Results for "Bruce Ditmas"

Bruce Ditmas

Born: December 12, 1946

Enrico Rava: The Secret Corners of a Master

by Marco Iacoboni
October 29, 2026

Meeting Enrico Rava means stepping into a world of stories, musicians and memories spanning decades of jazz history. We met on the occasion of the release of Corners, the ECM album he recorded with his band, Fearless Five, and a very special guest, Joe Lovano. With so many anecdotes, encounters and digressions to draw ...

1974: King Crimson, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham and Miles Davis

by Len Davis
January 19, 2024

1974, fifty years ago with King Crimson, Isotope, Larry Coryell, Miles Davis, Billy Cobham, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Return To Forever, Joe Farrell, Jerry Goodman with Jan Hammer, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Jaco Pastorius with Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas and Paul Bley. Playlist King Crimson “Red" from Red (Island Records) 00:00 Isotope “Rangoon Creeper" ...

Carla Bley: A View from her Hill, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 14, 2023

Artistically ambitious, a rare woman in a male dominated scene, taking the road less travelled, or even the road never travelled, and with her feet well on the ground business-wise to ensure her artistic independence, Carla Bley played a key role in shaping today's music scene. This week we concentrate on some of her signature compositions, ...

James Francies, Graham Costello's Strata and Cameron Graves

by Len Davis
June 9, 2023

Mark Lettieri from Deep:The Baritone Sessions, from the UK Svarc-Hanley-Longhorn, from Switzerland, Final Step from Disconnections , Funky sounds from Shane Theriot, from Still Motion, New York pianist James Francies from his Blue Note release Purest Form. Also, some jazz from drummer Bruce Ditmas, with guitarist John Abercrombie, Indonesian guitarist Tohpati from Maru. Closing it out ...

Heliconia

By Jack DeSalvo

Label: Unseen Rain Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1. All Blues 08:08 2. Beautiful Love 10:48 3. Bemsha Swing 06:31 4. Fall 05:13 5. Blues for Alice 06:58 6. Smile 08:51 7. Blue Monk 06:35 8. How Insensitive 08:55 9. I Remember You 04:40 10. The Days of Wine and Roses 06:20

Manolo Cabras: gli album che sto ascoltando

by Vincenzo Roggero
September 8, 2021

1. Annette Peacock, An Acrobat's Heart (ECM, 2000) Un album incredibilmente bello di una delle figure più misteriose, sfuggenti e seducenti ai margini del jazz. 2. Bill Laswell, Baseline (Elektra Records, 1983) A volte il primo album rimane il migliore. 3. Paul Motian Trio ...

Andrea Massaria: The Spring of My Life e Zappa Speech Project

by Neri Pollastri
January 20, 2021

Nella sua inesausta ricerca di nuovi modi di sviluppare la musica improvvisata, ricerca che passa inevitabilmente anche dalla collaborazione con nuovi partner, il chitarrista triestino Andrea Massaria incontra qui due situazioni piuttosto diverse l'una dall'altra, entrambe tuttavia assai inusuali per progettualità e costruzione della musica. Andrea Massaria, Clementine Gasser The Spring of ...

Other Colors

By Angelo Olivieri

Label: Aut Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Vashkar; For A Gentleman; Dialogue N. 1; The House Of The Rising Sun; Other Colors; Dialogue N. 2; Lonely Woman; Dialogue N. 3; Ida Lupino.

Angelo Olivieri: Other Colors

by Neri Pollastri
December 21, 2020

Non è purtroppo un musicista che sia facile ascoltare dal vivo per la penisola Angelo Olivieri, uno dei nostri migliori trombettisti e artista che non si adagia sui materiali facili o sulle forme espressive consolidate, come ben dimostra in questa sua eccellente ultima fatica. Ve lo troviamo alla testa di un quartetto “elettrico," composto dalla chitarra ...