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Article: Album Review

Jason Marshall: New Beginnings

Read "New Beginnings" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
December 10, 2022

Anyone who appreciates the thunderous sound of an assertive baritone sax should love New Beginnings, an emphatic quartet date that shines a light on Jason Marshall's muscular horn and keeps it there from start to finish. While his teammates (Marc Cary, piano; Gerald Cannon, bass; Willie Jones III, drums) converse eloquently on every ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The String Section: Nels Cline, Marc Ribot and More

by Jerome Wilson
November 30, 2022

This show focuses on string players,. It mostly features guitarists and bassists, but it also includes a set of string ensembles backing soloists. Musicians heard on the show include Margaret Slovak, Marc Ribot, Nels Cline, Charles Mingus, and Lenny Breau. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from he Complete ...

Article: Live Review

Roberto Ottaviano al Centro Culturale San Gaetano di Padova

by Giuseppe Segala
November 30, 2022

Roberto Ottaviano Eternal Love Quintet Padova Jazz 2022 Centro Culturale San Gaetano, Padova 26.11.2022 C'è passione e meraviglia nell'attenzione che Roberto Ottaviano ha rivolto a Charles Mingus. Già nel 1988, l'ensemble di ance e ottoni fondato dal musicista pugliese, Six Mobiles, aveva dedicato il CD Portraits in six Colours alla musica ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Tribute to Someone

by Patrick Burnette
November 24, 2022

Sometimes “tribute" can be a dirty word in jazz—a sign a project's only justification is a well-known name—a warning that reverence may have trumped inspiration on a record. But it doesn't have to be that way. This episode, the Bastards look at four 2022 releases that each celebrate a towering figure from jazz's past without getting ...

Article: Live Review

La Mingus Big Band al Teatro Golden di Palermo

by Maurizio Zerbo
November 24, 2022

Mingus Big Band Nomos Jazz Teatro Golden Palermo 18.11.2022. Un concerto esemplare per dimostrare quanto l'arte di Mingus sia policentrica e multiforme, continuando a esercitare un'influenza profonda sulla contemporaneità musicale. Nei brani proposti dalla Mingus Big Band si ritrovano le componenti essenziali dell'estetica mingusiana: chorus esteso, struttura dalla durata indeterminata, ...

Article: Interview

Kevin “Bujo” Jones: Jazz as a Part of The Continuum

by Jane Kozhevnikova
November 4, 2022

Jazz musicians can be found working in any other music styles, probably because jazz gives great flexibility and freedom of expression that can be easily applied to any music. Kevin “Bujo" Jones, a percussionist born in Englewood, New Jersey, and residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, feels equally comfortable playing jazz and non-jazz. Moreover, he does not ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2022

by Neri Pollastri
November 2, 2022

Jazz&Wine of Peace 2022 Cormons, Collio e Brda slovena 19-13.10.2022 Con l'edizione 2022 il festival Jazz&Wine of Peace di Cormons tagliava l'importante traguardo dei venticinque anni di vita, festeggiati con un degno programma di concerti disseminati--come ormai da tempo avviene--sullo splendido territorio circostante, tra teatri locali, abbazie, castelli e aziende vinicole: artisti ...

Article: Interview

Boris Kozlov: Mingus and Much More

by R.J. DeLuke
October 31, 2022

The music of Charles Mingus can be like the man himself—multi-faceted, intimidating, blusterous, marked by mood changes. Whatever it is, the world is better for it. And fans of music can still hear and feel it live via bands, from orchestra to small group, that perform his pieces all over the world. Those bands—Mingus ...

Article: Book Review

Mingus, un omaggio a fumetti

by Neri Pollastri
October 20, 2022

Mingus Fravio Massarutto—Squaz 160 pagine Coconino 2021 Tra i tantissimi omaggi dedicati a Charles Mingus nell'anno del centenario della nascita, spicca per originalità questo libro, che tocca rapsodicamente alcuni episodi della sua vita non già tornando a narrarli o a studiarli, bensì mostrandoli visivamente con la tecnica del ...

Article: Live Review

Rova Saxophone Quartet at Bop Stop

by John Chacona
October 12, 2022

Rova Saxophone Quartet Bop Stop at the Music Settlement Cleveland, OHOctober 4, 2022 One of the inescapable trends in music over the last decade has been the convergence of two traditions in improvised music, one that was created in the African diaspora and another that evolved in European art music. Classifications ...