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Wadada Leo Smith and Tumo: Occupy the World
by Hrayr Attarian
Trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Wadada Leo Smith's career has been one of relentless exploration and bold innovation. His timeless works have always eschewed narrow categorization and shattered musical boundaries. Now, in the eight decade of his life his creative vision has matured without losing any of its youthful energy. On the heels of his epic Pulitzer ...
Jann Klose: Mosaic Fits Together Nicely
by Christine Connallon
The release of Mosaic is another noteworthy accomplishment for singer/songwriter Jann Klose, who is experiencing a year of important moments. As a featured vocalist, covering the singing parts of the iconic Tim Buckley in the acclaimed film “Greetings From Tim Buckley", the German-born musician, who also spent time growing up in Kenya and South Africa, is ...
Colin Trusedell Trio: Some Of My Best Friends Are... Divas
by Chris Mosey
Jazz as business? Colin Trusedell thinks it's possible. The former Navy Band bassist graduated from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music with a music business degree. He now lives in Colorado Springs where he has set up his own booking agency, MyShowsLive. This supplies musical acts for gala events, cocktail receptions and the like. ...
Maud Hixson: Don't Let A Good Thing Get Away
by David Bittinger
This collection of songs by veteran composer Michael Leonard has deep roots but contemporary character. It was laid down in New York's legendary Nola Recording Studio, whose clients have included Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie. The outstanding instrumentalists--cornetist Warren Vache, bassist Steve LaSpina, guitarist Gene Bertoncini, and pianist/arranger Tex Arnold--have worked with such luminaries as Benny ...
Giovanni Guidi Trio: City of Broken Dreams
by Dan McClenaghan
Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi's ECM Records leader debut, City of Broken Dreams, fits in as a very fine addition to the label's ongoing introduction of a new guard of the art of the piano trio, European style. Recent entries into that elite club include Benedikt Jahnel's Equilibrium (2012), Stefano Battaglia's The River of Anyder (2011), and ...
Joao Paulo Esteves Da Silva & Jazz Orquestra de Matosinhos: Bela Senao Sem
by Chris Mosey
João Paulo Esteves Da Silva's compositions, while owing much to the folk and classical traditions of his native Portugal and something to Gil Evans' writing in the 1950s, on occasion display quite breathtaking originality. If modern, post-Salazar Portugal has a musical identity it is surely contained in these wordless, questing songs emerging from ...
Esa Helasvuo: Stella Nova
by Eyal Hareuveni
Pianist Esa Helasvuo is one of the pioneers of the Finnish improvised music scene. An experienced artist and former educator at the acclaimed Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Helasvuo has collaborated with the best improvisers in that scene--including drummer Edward Vesala, bassist Teppo Hauta-aho and saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen--and composed music for various orchestras and choirs, as well ...
Bill Frisell: Big Sur
by Troy Collins
Along with household names like Pat Metheny and John Scofield, Bill Frisell is one of the most distinctive American guitarists of his generation. Despite his penchant for abstraction, Frisell's phrasing, touch and tone are as singularly unique and readily identifiable as those of his more conventional peers. Though his vast discography includes bold experimental solo albums ...
Anna Webber: Percussive Mechanics
by AAJ Italy Staff
Negli ultimi anni, il basso costo della vita e i sempre intensi fermenti culturali hanno reso Berlino uno dei luoghi di maggiore concentrazione per musicisti, jazz e non, di ogni paese. Uno dei tanti jazzisti statunitensi attivo nella capitale tedesca è il contrabbassista Greg Cohen, che dirige il dipartimento di contrabbasso del locale Jazz Institut, presso ...
Michel Reis: Hidden Meaning
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il giovane pianista lussemburghese Michel Reis - studi jazzistici bostoniani, collaborazioni importanti (Lovano, Garzone, Holland), altri tre CD alle spalle e oggi di stanza a New York - guida un quartetto di promesse d'area tedesca per questo lavoro di buon jazz moderno. Le undici composizioni, tutte della penna di Reis, sono state scritte appositamente per il ...
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