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Dave Douglas Quintet: Brazen Heart

by Dave Wayne
Leading a quintet whose debut recording, Be Still (Greenleaf Music, 2012) was an elegiac song cycle dedicated to his late mother, Dave Douglas' Brazen Heart, sadly, finds the trumpeter / composer in mourning once again. Damon Douglas, Dave's brother, passed away in June 2015. Yet, the overall tenor of Brazen Heart is completely different than Be ...
Franco D'Andrea uno e trino

by Giuseppe Segala
La pubblicazione del triplo CD con i concerti registrati al Parco della Musica di Roma, offre l'occasione per una chiacchierata con Franco D'Andrea, che partendo da questo lavoro, un vero autoritratto provvisorio, si racconta con generosità sulla soglia del suo settantacinquesimo compleanno e dall'alto del suo mezzo secolo abbondante di attività artistica. All ...
Tokyo Label Core Port Releases "Deep Immersion" by Bassist & Composer Konstantin Ionenko

Over the last decade, Konstantin Ionenko has been engaged in several jazz projects spanning different countries, though only a small number of which were recorded and released. A solo project was just a matter of time as Ionenko's composing talent has been highly praised by colleagues and audience alike. His debut release Deep Immersion contains seven ...
Stockholm Jazz Festival 2015

by John Ephland
Stockholm Jazz Festival Stockholm, Sweden October 9-18, 2015 The sleeper at this year's Stockholm Jazz Festival, and one this reviewer initially found more a curiosity than anything else, oddly enough was downright riveting, not to mention the first evening's headliner. More in the category of being a name crossover artist ...
Blue Buddha: Blue Buddha

by Giuseppe Segala
Blue Buddha riunisce due calibri da novanta della scena contemporanea come Dave Douglas e Bill Laswell. Gli accosta un giovane batterista e compositore che si distingue tra le nuove personalità per caratura e ingegno, autore già in prima persona di lavori notevoli, tra cui That / Not e Alloy. Ma pure coprotagonista con Roscoe Mitchell dello ...
Matt Mitchell: Vista Accumulation

by Mark Corroto
Growing up in a neighborhood, how do you get from, Hey you kids, get off of my lawn!" to Congratulations, Mr. Mitchell, on your son winning the Doris Duke Impact award and being named a Pew Fellow"? We are talking about the musical, not the suburban neighborhood here and in seemingly a blink of an eye, ...
Erik Friedlander: Oscalypso

by Troy Collins
As a veteran of the fertile 1990s Downtown NYC scene, cellist Erik Friedlander has been involved in myriad creative endeavors, including innovative sideman work with Dave Douglas and John Zorn, while leading his own unique ensembles, such as Chimera and Topaz. More recently, Friedlander has been performing solo and developing projects inspired by rural Americana, but ...
The Day the Music Died

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
On one of my infrequent trips outside the 'Dome recently, I stopped at a convenience store for a cold Coke Zero when I noticed a man about my age (48. 52, in heels) driving a red 1988 Pontiac Trans Am and blasting Whitesnake's Here I Go Again" on his car stereo. He wore Zubaz workout pants ...
Dave Douglas al Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo

by Paolo Peviani
Teatro Donizetti Bergamo 14.10.2015 Grazie alla collaborazione di Bergamo Scienza, manifestazione di divulgazione scientifica aperta anche al mondo dello spettacolo e della musica, il festival Bergamo Jazz ha presentato alla città il suo nuovo direttore artistico, Dave Douglas. Non era la prima volta che il trombettista di Montclair si esibiva ...
Poker di Jon Irabagon

by Stefano Merighi
Il jazz di oggi è sicuramente policentrico, continuando in questo la sua stratificata tradizione. Sempre più spazio trovano artisti americani di origini diverse. Tra essi, il sassofonista Jon Irabagon (sangue filippino) è emerso da un decennio con una forza dirompente, conseguenza di una preparazione enciclopedica, tradotta abilmente in un'ampia gamma di situazioni sonore.