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Jazz Musician of the Day: Chris Potter

January 1, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Chris Potter's birthday today! A world-class soloist, accomplished composer and formidable bandleader, saxophonist Chris Potter has emerged as a leading light of his generation. Down Beat called him “One of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet" while Jazz Times identified him as “a figure of international renown." Jazz ...

Album

Kinds of Love

By Renee Rosnes

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Silk; Kinds of Love; In Time Like Air; The Golden Triangle; Evermore; Passing Jupiter; Life Does Not Wait (A Vida Não Espera); Swoop; Blessings in a Year of Exile.

Article: Album Review

Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love

Read "Kinds of Love" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
December 11, 2021

When Canadian pianist Renee Rosnes decided to make her mark in the jazz world, she wasted no time, making an auspicious start as a member of Joe Henderson's all-female quartet in 1986. Fast forward thirty-five years and her career continues to advance on an upward trajectory. Her third offering for Smoke Sessions, Kinds of Love, is ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Isaiah J. Thompson, Guano Padano, Camille Bertault, Rope & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 11, 2021

Enjoy a playlist which starts with Larry Goldings getting scary and ends with Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass confirming they're extraordinary.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Scary Goldings “Hi Ho Silverstein" IV (Pockets) 0:16 Host talks 3:24 Isaiah J. Thompson “Mikula Blues" Composed in ...

Article: Book Review

La Storia del Jazz di Ted Gioia torna in edizione ampliata

by Angelo Leonardi
December 6, 2021

Storia del Jazz Ted Gioia 614 Pagine ISBN: # 978-88-5927-927-3 Edizioni EDT/Siena Jazz 2021 A pochi mesi dalla pubblicazione negli Stati Uniti esce in Italia la terza edizione della Storia del Jazz di Ted Gioia, ampliata e aggiornata alle ultime vicende e ai nuovi protagonisti. Che ...

Article: Film Review

Motian In Motion

by Ian Patterson
November 29, 2021

Paul Motian Motian In Motion Aquapio Films 2021 There could have been no more apt title for film maker Michael Patrick Kelly's documentary film on drummer, Paul Motian (1931-2011), who buzzes about his New York business—in and out of taxis on the way to and from gigs or the recording studio—with ...

Article: Live Review

SFJAZZ Collective at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
November 13, 2021

SFJAZZ Collective SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA October 31, 2021 Established by SFJAZZ, the San Francisco music-presentation nonprofit which hosts most events at its own San Francisco edifice, the SFJAZZ Collective, a group of established jazz musicians, has been making annual tours including material from one modern jazz great (such ...

Article: Album Review

Giuseppe Doronzo & Pino Basile: Aterraterr

Read "Aterraterr" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
November 1, 2021

Multi-instrumentalists/composers Giuseppe Doronzo and Pino Basile make up two-thirds of the AVA Trio. On their newest duo project, Aterraterr, the pair offer compositions influenced by the music of their mutual roots in the Apulian region in Italy. Doronzo is an Amsterdam-based baritone saxophonist with a background in jazz improvisation, classical and non-western music. He ...

Article: Album Review

Slowly Rolling Camera: Where the Streets Lead

Read "Where the Streets Lead" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
October 30, 2021

Slowly Rolling Camera is a jazz ensemble. Its core is pianist-composer Dave Stapleton, producer Deri Roberts, vocalist-lyricist Dionne Bennett, and drummer Elliot Bennett. Their newest album Where the Streets Lead is a follow-up to their acclaimed album, Juniper (Edition Records, 2018). The album presents eight tracks with a large ensemble, including an 8-piece string section and ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Chris Potter, Bunny Brunel, Yellow Jackets, Benny Rietveld

by Len Davis
October 24, 2021

Music from Chris Potter Underground, Bunny Brunel, Yellow Jackets and Scott Henderson.Playlist Chris Potter"Next Best Western" fromUnderground (Universal 00:00 Bunny Brunel “Herbert 7" from Invent Your Future (Nikala) 06:45 Jean-Luc Ponty “Celtic Steps" from The Atacama Experience (Koch) 13:26 Yellow Jackets “Evening News" from Mint Jam (Heads Up) 20:13 Benny Rietveld “Anybody There?" from ...