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Chick Corea: The Musician

Read "The Musician" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
April 24, 2017

Nel 2011 Chick Corea ha festeggiato il suo settantesimo compleanno con una serie di concerti al Blue Note di New York, andati avanti per due mesi, con nuove e storiche formazioni della sua carriera. Un totale di dieci band--con la presenza, tra gli altri, di Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, Bobby McFerrin, John Patitucci, Gary Burton, Wynton ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby McFerrin

March 11, 2017

All About Jazz is celebrating Bobby McFerrin's birthday today! Bobby McFerrin is one of the natural wonders of the music world. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world\'s best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, the creator of “Don\'t Worry Be Happy", one of the most popular songs of the ...

Article: Album Review

Francesco Forges: Micro Strayhorn

Read "Micro Strayhorn" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
February 21, 2017

Musicista poliedrico, cantante, flautista e didatta, Francesco Forges ha avuto modo di parlarci di questo disco e del suo rapporto con la figura di Billy Strayhorn in una recente intervista. Come lui stesso dice, il disco indaga “al microscopio" la musica del grande collaboratore (e “lato oscuro") di Duke Ellington, ma aggiungeremmo che la sottopone anche ...

Article: Album Review

SLIXS: Playgrounds

Read "Playgrounds" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
February 10, 2017

The six members of German a cappella group SLIXS have been honing their instruments together, that's to say their voices, for over a decade. Few vocal groups can match SLIXS' energy and musical charisma, or its masterly fusion of funk, pop, jazz and baroque idioms. SLIXS' unforgettable live shows brought them to the attention of Bobby ...

Article: Interview

Francesco Forges, non chiamatelo "vocal coach"

by Rosarita Crisafi
November 28, 2016

Flautista, cantante, compositore, docente, Francesco Forges è un musicista fuori dagli schemi. Da più di vent'anni è coinvolto nella creazione e direzione di gruppi e progetti in cui la voce è protagonista. Ogni formazione è per lui un'occasione per sperimentare le suggestioni più diverse, dal jazz alla lirica, alla poesia, al teatro, alla coralità contemporanea, alla ...

Article: Live Review

SLIXS At Derry International Choral Festival 2016

by Ian Patterson
November 2, 2016

SLIXS Derry International Choral Festival St. Columb's Hall Derry, N. Ireland October 20, 2016 In just four editions the City of Derry International Choral Festival has carved its place among the world's leading choral festivals, attracting the very best international choirs to the Walled City. A pleasing aspect of the ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bobby McFerrin

March 11, 2016

News: Event

Nicolas Bearde and Nat Adderley Jr CD Preview Concert at Yoshi's on September 15th at 8pm

September 6, 2015

Vocalist Nicolas Bearde And Grammy-Winning Pianist/Composer Nat Adderley Jr. Hit The Jazz Trail Together “Bearde taps into music’s deeper currents, where love, desire and heartache freely intermingle." —Andrew Gilbert, jazz journalist “A powerful musical presence that touched each and every person in the audience." —John Handy About Nicolas Bearde A renowned jazz singer of remarkable depth, ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz and Joy Festival 2015

by Adriana Carcu
August 29, 2015

Jazz and Joy Festival 2015 Worms, Germany June 19-21, 2015 The Jazz and Joy Festival, located in the German town of Worms, celebrated its 25th anniversary. Not far from Frankfurt on Main, Worms carries an illustrious historical heritage, as the site of the Middle Age Nibelung Legend, which was later masterfully rendered ...

News: Recording

Ellen Johnson's Distinctive New Release "Form & Formless" Honors The Way Of Life

June 9, 2015

“So much of life, like music, is the art of listening and responding,” said west coast vocalist Ellen Johnson about her recording, Form & formless, released June 9, 2015 by Vocal Visions Records. So far the recording has received praise for it's unusual format based on what Johnson calls the “formless” way, taken from a poem ...