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Gabe Katell: Hear, It Is
by Jack Bowers
After years of paying his dues by gigging around with groups large and small in southern California, baritone saxophonist Gabe Katell has recorded Hear, It Is, the first album with his name above the marquee, and an impressive one it is, both musically and strategically. To ensure its musical success, Katell enlisted the help ...
The Philosophy Of Jazz
by Ian Patterson
The Philosophy Of Jazz Kevin Le Gendre 105 Pages ISBN: 978 0 7123 5503 2 British Library 2025 If you had to recommend just one book on jazz history to a neophyte, which would it be? Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz (Oxford University Press, ...
¡Viva la resistencia! Cafe Central, Madrid
by Leo Sidran
A story of Madrid's Cafe Central, going out of business after over 40 years as the beating heart of jazz in the Spanish capital. The old saying “wherever you go, there you are" is one of those deceptively simple adages that never lets you down. And yet, the longer I've lived with it, the ...
Elijah Shiffer: City Of Birds, Volume 3: Fly By Night Blues
by Max Kutner
Few current composers are as restlessly inventive as saxophonist-clarinetist Elijah Shiffer. Over the past decade, Shiffer has led numerous ensembles and written an ever-expanding catalog of original music, all crafted and thematically tied closely to and informed by distinct aspects of his interests and tastes. Fly by Night Blues, the third volume in his City of ...
Two duos and a trio in Lewisham, London
by John Eyles
Shift Register, Akira vs Tigersonic, Data Swamp Lewisham Arthouse London December 13, 2025 Right from the moment the first audience member entered and sat down, there was an electric atmosphere in the room of the Lewisham Arthouse where three acts were to play. As the room filled up, an excited buzz ...
Arturo Sandoval at Miner Auditorium
by Steven Roby
Arturo Sandoval Miner Auditorium San Francisco, CA December 18, 2025 At 76, Arturo Sandoval still walks onstage with the authority of someone who knows exactly what he offers--and how to deliver it. Thursday night at SFJAZZ's Miner Auditorium, his Swinging Holiday program unfolded as something more enduring than a festive detour. It ...
Ramona Horvath: Absinthe
by Artur Moral
How could one not connect with someone who, from her debut album as a leader, Lotus Blossom (Black & Blue, 2017), demonstrated such knowledge and admiration for Billy Strayhorn's timeless compositions? Or who, in the liner notes of her new project, counts among her supporters fellow pianists of the stature of Giovanni Mirabassi, Ignasi Terraza and ...
Louis Stewart & Brian Dunning: Alone Together
by Ian Patterson
Re-releases and archival recordings are so abundant these days that it is easy to take for granted the work involved in dusting down and polishing up old recordings. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Dermot Rogers--the man at the helm of the revived Livia Records--Irish guitarist Louis Stewart's discography is being lovingly restored and reissued. Hats ...
Best Jazz Christmas Songs Of All-Time
by Ken Hohman
While moldy Christmas songs and great jazz seem as compatible as egg nog and Tanqueray, there have been instances where the planets have aligned to create songs that display the best of both genres. Ten instances, to be exact, and you'll find them below. Do you agree? Then post your holiday toast to my list. Don't ...
Lorenzo Simoni e il Questionario di Proust
by Paolo Peviani
Sassofonista attivo sia in ambito classico che jazzistico, Lorenzo Simoni è uno dei talenti emergenti della nuova scena musicale italiana. Il tratto principale della mia musica La melodia come protagonista. La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Sensibilità, onestà, chiarezza e vulnerabilità. Come musicista, ...
