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Enrico Bettinello: Storie di Jazz
by Maurizio Zerbo
Storie di Jazz Enrico Bettinello 330 Pagine Arcana Uno dei libri più avvincenti sul jazz del 2015 viene dall'editoria italiana. Ne è autore Enrico Bettinello, giornalista tra i più preparati del panorama musicale nazionale. Il suo saggio si impone per vivacità di pensiero e acume critico, nello scandagliare le vicende ...
Guitar Virtuoso Micha Schellhaas Releases Full-length Debut Album Featuring Supertramp's Carl Verheyen And Drum Legend Chad Wackerman
Much to the excitement of guitarists worldwide, guitar virtuoso Micha Schellhaas has released his full-length debut album Double Take. The album features Supertramp guitar legend Carl Verheyen and drummer Chad Wackerman, who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth. Says Micha, “Double Take, my first full length release, reflects my relationship ...
Quintorigo, Roberto Gatto: Around Zappa
by Mario Calvitti
Dopo il progetto di qualche anno fa intitolato a Charles Mingus e quello più recente su Jimi Hendrix, i Quintorigo ne dedicano ora uno anche a Frank Zappa, un'altra delle icone musicali del XX secolo che da sempre annoverano tra le loro fonti di ispirazione, anche se la spinta necessaria alla realizzazione del progetto è giunta ...
Tom Hewson Trio: Treehouse
by Bruce Lindsay
Treehouse, album number two from the young British pianist Tom Hewson, finds him working in a trio (which is also known as Treehouse) alongside two more of the brightest young players on the UK jazz scene--bassist Calum Gourlay and vibes player Lewis Wright. It's a lyrical and engaging collection--mostly of Hewson's own compositions--with the relatively rare ...
Rollerball: Post Amen
by Luigi Sforza
Specializzata in produzioni sorprendentemente realistiche e attuali--aperte in modo onnivoro allo scibile musicale, senza distinzione tra alto e basso, colto e pop--l'importante etichetta El Gallo Rojo documenta in Post Amen il lavoro svolto dal collettivo Rollerball. Il progetto è il risultato di un processo osmotico che prevede l'acquisizione e l'accumulo al suo interno di ...
Eivind Opsvik e il Questionario di Proust
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Eivind Opsivik: Atmosfere forti. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. E.O.: Che siano al 100% al servizio della musica. AAJ: Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice. ...
Yoshie Fruchter: Schizophonia: Cantorial Recordings Reimagined
by Dave Wayne
A stalwart of New York City's astoundingly creative Judaic music scene, multi-instrumentalist and composer Yoshie Fruchter specializes in one thing: moving on from what he's already accomplished. Though he has two genre-smashing albums of edgy, Judaic jazz- rock-prog fusion on John Zorn's Tzadik label under his belt (Blasphemy and Other Serious Crimes, Tzadik Records, 2011, and ...
Zappa and Jazz: Did it Really Smell Funny, Frank?
by Geoffrey Wills
The following is an excerpt from “Chapter 2: Early Encounters with Jazz" of Zappa and Jazz: Did it Really Smell Funny, Frank? by Geoffrey Wills (Matador, 2015). When, at the age of fourteen, Zappa entered Mission Bay High School in San Diego in 1955, his first exposure to the elitist snobbery of a ...
Randy Brecker, Frank Vignola, Greg Hopkins To Headline Pittsfield Cityjazz Festival, Oct. 9-18
Berkshires Jazz, which organizes and presents festivals, concerts, and other jazz events in Berkshire County, has announced the lineup for the 11th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival. A signature event of the fall foliage season in western New England, the festival runs Oct. 9-18, 2015. The wide-ranging lineup includes the first pairing of 6-time Grammy winner Randy ...
Live From Birmingham: The Tubes, Youngblood Brass Band, Bill Bailey & Deerhoof
by Martin Longley
The Tubes The Robin R&B Club August 13, 2015 The Tubes are touring to celebrate four decades of existence. Always something of a cultish alternative, and quite possibly bringing the punters out in droves due to a certain nostalgic curiosity, this Bilston show was the last night of their ...
