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Article: Record Label Profile

Diatribe Records: Heart and Soul of the Music

by Ian Patterson
January 16, 2013

Whilst Ireland has long produced music of world renown, this tiny, most Westerly European nation has never been quite so famous for producing cutting edge jazz. However, as European jazz has gradually let slip the American accent--an evolution that perhaps gathered its greatest momentum with the birth of the ECM label--so, too, in Ireland, a new ...

Article: Interview

Alexander Hawkins: Retaining The Sense of Discovery

by John Sharpe
January 15, 2013

One of the fastest-rising stars of the UK jazz scene, pianist Alexander Hawkins is remarkable in that he shines equally in both the further reaches of free improvisation and the creation of ingeniously crafted charts. Indeed, Hawkins' particular talent might be in bringing the two so close that it's hard to distinguish between them. At times ...

Album

Almeda (To Matie)

By Cecil Taylor

Label: FMP
Released: 2012
Track listing: Take 1; Take 2; Take 3; Take 4.

Album

FLY! FLY! FLY! FLY! FLY!

By Cecil Taylor

Label: Promising Music/MPS
Released: 2012
Track listing: T (Beautiful Young'n); Astar; Ensaslayi; I (Sister Young'n); Corn in Sun + T (Moon); The Stele Stolen and Broken is Reclaimed; N + R (Love is Friends); Rocks Sub Amba.

News: Event

NEA Announces Live Webcast of 2013 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert

December 24, 2012

As a music form born and bred in the United States, jazz has committed fans throughout the world. On January 14, 2013 at 7:30 p.m., EST, the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center, will hold its annual NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, located at ...

Article: Live Review

Barry Guy New Orchestra: Krakow, Poland, November 20-23, 2012

by John Sharpe
December 13, 2012

Barry Guy New OrchestraAlchemiaKrakow, PolandNovember 20-23, 2012 Now in its seventh year, the annual autumn jazz extravaganza--Krakowska Jesien Jazzowa, in the beautiful Polish city of Krakow--has gone from strength to strength. It's impossible to see all the acts on the bill without spending several months in residence as they come in ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura: Emotional Intimacy, Musical Breadth

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
December 12, 2012

Natsuki Tamura & Satoko FujiiMukuLibra2012Gato LibreForeverLibra2012Pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura, wife and husband, maintain a staggering productivity, in terms of quantity, quality--and, most incredibly, in terms of variety. At one moment, they lead a powerful post-free ensemble; When ...

Article: Live Review

Tony Malaby's Tamarindo: San Francisco, CA, October 27, 2012

by Harry S. Pariser
December 5, 2012

Tony Malaby's TamarindoSwedish American HallSan Francisco, CAOctober 27, 2012Long a staple of the New York City jazz scene, Arizona native saxophonist Tony Malaby has appeared with such artists as pianist Fred Hersch and with ensembles such as bassist Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra. Malaby made his last Bay Area with LMO ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bobby Zankel's Warriors Of The Wonderful Sound In Old City Philadelphia Thursday, December 20th!

November 29, 2012

Jazz Bridge in Old City Philadelphia! presents saxophonist Bobby Zankel and his Warriors of the Wonderful Sound big band at the Arch Street Friends Meeting House (East Room) — 320 Arch Street in Philadelphia — on Thursday, December 20th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. ...

Article: Live Review

Marilyn Crispell / Harrison Smith / Eddie Prevost: London, UK, November 7, 2012

by John Sharpe
November 28, 2012

Marilyn Crispell / Harrison Smith / Eddie PrévostCafé OtoLondon, UKNovember 7, 2012It was almost as if no-one wanted to break the perfection of the anticipatory hush at north London's Café Oto. Eventually, Harrison Smith ventured a quizzical phrase on tenor saxophone, which inaugurated an unostentatious exchange of ideas and viewpoints. Pianist ...