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Article: From the Inside Out

From Choro to Chaos

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 8, 2018

Berkeley Choro Ensemble The View from Here Self-Produced 2017 Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s from the joining ...

Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2018

by Ian Patterson
April 3, 2018

Brilliant Corners 2018 Black Box Belfast, N. Ireland March 3-10, 2018 Compared to Dublin or cities in the UK, Belfast is usually overlooked when jazz groups tour. When the likes of Wayne Shorter, Charles Lloyd, Ahmad Jamal, Keith Jarrett or Brad Mehldau come to Ireland it's usually a one-stop visit ...

Article: Interview

Leonardo Pavkovic: Nothing is Ordinary

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 16, 2018

More than any other person, Leonardo Pavkovic has made me write some crazy shit. Pavkovic is the primal force behind the joyously eclectic MoonJune Records, which he established in 2001. “Established" may not be the right word: “I am truly an unusual and rules breaking call-it-record-company with a 'label' identity despite the fact that ...

Article: Interview

David Sancious: da Monk a Sting

by Luca Muchetti
March 12, 2018

Al fianco di Sting e Peter Gabriel, membro del primo nucleo della futura E--Street Band con Bruce Springsteen, senza contare la miriade di collaborazioni accanto a giganti come Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton e Santana. David Sancious è uno dei sideman più apprezzati e raffinati, un polistrumentista che --fra un disco e un tour mondiale --ha trovato ...

Article: Album Review

Riccardo Fassi Tankio Band: The Return of the Fat Chicken

Read "The Return of the Fat Chicken" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
February 19, 2018

Il nuovo CD inciso dal pianista e arrangiatore Riccardo Fassi con la sua Tankio Band è completamente dedicato alla musica di Frank Zappa, compositore che figura nel repertorio del gruppo almeno dal 1994, quando venne pubblicato l'album Plays the Music of Frank Zappa, del quale rappresenta una sorta di seguito ideale. Inevitabile il raffronto con Ed ...

Article: Interview

Riccardo Fassi: Tankio Band, Frank Zappa, Antonello Salis e molto altro

by Angelo Leonardi
February 19, 2018

Fondatore e leader della Tankio Band, una delle più innovative e longeve orchestre italiane, Riccardo Fassi eccelle anche in veste di pianista e tastierista in piccoli organici e come compositore di colonne sonore. L'occasione per quest'intervista ad ampio raggio e ricca di aneddoti, viene dalla pubblicazione con la Tankio Band del secondo capitolo sulle musiche di ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

The Gift of Music (Part 1)

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 21, 2018

Holidays are the season of gift-giving and music makes the perfect gift. So here's the first of a two part series featuring some of my favorite tunes as my holiday gift to end the year on a positive note. Happy Listening! Playlist Donald Fagen “The Nightfly" from The ...

Article: Catching Up With

Sean Noonan: Not Simply Beating a Dead Horse Drum

by Phillip Woolever
January 12, 2018

Composer and drummer Sean Noonan is an explorer, charting many edges of the compositional frontier. The term unique does not quite cover the range of his thoughtful, abstract approach to musical narrative.Edgy is often the operative theme in Noonan's repertoire, gleamed from studious sojourns to distant cultures and locales. Noonan's results take form in ...

Album

Have A Little Tush

By Frank Zappa

Label: Parachute Recording Company
Released: 2017
Track listing: Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme); Stink-Foot; RDNZL; Village Of The Sun; Echidna's Arf (Of You); Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?; Apostrophe; Penguin In Bondage; T' Mershi Duween; Dog Meat; Building A Girl; Stage Banter; Dinah-Moe Humm; Camarillo Brillo; Montana; The Booger Man; Chunga's Revenge; Encore Break; Oh No; Son Of Orange County; Trouble Every Day;

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mondo Jazz: Walking

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 14, 2017

Welcome to the first Mixcloud podcast on All About Jazz. It contains the first episode of Mondo Jazz, a new radio show devoted to international jazz airing every Wednesday night from 10 PM to midnight on Radio Free Brooklyn. Mondo Jazz is dedicated to the proposition that jazz is a language that originated in ...