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Steve Lehman: Mise en Abîme
by Karl Ackermann
Composer/saxophonist Steve Lehman's credentials are as unique as his music. A Fulbright scholar with a PhD in composition, his on the job training has been at the hands of a diverse group of teachers including saxophone legends Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton. A New York native, Lehman garnered widespread praise with the groundbreaking Travail, Transformation and ...
Drew Gress 7 Black Butterflies
by Neri Pollastri
Pinocchio Live Jazz Firenze 18.04.2014 Quasi a conclusione della eccellente stagione 2013-2014, in un giorno atipico per la programmazione ordinaria--il venerdì--si è esibito sul palco del Pinocchio Live Jazz un autentico supergruppo: il quintetto “7 Black Butterflies" di Drew Gress, con Tim Berne al sax contralto, Ralph Alessi alla tromba, ...
Jamie Baum: In This Life
by Vincenzo Roggero
Oltre che valente flautista Jamie Baum è anche prolifica e interessante compositrice, arte che ha modo di modellare e sperimentare nelle sue diverse formazioni. Il settetto è l'ensemble di più lunga data (è in vita da quattordici anni e si sono avvicendati musicisti come Vijay Iyer, Drew Gress, Shane Endsley, per citarne alcuni) e quello che ...
Drew Gress: The Sky Inside
by Vincenzo Roggero
Formazione stellare quella che Drew Gress presenta per il suo debutto sull'etichetta tedesca Pirouet, e quintetto consolidato fin dal lontano 2005 quando impressionò con l'ottimo 7 Black Butterflies . Formazione di musicisti avventurosi, spinti da un insaziabile spirito di ricerca, seppur con prospettive e gradi differenti di intensità, che... sembra incappare, se non in un esercizio ...
7th Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival Taking Place June 8 & 15 In The Urban Meadow - Red Hook, Brooklyn
The 7th annual Red Hook Jazz Festival will take place once again in Brooklyn's Urban Meadow on two consecutive Sundays, June 8 and 15, 2014 from 1-6 PM. As part of its continuing grassroots tradition, the RHJF is a 100% volunteer-run event that receives no major corporate sponsorship beyond in-kind donations from local businesses, nor any ...
Take Five With Matt Ridley
by AAJ Staff
Meet Matt Ridley: I graduated from Trinity College of Music in Greenwich, London in 2005 and have been a full time bassist since then. Music has taken me all around the world and I've been very privileged to perform regularly with some of the finest jazz musicians in UK like Jason Yarde, John Turville, and ...
Joel Harrison 5 at Gigspace Performance Studio
by John Kelman
Joel Harrison 5 Gigspace Performance Studio Ottawa, Canada March 1, 2014 Tucked at the end of a small strip mall in an unlikely location, Gigspace Performance Studio has, since opening in the fall of 2011, garnered a reputation as an intimate performance space where magic often happens. A not-for-profit 46-seat venue, ...
John Abercrombie Quartet at Library and Archives Canada
by John Kelman
John Abercrombie Quartet TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Winter Jazz Festival, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada February 15, 2014 It's always a treat to see some of your jazz heroes performing in your hometown, but it's an even greater pleasure to see some of them performing together in ...
Joel Harrison Five On Tour!
Guitarist and 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Joel Harrison will be hitting the road for a short tour, beginning February 26, 2014 at the Edinboro University in Erie, PA and ending in Kingston, Canada on March 2, with stops in Toronto, Canada and Ottawa Canada in-between. The Joel Harrison Five will also include saxophonist Chris Cheek, pianist ...
Tim Berne’s Snakeoil al Bologna Jazz Festival
by Libero Farnè
Tim Berne's Snakeoil Torrione Jazz Club Bologna Jazz Festival Ferrara 28.10.2013 Ogni grande musicista in età matura non può che ripetere se stesso, ribadendo le originali forme espressive maturate in decenni; c'è però chi si adagia su una routine autocelebrativa, e rassicurante per le orecchie dei fan, e chi ...
