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Article: Live Review

Garana Jazz Festival 2017

by Nenad Georgievski
July 20, 2017

Garana Jazz Festival Garana, Romania July 6-9, 2017 Running from the 6-9th of July, the 21st edition of the Garana Jazz Festival saw the jazz world descend on its location near the Garana village, high in the Semenic Mountains of Romania. Obviously, the artistic credibility and the creative energy were ...

Article: Interview

Charles Lloyd: The Winds Of Grace

by Ian Patterson
July 14, 2017

At seventy nine years young Charles Lloyd is showing no signs of slowing down. The summer months see the Memphis saxophonist/flautist on the North American and European festival circuits with his quartet of Gerald Clayton, Reuben Rogers and Eric Harland, followed by dates with The Marvels, Lloyd's most recent group, featuring Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Rogers ...

Article: My Playlist

Mick Rossi

by Vincenzo Roggero
July 13, 2017

Pianist, drummer/percussionist, and composer Mick Rossi is known for his diverse, progressive work in the New York Downtown scene where he has collaborated with the likes of Steven Bernstein, Mark Dresser, Dave Douglas, Erik Friedlander, Gerry Hemingway, Ron Horton, Andy Laster, Michael Sarin and Cuong Vu. Despite the very busy and long-standing collaborations with Philip Glass ...

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2017

by John Kelman
July 7, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2017 Montréal, Canada June 29-July 3, 2017 It's always a thrill to return to Le Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM). Deemed the biggest jazz festival in the world by the Guinness World Book of Records, it only ...

Article: Book Excerpts

A Conversation with Mike Mainieri

by Anthony Smith
June 2, 2017

The following is an excerpt from the chapter “A Conversation with Mike Mainieri" of Masters of the Vibes by Anthony Smith (Marimba Productions, 2017). So you've been working on a new project this week? Yes, just finishing some overdubs... it's a project I'm involved in with some friends, but I really can't ...

Article: Profile

Martin Speake: The Thinking Fan's Saxophonist

by Duncan Heining
April 28, 2017

British alto saxophonist, Martin Speake, is one of the most adventurous and articulate musicians in a music peppered with creative artists. That he is not a household name--even within the proscribed and marginalised world of jazz--says more about the times than it does about Speake or his single-minded approach to his art. Speake combines ...

Article: Album Review

Atomic: Six Easy Pieces

Read "Six Easy Pieces" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
April 5, 2017

Founded in 2000, the Swedish/Norwegian group Atomic has remained true to their uncommon blend of American and European influences over the years. With only one lineup change since their inception, the quintet continues to pay homage--in equal parts--to the post 1960s era in the US, and the inherent innovations of Europe's northern-most region. With Six Easy ...

Article: Rediscovery

Five Classic ECM Titles in High Res

by John Kelman
January 31, 2017

If ever there were a label that deserved to have its catalog released in a high resolution format, it's Munich's ECM Records. Since its inception in 1969, the multiple award-winning record label headed by producer Manfred Eicher has truly redefined how, initially, jazz and improvised music recordings could--and, at least for some, perhaps should--sound. Attention to ...

Article: Lyrics

Mick Rossi

by Vincenzo Roggero
January 12, 2017

01. Lhasa de Sela -La Llorona (Audiogram / Atlantic -1997). Un canto espressivo ed elegante. Orchestrazioni eccentriche e bellissime. Triste averla persa così presto. 02. Jimmy Giuffre -Thesis (Verve -1962). Ispirato e trascendente. Paul Bley e Steve Swallow complici profondi. 03. Philip Glass -Music in Twelve Parts (Orange ...

Article: Book Review

Charles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth

by Ian Patterson
December 25, 2016

Charles Lloyd: A Wild, Blatant Truth Josef Woodard 229 Pages ISBN: 978-1-935247-13-5 Silman-James Press 2016 A book on Charles Lloyd--one of the most celebrated and enigmatic jazz musicians of the past fifty years--has been a long time coming. It's been a while in the making too, for author ...