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Karl Ackermann's Best Releases of 2016

by Karl Ackermann
2016 has proven that jazz and creative music in general, are healthier than ever. Artists like Steve Lehman, Nate Wooley and Vijay Iyer continue to push the envelope while those like Bob Gluck find ways to make the old, very new. This list is--for the most part--outside the mainstream because that is where artists risk the ...
Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling: Upward Spiral

by Stefano Merighi
Sembra che Branford Marsalis continui ad avere John Coltrane come stella polare nell'orientarsi in una luminosa maturità artistica. E come il maestro che, nel bel mezzo di un turbinoso oltrepassamento del linguaggio specifico del jazz, piazzava due disorientanti album di canzoni (i peraltro magnifici John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman e Ballads), così Branford interrompe l'intensa progressione ...
Kris Davis: Duopoly

by Mark Corroto
Query: when does improvised music appear more arranged than written compositions? The question is not a zen koan, it is the notion put forth by the sixteen duets performed by pianist Kris Davis and her eight collaborating partners. Davis, who can no longer be labeled a rising star" of jazz and improvised piano, is a fully ...
Lagarina Jazz Festival 2016

by Paolo Peviani
Lagarina Jazz Festival 2016 Ala, Brentonico, Isera, Mori, Villa Lagarina 29.07-17.09.2016 Alla sua dodicesima edizione, il Lagarina Jazz Festival ha articolato la propria programmazione in blocchi di due- tre concerti (intervallati ogni dieci giorni circa), a coprire tutto il mese di agosto e la prima metà del mese di settembre. ...
Eric Revis Trio: Crowded Solitudes

by John Sharpe
In following his own star, bassist Eric Revis continues to explore terrain further off the charts than erstwhile employers Branford Marsalis, Steve Coleman and Kurt Rosenwinkel. For the sequel to the acclaimed City of Asylum (Clean Feed, 2013), Revis retains Kris Davis on piano but replaces Andrew Cyrille with Gerald Cleaver in the drum chair. Revis ...
Umbria Jazz 2016

by Libero Farnè
Umbria Jazz 2016 Perugia, varie sedi 8-17.07.2016 Sul numero di maggio di Downbeat vengono riportati in sintesi i calendari dei più importanti jazz festival estivi dell'intero globo. È facile constatare che i programmi degli appuntamenti europei di maggior richiamo sono spesso analoghi a quello di Umbria Jazz, basandosi su una serie ...
Eric Revis Trio: Crowded Solitudes

by Mark Corroto
Listening to a recording, one can assume, as opposed to attending a performance, involves just one of your five senses, hearing. The concert has of course sight, but something about Eric Revis' Crowded Solitudes suggests other senses to consider. This trio recording follows City Of Asylum (Clean Feed, 2013). Revis has retained pianist Kris Davis, but ...
Avram Fefer's Big Picture Holiday: Shimmer And Melt

by Mark Corroto
Let's rescue the musical descriptor 'fusion,' a pejorative word used in jazz circles to connote a work of lesser weight and significance. We don't use that word when the jazz fusion is carried out by Tony Williams, Wayne Shorter, and in this case saxophonist Avram Fefer. His assemblage called Big Picture Holiday merges not just jazz ...
Aruan Ortiz Trio: Hidden Voices

by Luca Canini
Confesso che fino a qualche settimana fa poco o niente sapevo di Aruán Ortiz. Non che il nome del pianista cubano non fosse mai arrivato alle mie orecchie (a suonare con gente come Don Byron, Steve Turre, Esperanza Spalding e Wallace Roney difficilmente si passa inosservati), ma nulla di quanto ascoltato aveva attirato la mia attenzione. ...
Avishai Cohen - Trumpet: Into the Silence

by Karl Ackermann
Israeli-born trumpeter and prodigy Avishai Cohen was already touring with the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra as a teenager. He attended Berklee College of Music, and later, placed highly in the Thelonious Monk jazz trumpet competition. A progressive-thinking artist, he hasn't looked back musically. With his highly regarded group, Triveni, Cohen challenged his own resourcefulness and creative process ...