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Danny Kamins: Pracownia Wschodnia/The Creamery
by Mark Corroto
Texas saxophonist Danny Kamins heads to church. Musically speaking, that means the sacred sound of John Coltrane. But before he can fully enter that space, he must first run the gauntlet and undergo a kind of sonic purification. This process is reflected in both his discography and the opening moments of Pracownia Wschodnia / The Creamery. ...
Alexander Hawkins: Song Unconditional
by Mark Corroto
Heraclitus once said, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." That may be true for most of us, but it does not quite apply to the music of pianist Alexander Hawkins. Despite navigating many musical rivers--trios, quartets, large ensembles, and collaborations with ...
Lucian Ban: Following Bartók's Trail Through the Transylvanian Villages
by Dean Nardi
It is hard to re-invent where jazz can go. Players can eschew all the conventional methods they want, but a wheel is still a wheel. This is a reason why pianist Lucian Ban's efforts to bring to light the Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist Bela Bartók's works as a field collector of folk music in 21st-century ...
Bacchette Magiche
by Neri Pollastri
Bacchette Magiche Sergio Armaroli, Andrea Centazzo 190 Pagine ISBN: 978-88-3617-287-0 Manni Editori 2023 Due percussionisti, compositori, improvvisatori e creativi, esploratori della musica a trecentosessanta gradi, ma anche amici di vecchia data, due spiriti critici che non le mandano a dire, i quali, vivendo in due ben diversi e distanti ...
Manfred Schoof: European Echoes
by Fran Kursztejn
Manfred Schoof's European Echoes is popularly characterized as a diamond in the rough, with emphasis on the rough. Boasting a cast filled with near every mainstay of the erupting European free jazz style, amounting to 16 independent players, most awarded their own solo, duet or section improvisation in the record's second half, audio technology of the ...
Song For Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler
by Ian Patterson
Song For Someone The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler Brian Shaw and Nick Smart 509 Pages ISBN: # ISBN-13-978-178179 Equinox Publishing 2025 If only for his trumpet and flugelhorn playing Kenny Wheeler stands as one of the modern greats, marrying linear lyricism and free-jazz expression like no-one else. ...
The Musings of Matthew Shipp: Black Mystery School Pianists And Other Writings
by Mark Corroto
Black Mystery School Pianists And Other Writings Matthew Shipp93 Pages ISBN: # 978-1-57027-435-0Automedia2025 Whether you own one Matthew Shipp album or 250, his music inevitably raises the question: Where does his artistic vision originate? Understanding any artist is complex, but with someone as innovative as Shipp, deciphering his musical ...
Song For Someone The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler
by Jack Kenny
Song For Someone The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler Brian Shaw and Nick Smart (Foreword by Dave Holland ) 509 Pages ISBN: # ISBN-13- 978-178179 Equinox Publishing Prising apart the complex nature of Kenny Wheeler is a worthwhile task. Wheeler lacked swagger, a swashbuckling attitude and arrogance. He said, “I ...
Craig Taborn e Peter Evans al Torrione di Ferrara
by Libero Farnè
Craig Taborn--Peter Evans Torrione Jazz club Ferrara 8 marzo 2025 La frequentazione fra Peter Evans e Craig Taborn risale almeno a una quindicina di anni fa; diverse le collaborazioni, tra cui quella documentata da Rocket Science, pubblicato nel 2013 dalla More Is More, disco a nome dell'intero quartetto, comprendente Evan Parker ...
Zlatko Kaučič: Zlatko Kaučič@70 - Inklings
by Mark Corroto
I am tempted to call Inklings, a tribute to 70-year-old Slovenian drummer, composer, and percussionist Zlatko Kaučič, a celebration of his long and inspirational career. Yet, I hesitate, for much like the indefatigable octogenarians Han Bennink and Louis Hayes, Kaučič shows no signs of slowing down. It would not be surprising if he, like Roy Haynes, ...
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