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Interview: Chick Corea (Part 2)
When acoustic jazz began to fall on hard times in the 1970s and early 1980s, many fans blamed Chick Corea. After years spent pioneering a successful form of psychedelic jazz-rock fusion with his group Return to Forever, Chick became a lightning rod of sorts for complaints and dismay. Disgruntled jazz fans blamed Chick as well as ...
Stefano Bollani, retrato múltiple de un grande ubicuo
by Joan A. Cararach
“Bollani è un grande, ma... ha il dono dell'ubiquità? E' dappertutto!"Así, en un comentario escrito en Facebook, expresaba su perplejidad una persona ante la constante presencia de Stefano Bollani (Milán, 1972) en los medios de comunicación italianos, tanto por su actividad en concierto (el pianista es, según muchos promotores italianos, seguro de venta de ...
Various Artists: Miles Espanol: New Sketches of Spain
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
In the days of the so-called Young Lions jazz wave--which lasted roughly, from 1981 to 1992--instrumentalists and singers were all the rage. At the tail end of that period, South Carolina-born saxophonist Bob Belden was making waves for his comprehensive and compelling arranging chops. Over the last two decades, Belden has brilliantly re-imagined the music of ...
Interview: Chick Corea (Part 1)
Pianist Chick Corea has had about 20 careers. Which is why New York's Blue Note is turning over the club to Chick and his music for nearly the entire month of November. The unprecedented move not only comes in celebration of Chick's 70th birthday but also his 50 years of playing jazz and influencing the music's ...
Manfred Eicher: Through the Lens
by John Kelman
It begins in silence, always silence. Since the 1990s, all ECM recordings begin with five seconds of silence, and so, too, do directors Norbert Wiedmer and Peter Guyer open their feature film on the heralded German record label and its enigmatic founder, Sounds and Silence: Travels with Manfred Eicher. As longtime ECM recording artist Keith Jarrett's ...
Take Five With Lenny Marcus
by AAJ Staff
Meet Lenny Marcus: Lenny Marcus hails from Washington, DC, but studied, performed and recorded for many years in New Orleans, LA, before relocating to Roanoke, VA. He is leader on 18 albums, and has studied and recorded with many jazz legends, including David “Fathead" Newman, Brian Lynch, Sonny Fortune, Frank Foster, Charlie Byrd, Herb ...
Chick Corea: 70th B-Day Blowout at Blue Note in NYC
THREE WEEKS AT THE BLUE NOTE WITH BOBBY MCFERRIN, HERBIE HANCOCK, RETURN TO FOREVER, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, AND MORE The incomparable Chick Corea, known for his genre-defying brilliance, captures the evolution of his adventurous music career with a month-long 70th birthday celebration at New York's Blue Note, featuring ten different star-studded lineups in more than forty performances. ...
FAB Trio: History of Jazz In Reverse
by Dave Wayne
Jazz violin, for some, is an acquired taste. Perhaps this has more to do with the instrument's dominant role in Western classical music, more than anything else, but there's something very naked and vocal about the sound of a violin--much like the saxophone, it calls forth all sorts of intense emotions. Billy Bang, who died in ...
Hong Kong International Jazz Festival, Days 7-8, October 1-2, 2011
by Ian Patterson
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 Hong Kong International Jazz Festival Hong Kong, ChinaSeptember 25-October 2, 2011 Hong Kong is, without a doubt, one of Asia's most iconic cities, with views from the upper levels of its numerous skyscrapers which really take the breath away. Watching the lights ...
Take Five With Philip Baumgarten
by AAJ Staff
Meet Philip Baumgarten: I started out as a bass guitarist, and played salsa in the seventies. My band, Bapao, was successful in The Netherlands, and I played in every important venue. Later on, I switched to double-bass and jazz became my main thing. I've been playing jazz now for many years with many musicians, ...
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