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Hong Kong International Jazz Festival, Days 4-6, September 28-30, 2011
by Ian Patterson
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8Hong Kong International Jazz FestivalHong KongSeptember 25-October 2, 2011 The 2011 Hong Kong International Jazz Festival offered up over forty groups from 24 countries--a big jump from the eight bands that made up the first edition of HKIJF in 2008. Apart from the ...
Bill Frisell: The ECM Years
by John Kelman
Nothing trumps right place, right time. Sure, most artists pay plenty of dues-- sometimes in the public eye, oftentimes not--but for some, there's that serendipitous event that leads to greater visibility. Bill Frisell, surely one of the most important and influential guitarists of his generation, undoubtedly deserves all the accolades and artistic freedom he's achieved in ...
Hendrik Meurkens: Harmonica Virtuoso
by Victor Verney
Although at first Hendrik Meurkens' primary instrument was the vibraphone, he has garnered an international reputation as a jazz harmonica player since picking up that difficult-to-master instrument. Born in Germany, Meurkens came to the U.S. to study at Boston's Berklee School of Music. After returning to Europe for a time, he decided to go live in ...
Longing
Album: Live In Vienna
By Emil Viklicky
Label: Cube-Metier
Released: 0
Recorded live at Vienna's ORF RadioKulturhaus, April 27, 2007
"The Funky Way of Emil Viklicky" Reviewed in UK Vibe!
Here is an interesting keyboardist deserving of wider recognition. Born in 1948 in the then-Czechoslavakia, Emil Viklicky made his album debut in 1975 in the middle of the jazz-fusion/rock period internationally and the album sold over 30,00 copies within the country. During 1977/1978, Viklicky was awarded a one-year scholarship to study at the prestigious Boston Berklee ...
Emil Viklicky: Emil Viklicky 60
Label: Multisonic Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Introduction by Czech President Vaclav Klaus; In The Mists; A Thousand Ships; Noa, Noa; What's New; One January Morning; Prague In March; Aspen Leaf; Caravan; What Now My Love.
Emil Viklicky Releases New CD in Japan
Emil Viklicky and Venus Records are pleased to announce the release of Emil's latest CD, Sinfonietta~The Janacek of Jazz (VHCD 1034). Eleven of its dozen tracks were recorded at Avatar Studios in New York last year with George Mraz on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. The twelfth track, “Sinfonietta," recorded in Prague in 2007 with ...
Claudio Roditi: A Brazilian in Iowa
by Victor Verney
Watching trumpeter Claudio Roditi lead some unfamiliar sidemen through an afternoon rehearsal prior to an evening performance provided a good look at something not readily apparent at concerts. While the audience at that night's show in Ottumwa, Iowa saw Roditi's talents as a player and improviser (and even singer) displayed, most concertgoers could only have a ...
Emil Viklicky Releases New Book of Transcriptions for Solo Piano
Czech Radio Publishing has issued a transcription book of Emil Viklicky's music titled Green Satin, Jazz for Piano Solo. Featuring fourteen of Viklicky's compositions, this publication also includes a CD of Viklicky playing each selection so as to help students understand the proper phrasing. To order a copy, send an e-mail to [email protected] or telephone Czech ...
Emil Viklicky Gives a Spellbinding Performance at City of London Festival
It’s not often you see starched white table-linen and little posies of flowers decorated with national flags at a jazz gig. But this was a special event put on by the City of London Festival Festival to mark the handover of the EU presidency from the Czech Republic to Sweden (you didn’t know that important fact? ...
