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News: Recording

John Coltrane - "So Many Things: The European Tour 1961"

John Coltrane - "So Many Things: The European Tour 1961"

"There are so many things to be considered in making music", John Coltrane told an interviewer during his first European tour as a bandleader in the autumn of 1961. “Many things on which I don't think I've reached a final conclusion." Indeed, the music Coltrane made on this trip took audiences to ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazzdor 2014

Read "Jazzdor 2014" reviewed by Vittorio Lo Conte


Ben ventiquattro concerti, dal 7 al 21 Novembre 2014 per la ventinovesima edizione del Jazzdor, festival tenuto a Strasburgo e dintorni, anche oltre il confine con la Gemania, come vedremo. Questa volta è stato dedicato alla figura del contrabbassista Jean Jacques Avenel, spesso protagonista. Jazzdor si è oramai consolidato come uno dei più ...

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Article: Album Review

Grencsó Open Collective: Flat

Read "Flat" reviewed by Libero Farnè


István Grencsó, uno dei protagonisti del jazz ungherese degli ultimi trent'anni, fondatore nel 1984 dell'Open Collective, nel novembre 2012 è riuscito ad incidere questo CD grazie all'aiuto del Fondo Nazionale della Cultura Ungherese: un riconoscimento invidiabile per un musicista creativo, che vede così riconosciuta da un'istituzione ufficiale la qualità del suo lavoro. Grencsó è autore ...

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Article: Album Review

Sonny Simmons: Leaving Knowledge, Wisdom and Brilliance / Chasing the Bird?

Read "Leaving Knowledge, Wisdom and Brilliance / Chasing the Bird?" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


American alto sax and English horn (Cor Anglais) player Sonny Simmons needs no introduction. Now 81 years old, Simmons was a key player in America's free jazz eruption in the 1960s. He released his first solo albums on ESP- Disk, the exponent label of free jazz and recorded or played with legendary musicians like Eric Dolphy, ...

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Article: Album Review

Paul Rogers/Robin Fincker/Fabien Duscombs: Whahay

Read "Whahay" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Is playing with a European free jazz sensibility antithetical to the music of Charles Mingus? Absolutely. Does renowned bassist Paul Rogers try his hand at it with his new trio Whahay? Yes. Do they triumph? Without question, yes. Rogers, a veteran of the London scene and bands of Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, and Elton ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazztopad 2014, Three World Premieres

Read "Jazztopad 2014, Three World Premieres" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Jazztopad Wroclaw, Poland November 13-15, 2014 Jazztopad enters its second decade with confident stride. The festival has come a long way in the first ten years, evolving, experimenting and growing as any good festival should. In 2014, Jazztopad stands as an internationally renowned festival with a clearly defined ethos, one that combines ...

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News: Obituary

Loss Of A Quiet Giant: Will Connell 1938-2014

Loss Of A Quiet Giant: Will Connell 1938-2014

By John Pietaro I was heartily saddened by the sudden unexpected phone call: downtown’s unsung hero of Free Jazz, Will Connell, Jr., was hospitalized and non-responsive. Immediately the jazz and new music community rallied and the outpouring of love for Will was apparent. We’d all been preparing for his big moment at the front of the ...

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Article: Interview

Ricordiamo Gerald Wilson

Read "Ricordiamo Gerald Wilson" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Era rimasto l'unico grande bandleader della Swing Era, Gerald Wilson, e la sua recente scomparsa (l'8 settembre scorso, a 96 anni) è stata ricordata dai principali media statunitensi con ampi necrologi. Purtroppo in Italia è rimasta quasi inosservata. Superato il picco di popolarità dei primi anni sessanta, con un orchestra che vinse prestigiosi referendum, Wilson ebbe ...

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Article: Album Review

Yard Byard - The Jaki Byard Project: Inch by Inch

Read "Inch by Inch" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


A quindici anni dalla morte di Jaki Byard la sua statura di compositore viene celebrata da un quintetto nato quattro anni fa proprio con quest'intento. Com'è noto, Byard è stato il pianista di importanti gruppi degli anni sessanta: il sestetto di Charles Mingus in primo luogo, ma anche alcuni organici di Eric Dolphy, Sam Rivers, Herb ...

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Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Helga Plankensteiner

Read "I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Helga Plankensteiner" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


01. Dave Douglas & Uri Caine -Present Joys (Greenleaf Music -2014). Da anni seguo la musica di Douglas e Caine; per me due straordinari musicisti e compositori. In questo disco esplorano le radici della musica americana. Un disco molto interessante e di una semplicità avvincente. 02. Charles Mingus -Blues & Roots (Atlantic ...


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