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Article: Album Review

Noah Preminger: Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground

Read "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 1, 2016

Saxophonist Noah Preminger got this backwards. His latest release, Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground should have preceded the 2015 recording Pivot: Live At The 55 Bar. Same quartet of trumpeter Jason Palmer, bassist Kim Cass, and drummer Ian Froman. Same theme, the Delta Blues. The reverse order observation is a historical one. Where ...

Article: Album Review

Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life: Nihil Novi

Read "Nihil Novi" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 30, 2016

When you wipe away all of the minutiae and technical matters involved with the recording process, there are really only two schools of thought on the subject: You either aim to capture what's literally there or you choose to produce something that's not. Everything else is semantics and dealing with variants, mixtures, and/or a balance between ...

Article: Live Review

Jackie Ryan and the Larry McKenna Quartet at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
April 28, 2016

Jackie Ryan and the Larry McKenna Quartet Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA April 23, 2016 Jackie Ryan is acquiring a reputation as a “must hear" vocalist. When this reviewer heard DJ Bob Perkins ("BP with the GM") praise her singing on WRTI, he decided to attend her show at Chris' ...

Article: Hi-Res Jazz

Blue Note On Blu-Ray

by Mark Werlin
April 22, 2016

Jazz music is best appreciated with “big ears" and an open mind. Just as exposure to new music casts older, familiar works in a different light, newer formats can expand a listener's perspective on the strengths and limitations of the original recordings. SACDs, Blu-Ray discs and hi-res downloads accurately represent the affective details of ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charles Mingus

April 22, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Mingus' birthday today! One of the most important figures in twentieth century American music, Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bassist, accomplished pianist, bandleader and composer. Born on a military base in Nogales, Arizona in 1922 and raised in Watts, California, his earliest musical influences came from the church— choir and ...

Article: Live Review

Dialoghi Jazz per Due - Pavia

by Paolo Peviani
April 19, 2016

Dialoghi Jazz per Due -18a Edizione Santa Maria Gualtieri Pavia 04.03-12.04.2016 La rassegna pavese Dialoghi Jazz per Due è arrivata alla diciottesima edizione. Un traguardo importante per una manifestazione nata, come spesso accade, un po' per caso e un po' per gioco, e che nel corso degli anni è riuscita a ...

Article: Interview

Dave Stryker: Soulful Sound

by R.J. DeLuke
April 13, 2016

Guitarist Dave Stryker carries a soulful sound that took root in his early years in Nebraska, where he played the blues before finding his way into the world of Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. More was added to the recipe when, after moving to New York City, he earned his way into the real-time ...

Article: What is Jazz?

The Virtues of Jazz

by Douglas Groothuis
April 12, 2016

Any jazz aficionado knows the musical virtues of jazz, whether they are a musician, a jazz writer, or simply a committed jazz listener. In classical Western thought (that is, in the musings of cats like as Aristotle and Plato), a virtue is a kind of excellence in performance that flows from a settled habit. One who ...

Article: Film Review

Stephanie Castillo: Thomas Chapin - Night Bird Song

by Stefano Merighi
April 11, 2016

Stephanie CastilloNight Bird Song [DVD] * * * * Come abbiamo fatto a dimenticarci di Thomas Chapin? Questa è la domanda--tra le molte altre -che gran parte della comunità jazzistica dovrebbe porsi di fronte all'imponente lavoro documentario “Night Bird Song," che Stephanie Castillo ha realizzato in onore del polistrumentista e compositore ...

Article: Interview

Gianmaria Testa

by Luca Muchetti
April 4, 2016

Nessuno è profeta in patria. Forse anche per questo il nome di Gianmaria Testa, cantautore fine, colto e amatissimo dallo scrittore Erri De Luca (con cui ha collaborato in diverse occasioni), è rimbalzato in Italia grazie all'attenzione riservatagli da etichette e critica d'Oltralpe. Storia vecchia quanto il mondo. Prima Montgolfières per la francese ...