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Take Five With Roman Stolyar

by AAJ Staff
July 19, 2012

Meet Roman Stolyar: Born in Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. Raised in a family of engineers. Started studying piano at the age of five but rejected to continue it at the age of twelve. Went back to music being a student of Novosibirsk Technical University; ultimately, decided to quit nuclear physics. Graduated from Novosibirsk College of ...

Article: We Travel the Spaceways

Yes. But Is It Jazz?

by Mark Corroto
July 8, 2012

Jazz comes at you from so many directions these days, that to rely on just one definition, is not enough. Sure, it can be a blues-based rhythmic music but it is also minimalist free improvisation. Pigeonholing something, such as jazz, always separates and eventually segregates supporters, creating conflicts and in the end lessening the whole.

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Article: Album Review

Stian Westerhus: Pitch Black Star Spangled

Read "Pitch Black Star Spangled" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
June 27, 2012

With advances in technology allowing musicians to turn real-time solo performances into works of near-orchestral expansiveness, the concept of a solo guitar album has become something much different than when guitarists like Lenny Breau turned the instrument on its side with Five O'Clock Bells (Genes, 1977), deceptively sounding like the work of two guitarists with no ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Sweet Billy Pilgrim: Crown and Treaty

by John Kelman
June 9, 2012

Sweet Billy Pilgrim Crown and Treaty Luxor Purchase 2012 Leaping onto the scene overnight might appear to have its advantages, but there are plenty of disadvantages, too. Building an audience incrementally, over a period of time, often allows an artist to evolve without the same degree of mass expectation that comes ...

Article: What is Jazz?

The Beginnings of Free Form

by Sammy Stein
May 4, 2012

"Free form" is a term used to encompass a whole genre--or genres--outside mainstream jazz. Jazz has its roots in spiritual music, Dixieland, New Orleans, blues and ragtime, and after the 1940s these became fused into a catch-all assignation of genre. Jazz took on a predictability that was largely influenced not by the limitations of the players, ...

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Article: On and Off the Grid

Anthony and Me

by Dom Minasi
April 26, 2012

When I was asked to write a column for All About Jazz, my question was what should I write about? I was told anything that was music-oriented. I decided that being a professional musician for more than fifty years, I could write about the things I care about, know about, have strong opinions about ...

Article: Album Review

Foxes Fox: Live at the Vortex

Read "Live at the Vortex" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
April 26, 2012

Foxes Fox--Evan Parker on tenor saxophone, Steve Beresford on piano, John Edwards on bass and Louis Moholo-Moholo on percussion--first came together as a quartet in 1998. Live at the Vortex is, however, only their third album, following Foxes Fox (Emanem, 1999) and Naan Tso (Psi, 2005). Unlike its predecessors, this release--captured in February, 2007--was recorded live ...

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Derek Bailey: Concert in Milwaukee

by AAJ Italy Staff
March 26, 2012

Da quando Karen Brookman, compagna di Derek Bailey per più di vent'anni, si è messa a rovistare tra bobine e scatoloni, sono successe solo cose meravigliose. Prima la ristampa in CD del leggendario Lot 74, che nel 2009 ha sancito il ritorno in pista della Incus dopo il lungo silenzio seguito alla scomparsa di Bailey (il ...

Article: Album Review

Tom Rainey Trio: Camino Cielo Echo

Read "Camino Cielo Echo" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
March 25, 2012

For its second outing, drummer Tom Rainey's trio establishes itself as a commanding representative of the latest direction in pioneering jazz. By creating (more like co-creating) music with two of today's in-demand players--guitarist Mary Halvorson and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock--Rainey continues his streak of outings with vanguard players.The drummer has been heard in cutting-edge bands ...

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Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira: Dark Lady of the Sonnets

Read "Dark Lady of the Sonnets" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 24, 2012

Every few years master composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith surprises with a new outfit that fits wonderfully in his rich and complex musical universe. The Mbira trio is no exception: a timeless, multidimensional trio, inspired by revered ancestors but with its course set for a possible future. In this trio, Smith contextualizes the spiritual veins ...