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Article: Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Alloy

Read "Alloy" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

From an early age composer/drummer/educator Tyshawn Sorey has found creative outlets in not just music but in painting and literature as well. Never one to compartmentalize his own imagination, he has enthusiastically explored blues, gospel, classical and music for dance so it seems quite natural that his current music defies categories. Whether listening or writing, he ...

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Article: Album Review

Anna Webber: Simple

Read "Simple" reviewed by Paul Naser

by Paul Naser

Simple (Skirl 2014) , New York based composer/saxophonist Anna Webber's follow up to her 2013 release “Percussive Mechanics (Pirouet 2013) finds her exploring the expressive capabilities of a trio setting. While the compositional sensibilities introduced in her first album remain, her affinity for polyrhythms being a good example, the new texture provides her the ability to ...

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Article: Album Review

Dee Alexander: Songs My Mother Loves

Read "Songs My Mother Loves" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

The maternal influence on a musician should never be underestimated. There's a degree of love, guidance, nurturing and support that only a mother can provide, and plenty of jazz artists have taken the time to express their appreciation for this fact: violinist Regina Carter did so with the touching I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Irabagon Trio: It Takes All Kinds

Read "It Takes All Kinds" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Scegliere come altri vertici di un triangolo due musicisti pieni di storia e esperienza come Mark Helias (contrabbasso) e Barry Altschul (batteria) è una scelta che racconta già da sola molte cose. È la scelta di Jon Irabagon, sassofonista che abbiamo potuto ammirare anche in Italia negli ultimi anni, con i Mostly Other People Do The ...

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Article: Live Review

Garana Jazz Festival 2014

Read "Garana Jazz Festival 2014" reviewed by Adriana Carcu

by Adriana Carcu

Garana Jazz Festival Wolf's Meadow Garana, Romania July 10-13, 2014 One of Europe's most visited festivals, taking place on a meadow over 300 ft. high in the Western Carpathians, just had its 18th anniversary. The lineup, a brand mark of the festival director, Marius Giura, combined again tradition ...

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News: Recording

Trombonist Ryan Keberle & Catharsis To Release Second Record, Into The Zone

Trombonist Ryan Keberle & Catharsis To Release Second Record, Into The Zone

Exploring Meditative Concept Of Mindfulness As Applied To Improvised Music, On Dave Douglas’ Greenleaf Music, Out Sept. 30, 2014 Into the Zone Features Original Catharsis Lineup: Ryan KEBERLE (trombone/melodica), MIKE RODRIGUEZ (trumpet), JORGE ROEDER (bass), ERIC DOOB (drums), Plus Newest Addition to Catharsis, CAMILA MEZA (vocals); And An Encore Guest Spot from SCOTT ROBINSON (sax) Most ...

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Article: Live Review

Suoni delle Dolomiti - XX Edizione

Read "Suoni delle Dolomiti - XX Edizione" reviewed by Paolo Peviani

by Paolo Peviani

Regina Carter--Dave Douglas Mountainside Trentino, 15-16.07.2014 “All'aperto si gioca a bocce". Così rispose, ad un giornalista che gli aveva chiesto cosa pensasse della musica all'aperto, il grande Arturo Toscanini. Altri tempi. Fosse nato un secolo dopo, e avesse assistito a qualche concerto dei Suoni delle Dolomiti, probabilmente il Maestro avrebbe risposto diversamente. ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Douglas - Uri Caine: Present Joys

Read "Present Joys" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Per questo loro incontro discografico in duo Dave Douglas e Uri Caine scelgono un repertorio compatto, tracciando un percorso stilistico di grande focalizzazione e coerenza, all'interno del quale è però forte la dialettica delle varie componenti. Cinque brani sono tratti dalla raccolta di musica sacra corale The Sacred Harp, sviluppata nella Chiesa Protestante statunitense a cavallo ...

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Article: On and Off the Grid

Practice, Do You? Part 2-3

Read "Practice, Do You? Part 2-3" reviewed by Dom Minasi

by Dom Minasi

Continued from Part 1 I began studying the guitar when I was seven years old. I hated my teacher and I didn't practice much, but when I changed teachers' and I went to Joe Geneli, I regained a love for the guitar that I first had when I was four years old when I ...

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Article: Album Review

Matt Mitchell: Fiction

Read "Fiction" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Chi abbia avuto modo di verificare, anche dal vivo oltre che su disco, le doti di Matt Mitchell (nel quintetto di Dave Douglas o soprattutto negli Snakeoil di Tim Berne) sa bene con quale intelligenza e originalità il pianista collabori nella costruzione delle architetture musicali in cui è coinvolto. Per questo suo lavoro d'esordio ...


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