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Chris Smith: Jazz Grunge

by Jack Bowers
October 30, 2025

"Grunge," according to Webster's, denotes “one that [who] is grungy." As for “grungy," the word meets one of several definitions, none of them flattering: dirty, filthy, stained, nasty, muddy, smudged...you get the idea. “Grunge" also has a second meaning: “rock music incorporating elements of punk rock and heavy metal," which is the one that New York ...

Marcello Carelli: First Impressions

by Jack Bowers
June 26, 2025

There is no sophomore slump on First Impressions, which is the second recording by the splendid young drummer Marcello Carelli's quartet/trio. It is one on which he not only anchors the rhythm section but also wrote nine of the studio date's ten bright and engaging tunes. If a musician can be appraised by ...

Hampton Roads Jazz at the Ferguson Center for the Arts

by Mark Robbins
May 30, 2025

Hampton Roads Jazz (HR Jazz) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and presenting jazz in both performance and educational settings. Based in the Hampton Roads (Norfollk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach), the organization aims to enrich the local cultural landscape by bringing world-class jazz musicians to perform, teach, and inspire aspiring artists. Founded by ...

Vicenza Jazz - New Conversations 2025

by Libero Farnè
May 27, 2025

Vicenza Jazz 2025 Varie sedi Vicenza 15--25 maggio 2025 Vicenza Jazz--New Conversations ha sempre portato un sottotitolo che mettesse in evidenza il tema su cui di anno in anno si concentrava prevalentemente. Questa ventinovesima edizione ha evitato di celebrare anniversari o di puntare i riflettori su uno strumento principe, ...anche se, ...

Yellowjackets: Fasten Up

by Pierre Giroux
May 5, 2025

Since their auspicious debut in 1981, the Yellowjackets have stood as both standard bearers and restless innovators of the jazz fusion movement. The group is anchored by founding pianist and keyboardist Russell Ferrante, long-time collaborators drummer Will Kennedy and saxophonist Bob Mintzer and, the most recent addition (for nearly a decade), bassist Dane Alderson. With their ...

3 Cohens, WDB Big Band: Interaction

by Angelo Leonardi
May 5, 2025

A dieci anni di distanza dalla loro ultima collaborazione discografica, Yuval, Anat e Avishai Cohen tornano con quest'album live, che documenta il concerto dato con la WDR Big Band il 16 giugno 2022 alla Filarmonica di Colonia. Altra figura centrale dell'evento è Oded Lev-Ari, che ha scritto le partiture e diretto l'orchestra. Oded collabora con i ...

WDR Big Band: Bluegrass

by Jack Bowers
April 8, 2025

Violinist Darol Anger literally had a dream, one in which he was performing his bluegrass music not with the David Grisman Quintet or another small group but in front of a full-fledged big band--and in Germany, of all places. Even though it was a dream he thought would never come true, it was so vivid and ...

McIntosh Sessions Volume I - The Peter Erskine Quartet

By Peter Erskine

Label: McIntosh
Released: 2024
Track listing: Leaving LA (from the film Sacramento); Blues For Old Friends; Chilipso; Gumbo Time; Into The Dark; A Few Good Notes; David’s Blues; The Folks.

Mantova Jazz Festival 2024

by Angelo Leonardi
November 29, 2024

Teatro Ariston, Auditorium Monteverdi Mantova Jazz 2024 Mantova 11 ottobre--16 novembre 2024 Il Mantova Jazz Festival conferma la sua rilevanza tra le rassegne autunnali italiane continuando a selezionare proposte d'alto profilo nel panorama nazionale e internazionale. Il festival prende il nome da Roberto Chiozzini, storico fondatore negli anni cinquanta del ...

The Peter Erskine Quartet at Alba Jazz Festival

by Antonio Baiano
October 22, 2024