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Article: Profile

Memories in Motian

Read "Memories in Motian" reviewed by Zeno De Rossi

by Zeno De Rossi

Poco dopo aver appreso la triste notizia della morte di Paul Motian, avvenuta il 22 novembre 2011, ho sentito la forte esigenza di ri-tuffarmi in profondità nella sua musica. In seguito, dopo aver letto un toccante scritto di Ellery Eskelin (pubblicato sul suo sito e riportato qui di seguito), pensai che sarebbe stato ...

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Article: Album Review

Mary Halvorson: Reverse Blue

Read "Reverse Blue" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

In the past few years, Mary Halvorson, already an acclaimed member of New York's Downtown improv scene, has been earning widespread recognition as a bandleader and composer of note. Her writing displays an increasing sophistication with each new effort, revealing a compositional maturity as distinctive as her idiosyncratic guitar technique.Her latest ensemble, Reverse Blue, ...

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News: Festival

Jazz in the Catskills

Jazz in the Catskills

As a native son of Woodstock NY, best known to many over the past five decades as the namesake of a rock music festival that was held 60 miles away as the crows fly, an announcement this week came as welcome news. A Woodstock Jazz Festival is scheduled the evening of October 4 at the Bearsville ...

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Article: Interview

Cristina Zavalloni: The Soul Factor

Read "Cristina Zavalloni: The Soul Factor" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè

In concomitanza di Umbria Jazz 14, fra le iniziative collaterali del festival grande rilievo è stato dato alla presentazione dell'ultima fatica discografica di Cristina Zavalloni, concepita in stretta collaborazione con Uri Caine. Per l'occasione erano presenti la stessa Zavalloni e i due produttori: Enzo Capua e Giandomenico Ciaramella. The Soul Factor, registrato in studio a New ...

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Article: Album Review

Chris Speed: Really OK

Read "Really OK" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Saxophonist, clarinetist, Chris Speed has been in the thick of things the past several decades. He's been a co-conspirator in trendsetting ensembles led by alto saxophonists, composers Tim Berne, John Zorn, and leading-edge outfits Claudia Quintet and Pachora amid a host of other noteworthy projects. Speed's prominence in the newer realm of jazz and jazz improvisation ...

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Article: Album Review

Mattias Ståhl Trio: Jag Skulle Bara Gå Ut

Read "Jag Skulle Bara Gå Ut" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The rebirth of the vibraphone as a tool for creative music making has been a long time coming. Like the clarinet, it had to lose its nerdishness to gain acceptance. Artists like Jason Adasiewicz, Matt Moran and the Swedish-born Matthais Ståhl are making the vibes as relevant today as the mid-sixties and 1970s work of Khan ...

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Article: Lyrics

Save the Date - Aprile 2014

Read "Save the Date - Aprile 2014" reviewed by Luca Canini

by Luca Canini

Come promesso il mese scorso, diventa fisso l'appuntamento con “Save the Date." Riparte il viaggio su e giù per lo Stivale a caccia delle migliori proposte, dei migliori festival, delle iniziative più stuzzicanti. Una guida tascabile compilata seguendo solo e soltanto l'ispirazione e le tracce della musica che piace (a noi). 2 Aprile--Piacenza: ...

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Article: Album Review

Endangered Blood: Work Your Magic

Read "Work Your Magic" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Nato come gruppo per sostenere le spese mediche del collega Andrew D'Angelo, il quartetto Endangered Blood si è poi rivelato uno dei progetti più convincenti della premiata ditta Chris Speed & Jim Black, qui affiancati dal basso di Trevor Dunn e dal sax contralto e clarinetto basso di Oscar Noriega, musicista che si sta conquistando di ...

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Article: Live Review

Simone Graziano Quintet al Pinocchio Jazz Club

Read "Simone Graziano Quintet al Pinocchio Jazz Club" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Pinocchio Live Jazz Firenze 30.11.2013 Autore di uno dei CD italiani più interessanti del 2013 con un quintetto dalla front line stellare--David Binney e Chris Speed--Simone Graziano ha svolto un tour di presentazione del lavoro che ha toccato varie città italiane, portando in scena il gruppo con una sola ...

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Article: Album Review

Frank Lacy: That Which Is Planted

Read "That Which Is Planted" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

The real reason the revolution will not be televised (with apologies to Gil Scott Heron) is that the sound of the revolution is free jazz. While those street fighting men are satisfied to throw rock music up against the wall, the real uprising is music of bands like 1032K. With roots in the streets and lofts ...


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