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Bill Frisell / Thomas Morgan: Small Town
by John Kelman
In Emma Franz's revelatory documentary, Bill Frisell: A Portrait, the guitarist talks about the many guitars he owns, and how he rarely gets to plays them--the consequence, amongst other things, of the plight musicians face when traveling by air these days. Not three months after the film's premiere at South By Southwest this past March, comes ...
Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2017
by Nick Davies
Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham, Gloucestershire April 26 to May 1, 2017 The Cheltenham Jazz Festival saw the jazz world descend on the Regency Spa Town of Cheltenham for six days. The festival presented a mix of established jazz acts with emerging artists, complemented by stars from the soul and blues ...
Alex Sipiagin: Moments Captured
by Andrew Luhn
Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin's 12th outing as a leader for the esteemed Criss Cross label finds him returning to the three-horn front line format that he previously explored on the masterful “Destinations Unknown" (Criss Cross, 2011). Returning from that date are tenor giant Chris Potter and the unrelentingly groovy Eric Harland on drums. David Binney is Sipiagin's ...
Dave Holland: Consummate Bassist
by Lazaro Vega
This interview was first published at All About Jazz in May 1999 and is part of our ongoing effort to archive pre-database material.Bassist Dave Holland brings the flexible structures and varied instrumental colors of his Grammy nominated Quintet to several Michigan locations in the second week of April. On the 7th the group presents ...
Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is the Dream
by Karl Ackermann
Multi-reedist and composer Chris Potter has been an in-demand artist since his late teen years when he began playing the New York clubs. With a diverse catalog that runs from Steely Dan to regular collaborations with Dave Holland, Potter has picked up a number of Grammy nominations and wins. His versatile abilities have made him equally ...
Recent And Upcoming ECM Releases: April - June 2017
Look for these recent or upcoming releases on ECM Records. Aaron Parks Find the Way Aaron Parks: piano, Ben Street: double bass, Billy Hart: drums. For the second ECM album by Aaron Parks—following the solo release Aborescence, which JazzTimes praised as “expansive, impressionistic… like a vision quest”—the prize-winning pianist has convened a cross-generational trio ...
Kurt Rosenwinkel: Caipi
by Geannine Reid
Guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel has been at the forefront of shaping what we call jazz today with the help of dynamic peers such as: Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Mark Turner, Joshua Redman and Chris Potter. Rosenwinkel's indelible mark in music is the consummation of being steeped in the rich and deep traditions of jazz, springing off the ...
Josephine Davies: Satori
by Roger Farbey
An alumnus of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Josephine Davies's follow-up to her 2010 Trio Records album Perspective. She is a member of the excellent London Jazz Orchestra which habitually stuns audiences with its collective virtuosity; she also composes for this big band too. She appeared on fellow LJO member Pete Hurt's landmark 2016 ...
Craig Taborn: Daylight Ghosts
by Mark Sullivan
In addition to his copious sideman work (including multiple recordings with James Carter, Roscoe Mitchell, Tim Berne, Michael Formanek, and Chris Potter, among many others) pianist/keyboardist Craig Taborn has found time to record intermittently as a leader since 1994's Craig Taborn Trio (IDW). This is his third ECM album, following the solo Avenging Angel (2011) and ...
Elsa Nilsson CD Release Party at Rockwood Music Hall on March 26 - Video Premiere on February 18 - Exclusively On All About Jazz!
New Video Premiere February 18. Exclusively at All About Jazz! “I feel it is my responsibility as an artist to be open, vulnerable and honest—in hopes of creating a space that allows the listener to do the same."—Elsa Nilsson February 18, 2017- New Video Premiere: “Someone for Something" off of Elsa Nilsson's new album Salt Wind ...
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