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BlueMusicGroup.com Gives Away Entire Albums As Free MP3 Downloads
In the era of Spotify and Pandora streaming subscriptions, jazz and classical downloads have become an ever-less popular form of listening to music. While Compact Disc sales have surged somewhat, streaming is in 2015 the predominant way to consume music. BlueMusicGroup.com—The Small Label With Big Music—has taken bold measures to make their MP3 download items more ...
Jazz&Wine of Peace 2015
by Neri Pollastri
Jazz&Wine of Peace Festival Cormons, Collio, Nova Gorica, Goriška Brda 22-25.10.2015 Diciottesima edizione del festival friulano, come gli ultimi anni ampiamente disseminato nel territorio circostante, per cantine, ville e chiese, non solo in territorio italiano ma anche nell'adiacente Brda slovena. Dopo alcuni prologhi, il più importante dei quali ...
Saalfelden 2015
by Vincenzo Roggero
Memorabile edizione la trentaseiesima del Saalfelden Jazz Festival. Forse il caldo più consono ai mari del sud che ad una località alpina ha sciolto anche gli animi più rigidi, ha favorito la libera circolazione delle idee, ha creato un clima di condivisione e stimolo artistico. Forse gli dei della musica hanno soffiato un vento benevolo sulle ...
Joe Magnarelli: On Three On Two
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Trumpeter Joe Magnarelli is and has been one of the most respected jazz players on the jazz scene for years. A native of Syracuse, New York, “Mags" has recently returned from a critically well-received European tour and has just announced release of Three On Two for Posi-Tone Records. All About Jazz: Joe, on ...
Marcello Tonolo Quartet: Crazeology
by Luigi Sforza
Leggibilità e leggerezza sono gli elementi che contraddistinguono la musica di Crazeology, album del Marcello Tonolo Quartet, che già nella scelta grafica--ricalco delle grandi copertine anni '50--consente una lettura di stili che l'ascolto, poi, in qualche modo conferma. Si tratta sostanzialmente di un progetto in cui si riconoscono chiaramente elementi paradigmatici di origine marcatamente ...
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Epicenter
by Luca Canini
Ha ancora senso parlare di mainstream? Esiste un jazz che guarda al futuro riuscendo allo stesso tempo ad essere immediatamente riconoscibile e masticabile anche da chi di jazz poco, o niente, ne capisce? Domande oziose soltanto all'apparenza. Che nel loro studiato candore squarciano il velo di una dicotomia che a uno sguardo distratto può apparire insanabile: ...
Bruno Råberg Quartet with Phil Grenadier, Allan Chase and Austin McMahon: Hot Box
by Karl Ackermann
Bassist Bruno Råberg and trumpeter Phil Grenadier had previously offered a brilliant duo collection with the 2012 Plunge (Orbis Music) and here--under Råberg's leadership--expand to a quartet formation for the equally imaginative Hot Box. The collection features compositions both by the Swedish born Råberg and group improvised pieces. Unlike the Råberg/Grenadier duo outing, the leader's electronic ...
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Epicenter
by Dave Wayne
Conceived as a continuous seven-part extended work for his band, Bigmouth, the first seven tracks on Chris Lightcap's Epicenter are as remarkable for their diversity as they are for the ways in which they're tied together. The unifying theme here is “New York: Lost and Found," and the music could indeed work as a sort of ...
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Epicenter
by Budd Kopman
The closing track of bassist Chris Lightcap's muscular and vibrant Epicenter is a very intense and almost brutal version of Lou Reed's “All Tomorrow's Parties" from the 1967 release Velvet Underground & Nico. This tune, which is among Reed's most highly crafted works and which captures the essence of both the times and its subculture, is ...
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth: Epicenter
by Mark F. Turner
"Nine South" from New York bassist Chris Lightcap's Epicenter ignites the rhythm sense with its undeniable influence from West African music. Written as part of a commissioned work granted by Chamber Music America New Jazz Works, the piece was inspired by Lightcap's routine drive into Manhattan. Propelled by contagious hooks, fiery solos, and powerful harmonies, the ...
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