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RDV De L'Erdre 2012
by Martin Longley
RDV De L'Erdre 2012 Nantes, France August 31-September 2, 2012 The Rendez-vous de l'Erdre might be one of Europe's lesser-known festivals, but it has grown up over 26 years and now involves what seems to be the entire city's populace. Spread over multiple, simultaneously programmed stages, its essential ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Enrico Rava
All About Jazz is celebrating Enrico Rava's birthday today! Enrico Rava, born in Trieste in 1939, is undoubtedly the most internationally acknowledged Italian jazzman. In forty years of his career as trumpet player, and composer, he has produced more than ninety recordings, tweny-five of which as a leader. Being a great admirer of Miles Davis and ...
Year of the Snake
by John Kelman
When a group of musicians works together more often in extracurricular configurations with other leaders, what do they do when they come together for their own project? In the case of saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard-- who, individually and collectively, have worked with everyone from pianist Brad Mehldau and guitarist Kurt ...
Celebrating Miles Davis with Quotes
by Michael Ricci
We're celebrating Miles Davis's birthday (May 26, 1926) with quotes about him and by him.All About Jazz senior writer R.J. DeLuke also compiled several from his past interviews with various ex-band members--and we included a salty one by Miles for good measure.If you know of a quote about Miles or one that ...
Enrico Rava - Incontri con musicisti straordinari
by AAJ Italy Staff
Enrico Rava Incontri con musicisti straordinari Feltrinelli, 252 pp., 16 euro La verve narrativa di Enrico Rava è proverbiale. I suoi cinquant'anni di vita jazzistica, vissuti da protagonista tra le Americhe e l'Europa, lo hanno visto testimone di episodi che è solito raccontare a chi lo frequenta da vicino (come conferma Stefano Bollani nella simpatica presentazione). ...
Enrico Rava, narratore formidabile
by AAJ Italy Staff
“Enrico è un narratore formidabile". Ha ragione Stefano Bollani nelle note introduttive all'ultimo libro del trombettista, “Incontri con musicisti straordinari" (Feltrinelli 2011). Con lui anche un'intervista diventa in un colloquio a tutto campo, dove le riflessioni si legano ai ricordi e alle valutazioni sulla musica e sulla vita. Un'intervista non è mai la trascrizione stenografica di ...
Umbria Jazz Winter #19, Days 1-2: December 28-29, 2011
by Sara Villa
Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 Umbria Jazz Winter #19 Perugia, Italy December 28, 2011-January 1, 2012 In an Italy where the cuts inflicted to the cultural sector by the last Berlusconi government led a figure like Riccardo Muti to publically express his indignation, Umbria Jazz Winter # 19 was a confirmation ...
Enrico Rava: To Be Free or Not To Be Free
by Ian Patterson
Freedom, it could be argued, is most deeply understood by those who have been somehow constrained against their will, or who have been prisoners of their own skewed vision of what it means to be free. Trumpeter Enrico Rava knows the meaning of musical freedom; he was part of the free-jazz scene of the 1960s and ...
Tribe
By Enrico Rava
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Amnesia; Garbage Can Blues; Choctaw; Incognito; Cornettology; F.
Express; Tears for Neda; Song Tree; Paris Baguette; Planet Earth; Tribe;
Improvisation.
Hrayr Attarian's Best Releases of 2011
by Hrayr Attarian
Jazz is a distinctly American art form with a universal appeal. Rooted in African-American culture, its various branches cover almost every country on earth. For this year end list I have chosen nine albums by international jazz musicians that were released in 2011. Here they are, in alphabetical order. Amina Alaoui ...
