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Article: Album Review

John Escreet: The Unknown

Read "The Unknown" reviewed by Budd Kopman


Improvisation is the core of jazz, and hearing it live is the best possible experience. However, there are different levels of improvisation, ranging from stretching the melody, to playing over a tune's changes, or taking off during a particular composition. The presence of melody, harmony and rhythm as well as structure can vary to a wide ...

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Tie the Stone to the Wheel

Label: Fataka
Released: 2016
Track listing: Wheel I; Wheel II; Stone I; Stone II; Stone III.

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Leaps In Leicester

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Jump Start; Gambade; Capriole; The Shimmy (For Tony Marsh).

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Emanem Tidies Up

Read "Emanem Tidies Up" reviewed by John Eyles


As well as releasing contemporary recordings of improv, Martin Davidson's Emanem label has played a vital role in documenting the history of the music by releasing, re-releasing or re-curating recordings that are decades old. In the process, Davidson has sometimes worked tirelessly to improve the sound quality of recordings that were never intended for release, and ...

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Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio: Desire & Freedom

Read "Desire & Freedom" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Rodrigo Amado's Motion Trio is the model of free jazz genuineness and efficiency, and by that I mean proficiency. They give off an impression of nonchalance here, but don't let their relaxed approach fool you, beneath the surface their music is burning with all the agitation of the 1960's New Thing in jazz. After ...

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David S. Ware/Matthew Shipp: Live in Sant'Anna Arresi 2004

Read "Live in Sant'Anna Arresi 2004" reviewed by Mark Corroto


In every mystical film we see, like A Sea Of Trees and A Dog's Purpose or book we read--A Sudden Light by Garth Stein or Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, the departed find a way to communicate with the living. As humans, we desire this experience. Fortunately, music affords us this opportunity at just about ...

Article: Live Review

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble al Teatro Manzoni di Milano

Read "Alexander Hawkins Ensemble al Teatro Manzoni di Milano" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Alexander Hawkins Ensemble Aperitivo in Concerto Teatro Manzoni Milano 27.11.2016 Della generazione under quaranta britannica il trentacinquenne Alexander Hawkins è probabilmente la punta di diamante. Pianista, organista, bandleader e compositore eccellente, nutre grande rispetto per la tradizione ma il suo pensiero è perennemente rivolto al futuro, ha una scrittura rigorosa ...

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Schlippenbach Trio: Warsaw Concert

Read "Warsaw Concert" reviewed by John Sharpe


There can't be too many outfits still going strong after 44 years, especially with an unchanged roster. But that's exactly the situation German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach faces with his trio of countryman Paul Lovens on the drum stool and the legendary Evan Parker on tenor saxophone, give or take an occasional bassist. As a consequence ...

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Ingrid Laubrock e il Questionario di Proust

Read "Ingrid Laubrock e il Questionario di Proust" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Ingrid Laubrock è una sassofonista tedesca, attualmente residente a New York. Ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti a livello internazionale, tra cui nel 2004 il BBC Jazz Award for Innovation e nel 2015 il Rising Star per la categoria sax soprano nel Downbeat Annual Critics Poll. Tra le sue collaborazioni, ricordiamo Anthony Braxton, Dave Douglas, Tom Rainey, ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz&Wine Of Peace Festival 2016

Read "Jazz&Wine Of Peace Festival 2016" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Jazz&Wine of Peace Festival 2016 Teatro Comunale di Cormons e varie sedi tra Collio e Slovenia Cormons, Collio, Brda 23-30.10.2016 A un passo dal ventennale, il festival Jazz&Wine Of Peace di Cormons (ma ormai la rassegna è ampiamente disseminata nel territorio circostante la cittadina, con varie puntate oltreconfine) ha attestato la ...


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