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Article: Album Review

The Ed Palermo Big Band: Oh No! Not Jazz!!

Read "Oh No! Not Jazz!!" reviewed by Vic Albani


La Big Band di Ed Palermo ha iniziato a suonare le composizioni di uno dei più grandi musicisti del secolo scorso, Frank Zappa, per puro e immenso amore nei confronti di quel genio poco dopo la sua scomparsa avvenuta il 4 dicembre del 1993. A parte la risaputa difficoltà tecnica ed esecutiva delle ...

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Article: Interview

Cecil McBee: Masterful, And Always Equipped

Read "Cecil McBee: Masterful, And Always Equipped" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Cecil McBee is one of the finest bass players on the scene, a status he's held among musicians for many years, even if the public is slower to pick up on the achievements of this 79-year-old musician extraordinaire. A natural, he was quick to connect with musicians in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. But ...

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Article: Album Review

Expansions: The Dave Liebman Group: Samsara

Read "Samsara" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Dave Liebman is forever restless. An extremely emotional and expressive player, he has formed, after 20 years in a group featuring guitarist Vic Juris, the new group Expansions, purposefully bringing in and connecting with players of the younger generation. Adapting himself to their harmonic language and rhythmic patterns, he continues to expand and grow, resulting in ...

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Article: Album Review

Expansions: The Dave Liebman Group: Samsara

Read "Samsara" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Trying to keep up with all of saxophonist Dave Liebman's musical exploits? Good luck. A year doesn't seem to go by when Liebman doesn't release multiple recordings with different bands on different labels. Take 2014 for example: it's a year that has already seen his big band-based A Tribute To Wayne Shorter (Mama Records, 2014), an ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Evans: Subliminal Leaps

Read "Subliminal Leaps" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Lavoro complesso dalle atmosfere quasi sinfoniche quello realizzato dal giovane baritonista e compositore Charles Evans, avvalendosi della collaborazione di valenti ed esperti musicisti tra i quali spicca Dave Liebman, che di Evans è stato anche maestro. La presenza di Liebman era nella mente di Evans fin dalla scrittura del lavoro, che ha nel ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Liebman Big Band: A Tribute to Wayne Shorter

Read "A Tribute to Wayne Shorter" reviewed by Jack Bowers


In a career spanning almost half a century, soprano saxophonist Dave Liebman has appeared on more than five hundred recordings including seventy as leader of various groups. His latest, A Tribute to Wayne Shorter by the Dave Liebman Big Band, may well be the best one yet. Why? Because every single component, from choice of material ...

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Article: Lyrics

I nuovi orchestratori - 2: Kyle Saulnier - Rob Mazurek

Read "I nuovi orchestratori - 2: Kyle Saulnier - Rob Mazurek" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Parliamo ancora di orchestre e arrangiatori [per leggere la prima puntata di questo approfondimento -clicca qui. Tralasciando per il momento di considerare i contributi più innovativi della scena europea (tra cui spiccano la Vienna Art Orchestra e l'Italian Instabile Orchestra) dopo la stagione del Free la ricerca d'avanguardia statunitense non si è fermata. Purtroppo ...

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News: Award / Grant

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Directed By Tommy Smith Submits "American Adventure" CD To The 57th Grammys

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Directed By Tommy Smith Submits "American Adventure" CD To The 57th Grammys

In the summer of 2013, The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra were joined at Avatar Studios in New York City by Kurt Elling, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman, Bill Evans, Joe Locke, Donny McCaslin, Clarence Penn, Michael Dease and Joel Frahm to capture some great performances on American Adventure. Following universal praise, the CD has now ...

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Article: Album Review

Sebastien Boisseau - Matthieu Donarier: Wood

Read "Wood" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Incluso in un package a dir poco originale (un cofanetto che include, assieme al disco, la sezione di un ramo, quasi un CD in legno), questo lavoro dei due affiatatissimi musicisti francesi punta anche nei suoni sul legno, quello del contrabbasso di Sebastien Boisseau e quello delle ance di Matthieu Donarier. Per valorizzare ...

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Article: Album Review

Bobby Avey: Authority Melts from Me

Read "Authority Melts from Me" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo


Talento emergente del piano jazz statunitense, Bobby Avey ha vinto nel 2011 il prestigioso “Thelonius Monk International Jazz Competition" che lo ha proiettato alla ribalta nazionale. Dopo due album e l'esperienza come sideman nel gruppo “Expansions" di Dave Liebman, il musicista newyorchese sperimenta la formula del quintetto per questa affascinante suite in tre movimenti dedicata alla ...


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