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Article: Extended Analysis

David Binney: Lifted Land

by John Kelman
June 26, 2013

In a career that seems to go from strength to strength and milestone to milestone, it's hard to imagine how David Binney manages to not only release one terrific record after another, but to do so, in some cases, under some pretty constricting terms. Like the five other albums that the influential saxophonist/composer has recorded as ...

News: Education

Dave Holland Joins Royal Academy Of Music

June 14, 2013

The Royal Academy of Music is delighted to announce the appointment of jazz legend Dave Holland to its illustrious roster of of teachers. Dave Holland said: “I'm very happy to have been invited by the Royal Acadamy of Music to be their International Jazz Artist in Residence for the next two years. Spending some extended time ...

Article: Interview

Wallace Roney: In the Realm of Anti-Gravity

by R.J. DeLuke
June 11, 2013

Much is made of trumpeter Wallace Roney coming from the Miles Davis school, a mentor-protégé situation that blossomed in the 1980s that Roney is very proud of. But that wouldn't be telling the whole story of the Philadelphia native who, in his prime years, has become one of the world's finest trumpet players, and a musician ...

Article: Album Review

John O'Gallagher: The Anton Webern Project

Read "The Anton Webern Project" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 11, 2013

Here's to avant-garde jazz. Unruly and ill-behaved, the seeds planted by saxophonists Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, and carried forward by reed multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton and melded with trumpeter Miles Davis's Post-bop, gave rise to a brand of jazz that, while not the complete chaos of free jazz, nevertheless possessed such an inventive spirit that begged ...

Article: Live Review

Moers Festival: Moers, Germany, May 17-20, 2013

by Henning Bolte
June 5, 2013

Moers Festival 2013Moers, GermanyMay 17-19, 2013The internationally renowned Moers Festival again arrived at a turning point, with its 42nd edition. It was the last edition with the famous blue marquee in the vast Castle-park of the city of Moers. Next year, the festival will continue in a reconstructed solid hall, an old covered ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

John O'Gallagher and Jeff Williams: In a Whirlwind

by C. Michael Bailey
May 30, 2013

Here's to avant-garde jazz. Unruly and ill-behaved, the seeds planted by saxophonists Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, and carried forward by reed multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton and melded with trumpeter Miles Davis' post bop, gave rise to a brand of jazz that, while not the complete chaos of free jazz, nevertheless possessed such an inventive spirit that ...

Article: Album Review

Barry Altschul: The 3dom Factor

Read "The 3dom Factor" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 14, 2013

Approaching five decades of residing in the cutting-edge of modern jazz development, drummer Barry Altschul's influence and legacy as a drummer is rather legendary. Performing on groundbreaking albums with Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, Dave Holland and many others too numerous in scope to cite, the artist surges onward through the inner-workings of this flexible and dynamic ...

Article: Live Review

Vossa Jazz 2013

by John Kelman
April 10, 2013

Vossa JazzOslo, NorwayMarch 22-24, 2013Every festival hopes to have a signature, that certain something that differentiates it from all the rest and makes it a desired destination, but few have as many things going for it as the annual Vossa Jazz Festival, now in its 40th year. It certainly may seem ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five WIth Viktorija Pilatovic

by AAJ Staff
April 6, 2013

Meet Viktorija Pilatovic:In October 2012, jazz singer, composer and arranger Viktorija Pilatovic, just 23 years old, performed her original composition, “We Could Solve That," with internationally renowned bassist Victor Wooten in Valencia, Spain's iconic Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia performing arts complex. Her skills were quickly noticed when she arrived at Berklee Valencia ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 3, 2013

Volume 2 in Legacy's Bootleg Series features Miles Davis' “great lost band" with saxophonist Wayne Shorter, keyboardist Chick Corea, bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette, recorded in July and November 1969. This band, sometimes called Davis' “third great quintet," never recorded as a standalone ensemble, although it served as the core of the larger group ...