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Ethan Margolis: Perfect Mission of Feeling

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 6, 2016

Describing guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer and conceptualist Ethan Margolis as a citizen of the world barely does him or his music justice. Born and raised in Cleveland (OH), Margolis left the US when he was 21 to study the art of Gypsy flamenco guitar in Spain. He stayed there for more than a decade, living alongside ...

Article: Take Five With...

Tito Mangialajo Rantzer e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
August 31, 2016

All About Jazz Italia: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Tito Mangialajo Rantzer: Che sia sincera e con lo sguardo verso l'ignoto e il rischio. Ma anche che sia in qualche modo legata alla tradizione, al suono di quella musica che chiamiamo jazz, della quale sono terribilmente innamorato. AAJI: La qualità che ...

Article: Album Review

Jason Roebke Octet: Cinema Spiral

Read "Cinema Spiral" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 31, 2016

If entropy is a scientific theory that describes how all things in nature tend towards a gradual decline and disorder, then Jason Roebke's Octet is the anti-entropy. His second octet release Cinema Spiral and the previous High/Red/Center (Delmark, 2014) make order out of the impression of chaos. Such is the enticement of jazz.

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Greg Ward & 10 Tongues: Touch My Beloved's Thought

Read "Touch My Beloved's Thought" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani
August 29, 2016

Tanti ma tanti anni fa, di passaggio da quelle parti per un giro chicagoano, mi domandai cosa cavolo potesse lasciare ai posteri un posto come Peoria (capitale dell'omonima contea) a parte un celebre discorso di Abramo Lincoln del 1864 sulla schiavitù e i diritti del popolo nero, l'aver dato i natali a un paio di discreti ...

Article: Live Review

Lagarina Jazz Festival 2016

by Paolo Peviani
August 23, 2016

Lagarina Jazz Festival 2016 Ala, Brentonico, Isera, Mori, Villa Lagarina 29.07-17.09.2016 Alla sua dodicesima edizione, il Lagarina Jazz Festival ha articolato la propria programmazione in blocchi di due- tre concerti (intervallati ogni dieci giorni circa), a coprire tutto il mese di agosto e la prima metà del mese di settembre. ...

Article: Album Review

Groove & Move - Gabriele Mitelli Pasquale Mirra: Water Stress

Read "Water Stress" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
August 22, 2016

Eccola, finalmente fissata su disco, l'avventura denominata Groove & Move. Una serie di concerti memorabili aveva lasciato il segno nel cuore e nella mente degli spettatori ma per il duo formato da Gabriele Mitelli e Pasquale Mirra sembrava inevitabile il confronto con il disco, con la sua fisicità, i suoi limiti, le sue regole, le sue ...

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Jim Ridl: Opening Doors in the Big Apple

by Victor L. Schermer
August 16, 2016

Something fresh and vital is in the air when a truly creative musician is about to release a new album. Jim Ridl's Door in a Field: Volume II: Songs of the Green River, an independent release, is full of surprises and rich in musical ideas. The album is set to be released in early Fall, and ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Charles Mingus: Mingus in Wonderland – 1959

by Marc Davis
August 15, 2016

In 1959, there were two Charles Minguses: the Mingus you knew and the Mingus you didn't. In May 1959, Mingus recorded his very best album ever: the incomparable Mingus Ah Um. And I mean incomparable in the literal sense. There is, literally, no other record quite like it. It's a big band, but not ...

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Ron Stabinsky: Free for One

Read "Free for One" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
August 15, 2016

The first thing to note about pianist Ron Stabinsky's debut recording Free For One is the quality of sound. The piano's lows are solid and centered, the mid-range clear and very fast while the highs sing. This is how piano should be recorded--not only is it a good test for the output end (speakers) of the ...

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Take Five With Edgars Cirulis

by AAJ Staff
August 13, 2016

About Edgars Cirulis: Edgars Cirulis is an up and coming pianist and composer from Latvia. This year he released his first album Ainavisti - with a group he created and is leading since 2014. Edgars is currently studying at Jazepa Vitola Latvian Music Academy, doing his second year of bachelor studies. Outside his regular ...