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Eivind Opsvik e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
October 1, 2015

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. ...

Article: Album Review

Yoshie Fruchter: Schizophonia: Cantorial Recordings Reimagined

Read "Schizophonia: Cantorial Recordings Reimagined" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
September 18, 2015

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 ...

Article: Book Excerpts

Zappa and Jazz: Did it Really Smell Funny, Frank?

by Geoffrey Wills
September 15, 2015

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 ...

News: Festival

Randy Brecker, Frank Vignola, Greg Hopkins To Headline Pittsfield Cityjazz Festival, Oct. 9-18

September 11, 2015

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 ...

Article: Live Review

Live From Birmingham: The Tubes, Youngblood Brass Band, Bill Bailey & Deerhoof

by Martin Longley
August 27, 2015

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 ...

Article: Live Review

Living Coltrane feat. Enrico Rava a Vivere Jazz

by Neri Pollastri
August 25, 2015

Vivere Jazz Estate Fiesolana Teatro Romano -Fiesole -13.07.2015 Il Vivere Jazz Festival, costola jazzistica dell'Estate Fiesolana che vede i propri appuntamenti nella prestigiosa cornice del Teatro Romano della cittadina sulle colline fiorentine, aveva quest'anno in programma, a fianco della star internazionale Hiromi una serie di concerti di musicisti locali. Alcuni ...

Article: Book Review

Philip Glass: Words Without Music - A Memoir

by Nenad Georgievski
August 1, 2015

Words Without Music: A Memoir Philip Glass 432 pages ISBN: 0871404389 Liveright 2015 While composer John Cage is the first name in contemporary classical music that most people will likely know, the music of composer Philip Glass is probably more likely to be the first sound of it ...

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz 15

by Libero Farnè
July 27, 2015

Perugia, vari luoghi 10--19 luglio Oltre 35.000 biglietti venduti con un incasso di 1.500.000 euro, 450.000 presenze in città nei giorni del festival: i numeri danno ragione dell'enorme successo di pubblico di Umbria Jazz 2015. La manifestazione, come sempre articolata in appuntamenti gratuiti nel centro storico e in concerti a pagamento, all'Arena Santa ...

Article: Live Review

North Sea Jazz Festival Recap: A Moveable, Musical Feast

by Joan Gannij
July 22, 2015

North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands July 10-12, 2015 Three days immersed in sounds and sensations. Followed by two days at home in zombie mode, zen silence. Rather than do an exhausting commute from Amsterdam to Rotterdam each day (by train or auto (50 miles / 75 kilometers each way), I ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Vlatkovich: Mortality

by Dave Wayne
June 29, 2015

Wow. Where to start? Apropos of its title, Mortality is huge. Vast. Complex. Quixotic. Musically, it's a mega-ambitious work that fuses operatic vocals, several styles of jazz, heavily-scored contemporary classical music and flat-out improvisational wailing in the most appealing ways possible. Interestingly, Michael Vlatkovich, a West Coast trombone virtuoso and composer / improvisor of considerable merit, ...