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Intervista a Dimitri Grechi Espinoza
by Neri Pollastri
Dimitri Grechi Espinoza è uno dei musicisti più originali e atipici del nostro paese. Titolare di vari gruppi--dal noto Dinamitri Jazz Folklore (clicca qui per leggere la recensione di un recente concerto del gruppo) all'Artistic Alternative, fino al duo con Tito Mangialajo Rantzer (clicca qui per leggere la recensione del “secondo volume" del loro When We ...
Robbie Harvey: Blowin' That Old Tin Can
by Bruce Lindsay
Robbie Harvey is one of the new young breed of straight-ahead, mainstream, jazz players whose emergence over the last decade or so gives lovers of the genre a warm feeling and an optimism for the future. What's more, his instrument of choice is the trombone. Blowin' That Old Tin Can is his debut album as leader--the ...
Buddy Rich: The Beat Goes On
by Jack Bowers
Was Buddy Rich really “the world's greatest drummer"? The answer to that speculative question is debatable, of course, and opinions may vary, as they no doubt do on what kind of a person (or persons) he was when not weaving his particular brand of magic behind a drum kit. Buddy's remarkable talents as a drummer and ...
Various Artists: Impulsively Ellington!: A Tribute to Duke Ellington
by Marc Davis
It's not hard to find Duke Ellington cover songs. Nearly every jazz musician alive (and many long dead) has covered an Ellington tune or two. Some have done entire albums. Ella Fitzgerald did a three-CD set. Many covers are so well-known and so ordinary, they're hardly worth finding. “Sophisticated Lady" has been done to ...
Songs Of Jimmy McHugh This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
Jimmy McHugh’s songs entered the jazz pantheon through recordings by Art Tatum, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday and many, many more. Today McHugh’s songs remain among the most popular jazz standards recorded by both mainstream and traditional jazz artists. In this week’s Riverwalk Jazz broadcast devoted to McHugh's songs, tap master Savion Glover pays tribute to Bojangles’ ...
Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington In Grona Lund
by Chris Mosey
Midsummer is a quite magical time to be in Sweden. The long, dark winter is over and now, as the sun stays resolutely above the horizon, the Lutheran natives shed their somber demeanor, dress in traditional costumes, dance around maypoles decorated with garlands of flowers, drink far too much aquavit and have such a good time ...
Roberto Magris: Ready for Reed
by Edward Blanco
Alto saxophonist Sam Reed is legend in the Philadelphia jazz scene who was leader of the 1950s band, Sam Reed and the All-Stars, worked uptown theatre for a while, performed with pop and R&B stars and served as the musical director for Teddy Pendergrass just to mention a few highlights from his long musical resume . ...
Souillac Jazz Festival Line-Up, 19-26 July 2014
“JAZZ, A VEHICLE FOR PEACE, DIALOGUE AND UNITY THAT TRANSCENDS BORDERS AND CULTURES” (UNESCO, 2011) Souillac, France: This small town in the Department of the Lot, southwestern France, will resound with some of the best contemporary music during the Souillac Jazz Festival on 19-26 July. Hosted in a popular tourist region renowned for its unique natural ...
Lana Meets Jazz – Terza Edizione
by Paolo Peviani
Lana, 07.05.2013-10.05.2013 Piccoli jazzisti crescono. Sin dalla sua prima edizione, il Lana Meets Jazz ci ha abituato alla presenza sul palco di organici formati dagli allievi delle locali scuole di musica. Nomi come Chaotix, Two by Two, Turbosax, Klarinettenensemble, Jugendbigband, rappresentano ormai una piacevole consuetudine per i frequentatori del festival. Nel corso ...
Harold Arlen This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, in rare archival interview clips, Harold Arlen speaks about his career and how he wrote some of his most enduring songs, performed by the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and their guests: Nina Ferro, Dick Hyman, Rebecca Kilgore and Carol Woods. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. ...
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