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When is a Jazz Festival (Not) a Jazz Festival?
by John Kelman
This article was first published at All About Jazz on May 20, 2011. It's becoming almost pandemic for jazz festivals around the world to be challenged for deciding to broaden their programming into areas either peripherally related to jazz... or, in some cases, away from jazz entirely. Festivals like the near-iconic Montreux Jazz Festival, ...
Alex Hitchcock, Sylvie Courvoisier, Chris Potter
by Ludovico Granvassu
Chris Potter's upcoming album and then two tunes which were recorded without a concern for time constraints, either in studio or live on stage, a place where suddenly the perception of time is altered in the midst of the creative flow. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash ...
Vijay Iyer: Compassion
by Doug Collette
Vijay Iyer's Compassion should ratify his position alongside Brad Mehldau and Fred Hersch in the pantheon of contemporary jazz pianists/composers. That is, if previous, comparably stellar titles such as Historicity (Act Music, 2009) haven't already elevated his position accordingly. Once again in the company of bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, the visionary ...
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Robert Balzar
Robert Balzar is one of the leading bass players on the Czech jazz scene
“....he sounds great, his solos are thought through, he's got unerring rhythm, he creates just the right sound for the band.” George Mraz
Born in Nachod, Czech republic. Robert Balzar began playing the acoustic bass at age eleven. Robert studied classical bass at Brno Conservatory- bass, piano. In 1985, he continued his career in Prague as a studio musician (TV Big Band) and a jazz artist.
In 1996 he establish group under his own name - Robert Balzar Trio.
As a performer, he has played with John Abercrombie, Benny Golson, Tony Lakatos, Victor Lewis, Hal Galper, Raul Midon...
In the year 1990 Robert had begun working with the legendary Czech chanson singer Hana Hegerova.
Since 1998 began his association with funk group J.A.R.
Since 2000 Robert establish and play as a part of the Dan Barta’s - Illustratosphere, along with Filip Jelinek on keyboard, Stanislav Macha on piano, Jiri Slavicek on drums and Jaroslav Friedl on guitar.
In 1996, Robert Balzar formed a group under his own name - the Robert Balzar Trio
and 1998 recorded their first CD called TRAVELLING (Jazzpoint),
In 2000, The Robert Balzar Trio recorded their second CD titled ALONE (Cube),
In 2005, Robert Balzar Trio recorded OVERNIGHT (Sony/BMG),
In 2008, Robert Balzar Trio release CD with John Abercrombie TALE (B.C.W.D.Music). In 2010 RBT release CD with Dan Barta - THEYORIES (Taita.Rec). In 2013, Robert Balzar Trio recorded in New York - Sear Sound Studio with sound engineer James Farber CD - DISCOVER WHO WE ARE (BCWD rec.) In 2014, Robert Balzar Trio release CD VuJaDé (BCWD rec.) In 2016 realease DVD One (Day BCWD rec). In 2023 recorded in Poland (Bielsko Biala) album CONVERSATION
Sara Caswell: The Way To You
by Angelo Leonardi
Formalmente il precedente album da leader di Sara Caswell risale al 2005 (But Beautiful, Arbors) ma questa nuova incisione a suo nome non è il ritorno dopo una lunga pausa. Ci sono infatti le quattro incisioni --dal 2013 al 202-col trio cooperativo 9 Horses e la leadership condivisa con la sorella Rachel del 2014 (Alive in ...
Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023
by Ludovico Granvassu
If it is true that, like The Police once put it, “when the world is going down you make the best of what's still around," then throughout 2023 jazz fans were better off than most other social groups. In a year in which everyday news brought ever more inconceivable disappointments, jazz musicians, labels, festivals and venues ...
Electric Jazz with Joe Zawinul, Courtney Pine and Others
by Jerome Wilson
This is a special vintage show from December 2021 on the role of electricity in jazz, and the resulting fusions with other genres like ambient music, jazz-rock, and trip-hop. Musicians heard on the show include Joe Zawinul, Sun Ra, Courtney Pine, John Zorn, Massive Attack, and Terje Rypdal. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't ...
Most Read Album Reviews: 2023
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top viewed in 2023. Though All About Jazz generates mostly organic traffic (i.e. via search and from within), results can be skewed by heavy social sharing. Still, most of the albums listed below align with staff favorites.
Your Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles
By Brad Mehldau
Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: I Am the Walrus; Your Mother Should Know; I Saw Her Standing There; For No One; Baby’s in Black; She Said, She
Said; Here, There and Everywhere; If I Needed Someone; Maxwell's Silver Hammer; Golden Slumbers; Life on Mars?.
The Folly of Desire
By Brad Mehldau
Label: Pentatone Classics
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Sick Rose;
Leda and the Swan;
Sonnet 147
Sonnet 75;
Über die Verführung von Engeln
Ganymede I;
Ganymede II;
the boys i mean are not refined;
Sailing to Byzantium;
Night II;
Lullaby;
These Foolish Things
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning;
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Nacht und Träume;
Night and Day.
