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Article: Live Review

Il Vijay Iyer Trio al Teatro Golden di Palermo

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 15, 2022

Vijay Iyer Trio Nomos Jazz Teatro Golden Palermo 11.3.2022 Punta di diamante dell'attuale stagione concertistica siciliana, il concerto del trio di Vijay Iyer ha dimostrato perché Nomos Jazz sia divenuta l'associazione jazzistica più autorevole di questa Isola. Affiancato da Matt Brewer al contrabbasso e Jeremy Dutton alla batteria, il pianista ...

Article: Live Review

Belgrade Jazz Festival 2021

by Martin Longley
March 11, 2022

Belgrade Jazz Festival Dom Omladine/Kombank Dvorana Belgrade, Serbia October 26-November 1, 2021 The 37th Belgrade Jazz Festival made a full return to its accustomed international nature, following the late 2020 mostly-Serbian edition. Artists successfully managed to arrive from the USA and various parts of Europe, with no cancellations ...

Article: Live Review

Tiziana Ghiglioni—Giancarlo Schiaffini Duo a Dozza

by Libero Farnè
March 10, 2022

Crossroads, XXIII edizione Teatro Comunale Dozza (BO) 6.3.2022 Il delizioso borgo di Dozza, sulle colline imolesi, ha ospitato il terzo appuntamento della ventitreesima edizione di Crossroads—Jazz e altro in Emilia Romagna, che si è aperta due giorni prima a Casalgrande (RE) con Francesco Bearzatti nell'omaggio a Tony Scott e si ...

Article: Album Review

Yaniv Taubenhouse: Hope

by Mike Jurkovic
February 1, 2022

In the liner notes to Hope, Yaniv Taubenhouse's eloquently stated solo venture, the young pianist goes a long way to explain what brought him to the music he generously bequeaths us here. How one key besets the next and so on. How one tone leads to another and another. It might enhance the listening experience for ...

Article: Year in Review

2021: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 31, 2021

The jazz world continued grappling and adjusting in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Jazz Day again went virtual for the most part. Singer Tony Bennett put the final stamp on his touring--and likely recording--career after his Alzheimer's disclosure. Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield was headed to federal prison. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four ...

Article: Live Review

I Poeti del Piano Solo 2021

by Neri Pollastri
October 15, 2021

I poeti del piano solo Musicus Concentus Firenze Sala Vanni 1-3.10.2021 Seconda edizione della rassegna fiorentina I Poeti del Piano Solo, organizzata da Musicus Concentus con la direzione artistica di Stefano Maurizi, ancora una volta articolata su tre appuntamenti in giorni successivi e per l'occasione dedicata a pianisti trentenni, già ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Happy Birthday, Cole Porter

by Russell Perry
June 8, 2021

We are celebrating Cole Porter's 130th birthday—born June 9, 1891, This means that Porter was 27 years old, having already had shows produced on Broadway, when the first jazz recording was made in 1917. Early recordings by James P. Johnson, Jimmie Lunceford, Teddy Wilson and Django Reinhardt showed the adaptability of his compositions to the jazz ...

Article: Album Review

Sam Braysher Trio: Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man

Read "Dance Little Lady, Dance Little Man" reviewed by Thomas Fletcher

by Thomas Fletcher
May 21, 2021

It was back in 2017 when we were first introduced to Sam Braysher with his debut release Golden Earrings (Fresh Sound New Talent), performed alongside pianist, Michael Kanan and featuring a collection of reinterpreted songs from the Great American Songbook. Braysher is now following his own footsteps by releasing a trio album with a similar theme. ...

Article: Interview

Cote Calmet: Cultivating Afro-Peruvian Rhythms

by Ian Patterson
May 17, 2021

What do a dead donkey, a Seat Alhambra and Led Zeppelin's John Bonham all have in common? Whatever images your mind's eye may conjure, these three clues, in fact, all lead to Phisqa, the contemporary jazz band of Afro-Peruvian bent, formed by drummer Cote Calmet in Dublin, Ireland, in 2010. But let's not get ...

News: Recording

Bebop Bassist Will Lyle Readies Debut Album, 'l.A. Source Codes' Featuring 3 Generations Of Musicians

May 16, 2021

A source code is a piece of computer language that is readable by a human programmer. The talented young bassist-composer Will Lyle sees bebop and the jazz language as a musical source code that is kept alive by both the keepers of the flame and the younger players who push the music forward. Born in Southern ...