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Vance Thompson's Five Plus Six: Such Sweet Thunder
by Jack Bowers
For the mathematically challenged, Vance Thompson's Five Plus Six equals eleven. In other words, it's Thompson's working quintet, the Marble City Five, amplified by half a dozen horns. On its debut recording, the Knoxville, TN-based ensemble performs music by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonious Monk and--brace yourself--country singer Dolly Parton. In fact, Parton's “Little Sparrow," the ...
Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra: Live in Ljubljana
by Vincenzo Roggero
Ljubljana Jazz Series è l'ennesima idea vincente di Pedro Costa che arricchisce il già eccellente catalogo Clean Feed con una serie di registrazioni live effettuate durante il prestigioso festival d'inizio estate che anima la graziosa capitale slovena, rassegna con la quale l'etichetta portoghese ha da qualche anno inaugurato una proficua partnership. L'ensemble in ...
Nicole Pesce Quartet at the Musical Instrument Museum
by Patricia Myers
Nicole Pesce QuartetMusical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona November 16, 2014 The astounding ingenuity and amazing repertoire of pianist Nicole Pesce dazzled yet another audience at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix when she performed in solo, duo and quartet settings as part of the museum's “I Am AZ Music" series.
Peter Brotzmann/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Soulfood Available
by Mark Corroto
Listeners often ask where to begin listening to the music of Peter Brotzmann. Recording for nearly 50 years (yes, five-0), he has amassed a discography that totals nearly 300 recordings. Do you start back in the Machine Gun days and his work with FMP, fast forward to Material and Last Exit or his grand projects, the ...
I 10 CD nel Cd-player di... Maurizio Brunod
by Vincenzo Roggero
01. Jaga Jazzist -A Livingroom Hush (Ninja Tune -2002). Leggendo il libro di Luca Vitali “Il suono del nord" sono venuto a conoscenza di questa band norvegese davvero incredibile ed innovativa. Questo è il loro primo album, molto interessante tra elettronica, jazz e progressive. 02. Steve Lacy-Mal Waldron -Sempre amore (Soul Note ...
Vijay Iyer Trio - Break Stuff (ECM Records)
Break Stufff features Vijay Iyer's long-running and widely-acclaimed trio with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore, a band in existence for eleven years now. “We keep learning from each other and from experiences and try to set challenges for ourselves so that growth is part of the equation." It's a group whose musical language is ...
Matthew Shipp, Marc Ribot, Dorado Schmitt & Randy Weston
by Martin Longley
The Matthew Shipp Trio Dizzy's Club November 3, 2014 It's not often that a hero of New York's alternative downtown improvising scene ventures uptown to play a mainline jazz club. It's even more of a rarity for a Dizzy's set to consist of a single long piece. In fact, ...
South Africa at the South Bank
by Duncan Heining
The Dedication Orchestra and Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya The South Bank Centre London Jazz Festival November 15, 2014 The London Jazz Festival is now in its twenty-second year. It's a vast, sprawling event and its venues criss-cross a city that never quite seems to end, whilst its musical styles span ...
Clare Fischer Big Band: Pacific Jazz
by Jack Bowers
The late Dr. Clare Fischer enjoyed a long and storied career as a composer, arranger, pianist, bandleader and educator, primarily on the West Coast. Luckily, one of those he educated was his son Brent who was at his father's side as a musician and adviser for more than three decades and has safeguarded the Fischer legacy ...
John Surman at Seventy
by Duncan Heining
John Surman, Chris Laurence & Trans4mation Quartet Kings Place London Jazz Festival November 14, 2014 The first Friday of this year's London Jazz festival saw John Surman celebrating his seventieth birthday at Kings Place near King's Cross Station. The venue is about as far as it could get from anyone's ...
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