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Songlines Recordings Posts Richter 858 Video On You Tube
Long-Form Video, Originally Featured on 2005 Album by Bill Frisell, Has Not Been Available For Viewing since Middle of 2000s In 2002 Bill Frisell was commissioned by producer David Breskin to create the music for an elaborate art book project on the great German painter Gerhard Richter. The book, Richter 858, was published in connection with ...
Marco Bolfelli Trio: Streamflow
by Roger Farbey
The scintillating “Madiba" (Nelson Mandela's Xhosa clan name) opens up this set with a cascade of fluidly chiming harmonics. Developing at a moderate pace, it's a haunting celebration of a uniquely inspiring leader. “70pic" signals that the nearest equivalent to Bolfelli's playing might be that produced by virtuoso Bill Frisell, both chordally and melodically with characteristic ...
Peripheral Vision: Sheer Tyranny Of Will
by Dave Wayne
One must wonder what chance a group of relatively unknown Canadian jazz musicians playing complicated original tunes has for any sort of recognition or commercial success in the US. If musical quality was the sole determinant, Peripheral Vision, the relatively unknown Canadian band in question, would be celebrities, set for life. They've unleashed a corker of ...
Jakob Bro: Gefion
by Vincenzo Roggero
I primi centottanta secondi sono quasi impercettibili. Non è una questione di volume, ma di estetica, di dichiarazione di intenti. Jakob Bro si presenta così in Gefion sua prima fatica discografica per ECM, il silenzio, lo spazio, il suono, il Rainbow Studio di Oslo come compagni di viaggio al pari del batterista Jon Christensen e del ...
Samuel Mösching, Joe Giglio, Dave Kain and Juampy Juarez
by Dom Minasi
Welcome to Guitarists Rendezvous, our first installment in a series that introduces readers to emerging or established guitarists who fly just under the radar of public recognition. Each will field the same four questions and we've included audio and video so you can sample their music. We kick of the column with a diverse ...
Caterina Palazzi e il Questionario di Proust
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz Italia: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Caterina Palazzi: Schizofrenia, angoscia, tenebre... AAJI: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me C.P.: Passionalità AAJI: Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stata più felice. C.P.:Il momento in cui sono ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Frisell
All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Frisell's birthday today! Born in Baltimore, Bill Frisell played clarinet throughout his childhood in Denver, Colorado. His interest in guitar began with his exposure to pop music on the radio. Soon, the Chicago Blues became a passion through the work of Otis Rush, B.B. King, Paul Butterfield and Buddy Guy. ...
Lage Lund: Idlewild
by Andrew Luhn
Guitarist Lage Lund's previous two albums as a leader for the Criss Cross label utilized the quartet setting with Ben Street on bass, Bill Stewart on drums, and Aaron Parks on piano for 2013's Foolhardy and Edward Simon in the piano chair for 2009's Unlikely Stories. For 2015's release “Idlewild" Lund brings back his familiar rhythm ...
Jenny Scheinman: Little Bit Country
by Franz A. Matzner
A brief survey of violinist, vocalist, and composer Jenny Scheinman's recordings proves her a multi-genre experimenter, uniting a wide range of musical styles through partnerships with a diverse set of premier artists, including Jason Moran, Myra Melford, and Lou Reed. Scheinman's facility and humor was confirmed over the course of a Valentine's Day weekend performance at ...
Gefion
by John Kelman
It's been a long time coming. Jakob Bro made his first ECM appearance as a member of drummer Paul Motian's twin-sax/triple-guitar band on the late drummer's Garden of Eden (2006). Three more years passed before he returned, this time as a member of Tomasz Stanko's trans-European quintet on 2009's Dark Eyes--a group that evolved considerably from ...
