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News: Festival

Sonny Rollins to open Jazztopad 2011

November 3, 2011

Jazztopad is back and celebrating its eighth edition in some style, with a star-studded program featuring some of the very best jazz musicians from Europe and the United States. Legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins gets things rolling on the 6th November, in what will be one of only four European shows for the tireless octagenarian. Other highlights ...

Article: Album Review

Jeff Williams: Another Time

Read "Another Time" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 29, 2011

The catch-all term “playing time" is often used as a descriptor for drummers that find a steady, supportive pattern and play it ad infinitum, whether to the benefit or detriment of a band, but that definition has always been limiting. Drummer Jeff Williams, for example, has and plays impeccable time, but he paints around the lines ...

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Article: Interview

Achille Succi: Nuances and Articulations

by Glenn Astarita
October 19, 2011

Saxophonist and bass clarinetist Achille Succi has recently been singled out as “one of the European musicians to keep an eye on in the next ten years" by (Bill Schoemaker in Giornale Della Musica (January 2010), while journalist Mario Gamba defines him as a “genius of Italian Jazz" in Alias (March 20th, 2010). Born ...

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Article: Live Review

Hong Kong International Jazz Festival, Days 7-8, October 1-2, 2011

by Ian Patterson
October 18, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 Hong Kong International Jazz Festival Hong Kong, ChinaSeptember 25-October 2, 2011 Hong Kong is, without a doubt, one of Asia's most iconic cities, with views from the upper levels of its numerous skyscrapers which really take the breath away. Watching the lights ...

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Article: Album Review

Marc Copland / John Abercrombie: Speak to Me

Read "Speak to Me" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 17, 2011

Plenty of artists explore that most naked of musical couplings, the duo, but few have mined its intimate potential the way pianist Marc Copland has. Since 2003, the light-of-touch, impressionistically lithe pianist has put out no less than six duo records amongst the more than 15 albums he's released on half a dozen labels--though since 2007, ...

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News: Radio

Kurt Elling, Rudresh Mahanthappa and more on Reeds & Deeds II

October 17, 2011

Reeds and Deeds II presents its current line up! The jazz program is thrilled to announce two interviews and two in studio performance/interviews for the next coming weeks. The schedule is as follows: October 23: Kurt Elling Interviewed October 30: Rudresh Mahanthappa Interviewed November 6: The Jeremy De Jesus Quintet Interviewed with in studio performance November ...

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Article: Live From New York

Perry Robinson, Ron Carter, Dave Liebman and Valery Ponomarev

by Martin Longley
October 7, 2011

Perry Robinson/Diane Moser/Max Johnson The University Of The Streets August 30, 2011 Native New Yorker Perry Robinson is not one of the better known free improvisers, but his stature is no less significant as a result. Within a certain scene the clarinetist has accrued importance, his activities ...

News: Radio

Jazz Radio Returns a Second Time! Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back!

September 11, 2011

'Reeds & Deeds II' is returning for a second full year on WECB! The jazz radio program that made a big splash on the internet airwaves is back with more exclusive content, brand new tracks and exciting interviews. Lydia Liebman's radio program ran from September to May last year on Emerson College's internet radio station, WECB. ...

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Article: Live Review

Bob Sheppard Quartet: Half Moon Bay, CA, August 7, 2011

by Bill Leikam
September 10, 2011

Bob Sheppard QuartetDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaAugust 7, 2011 Gradually, the Douglas Beach House (aka Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society) filled with people coming in for a jazz treat for that Sunday afternoon. On the lineup was Bob Sheppard on tenor sax, flute, and soprano sax, Larry Koonse on ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Dave Liebman

September 4, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Dave Liebman's birthday today! David Liebman was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 4, 1946. He began classical piano lessons at the age of nine and saxophone by twelve. His interest in jazz was sparked by seeing John Coltrane perform live in New York City clubs such as Birdland, the ...