wilson: Honey And Salt

Read "Honey And Salt" reviewed by Mark Corroto


We will forgive you if you believed drummer Matt Wilson's previous recording Beginning Of A Memory (Palmetto, 2016) was a summing-up of his career to date. On that recording he invited just about every musician he has worked with as a leader. The conspicuous absence was, of course, Dewey Redman, who had passed on in 2006. ...

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Article: Album Review

Tom Millar Quartet: Unnatural Events

Read "Unnatural  Events" reviewed by Roger Farbey


Born in Sydney, pianist, composer and bandleader Tom Millar grew up in London where he still resides. After reading Music at King's College, Cambridge, he studied Jazz Piano and Composition for a Masters at the Royal Academy of Music and later with Django Bates in Bern, Switzerland. The brisk “Azur Days" opens Unnatural Events ...

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Article: In Pictures

Global Music Adventures at the Musical Instrument Museum

Read "Global Music Adventures at the Musical Instrument Museum" reviewed by Dave Kaufman


The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), located in North Phoenix, is a singularly unique experience in the world of music or museums, for that matter. The MIM displays over 6500 instruments from all corners of the globe. The experience is enhanced by superb video and audio presentations that situate the music in historical and cultural contexts. Although ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan: Small Town

Read "Small Town" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Duets can be very revealing and very demanding. In best of cases, duets require the utmost attention from two musicians, where playing with another person means playing solo and support simultaneously. When this works well, magic occurs. Over the decades, guitarist Bill Frisell has demonstrated an uncanny power and musicality as a considerable force in various ...

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Article: Live Review

Bill Frisell Trio al BOtanique Festival di Bologna

Read "Bill Frisell Trio al BOtanique Festival di Bologna" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Bill Frisell Trio BOtanique Festival Bologna 5.7.2017 La prima tappa del tour europeo del trio di Bill Frisell con Tony Scherr al basso e Kenny Wollesen alla batteria e vibrafono è anche l'unica a presentare la musica per il documentario di Bill Morrison “The Great Flood" eseguita dal vivo contemporaneamente alla ...

Article: Film Review

Bill Frisell: A Portrait - un film di Emma Franz

Read "Bill Frisell: A Portrait - un film di Emma Franz" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Bill Frisell: A Portrait A Film by Emma Franz 2017 Non è facile fornire in meno di un paio d'ore di filmato un ritratto convincente ed esaustivo di un musicista versatile e multiforme come il chitarrista Bill Frisell, che nel corso degli ultimi quaranta anni ha contribuito nuovi punti di riferimento ...

Article: Live Review

Bill Frisell Trio alla Casa del Jazz di Roma

Read "Bill Frisell Trio alla Casa del Jazz di Roma" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Bill Frisell Trio Summertime 2017 Casa del Jazz Roma 21.07.2017 Il chitarrista Bill Frisell ha aperto e chiuso in Italia il tour europeo del suo trio. Dopo l'esordio a Bologna, il concerto di Roma è il penultimo, seguito solo da un'ulteriore tappa in Sardegna prima del rientro negli Stati ...

Article: Album Review

Jenny Scheinman: Here on Earth

Read "Here on Earth" reviewed by Daniele Vogrig


A volte può capitare che l'ascolto di alcuni dischi possa suggerire all'orecchio, o meglio all'animo dell'ascoltatore, una sensazione di familiarità, di intimità, come se certe canzoni non fossero state in realtà prodotte all'interno di uno studio di registrazione ma suonate al caldo tepore di un piccolo soggiorno, mentre fuori cade la neve. A distanza ...

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Article: Interview

Bill Frisell, l'infaticabile

Read "Bill Frisell, l'infaticabile" reviewed by Mario Calvitti


Tra gli artisti che negli ultimi decenni hanno maggiormente contribuito a rinnovare il ruolo della chitarra nella musica jazz (ma non solo) spicca sicuramente il nome di Bill Frisell. Fin dal suo primo apparire sulla scena internazionale alla fine degli anni '70 ha dimostrato grande originalità e una spiccata individualità, con il timbro del suo strumento ...


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