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Vijay Iyer Trio: Historicity
by Chris May
There is much that is exciting about pianist Vijay Iyer and almost as much that is irritating. The excitement is in the music and the irritation in the miasma of cerebralization that surrounds it. The most recent instance of the latter comes with the packaging for Historicity. Any album title which requires a fairly lengthy liner ...
e.s.t.: Retrospective: The Very Best of e.s.t.
by John Kelman
Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson's accidental death in 2008 shook the jazz world, with AAJ news items surrounding his passing garnering tens of thousands of reads. Already jazz superstars in Europe, Svensson and e.s.t. were still building a North American audience, touring regularly to gradually grow its fan base; clearly it was working. All the more tragic, ...
Punkt Festival 2009: Day 4, Kristiansand, Norway, September 5, 2009
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 For its fifth year, Punkt Festival's evening programming was, more than any other, organized around clearer thematic lines, although that still meant a considerably broader purview than most other festivals--and, of course, there was the occasional exception. The first day spotlighted up-and-coming talent; ...
Yaron Herman Trio: Muse
by Chris May
Muse is Yaron Herman's fourth album and with it the Israeli-born/French-based pianist continues his steady progress towards a mature post-Keith Jarrett, post-Brad Mehldau style and the certainty of world ranking. Still in his late twenties, Herman set out his stall with the piano/drums duo album Takes 2 To Know 1 (Sketch, 2005), which was followed by ...
Azure: When She Smiles
by Ian Patterson
Azure is a Netherlands-based quartet formed in 2006, and When She Smiles is its second release. Nine original compositions--seven penned by pianist Pierre-Francois Blanchard, and two by guitarist Rogier Schneemann--take the quartet through lyrical terrain. Although there are no overbearing influences on the music, there is a classical jazz overtone to much of the playing, and ...
Murcia in Spain to Rock with Jazz, Blues and World Music
This summer music lovers should head for a quiet region on Spain's Mediterranean coast. Murcia will be filled with the sound of music - jazz, blues, world and rock - from not one, but two major festivals. Kicking off tomorrow, the 12th San Javier International Jazz Festival will feature 16 concerts with music greats like John ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Esbjorn Svensson
All About Jazz is celebrating Esbjorn Svensson's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Esbjorn Svenssone.s.t. is a phenomenon: A jazz trio, which sees itself as a pop band that plays jazz, which broke with the tradition of leader and sidemen in favor of equality within its members... more ...
Good Morning Susie Soho
Label: ACT Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: Somewhere Else Before;
Do the Jangle;
Serenity;
The Wraith;
Last Letter from Lithuania;
Good Morning Susie Soho;
Providence;
Pavane (Thoughts of a Septuagenarian);
Spam-Boo-Limbo; The Face of Love;
Reminiscence of a Soul.
Jan Johansson: From Small Acorns...
by Ian Patterson
Upon hearing the news and in a state of disbelief, Randi Hultin the legendary Norwegian jazz journalist rang pianist Reinhold Svensson who confirmed the worst: “Yes. Swedish jazz has just died."1 Reinhold's reaction to the death in a car accident of fellow pianist Jan Johansson whilst melodramatic reflected Jan Johansson's importance in the contemporary Swedish jazz ...
