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Article: Album Review

Alex Delcourt: To My Brothers

Read "To My Brothers" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer
May 19, 2019

This album by bassist Alex Delcourt is a treasure of a recording, a contemporary mirror of the hard bop movement of the past. It's as if that music awakened from its sleep years later and is as fresh today as it was then. Except for seasoned valve trombonist and trumpeter John Swana, the personnel consists of ...

Article: Live Review

Memories of Woodstock: Joan Baez at Jazz in Marciac 2018

by Luke Seabright
September 1, 2018

If you're a jazz fan, you'll almost certainly have heard of Marciac. But if it's the first time you're going there, and you don't know much about the place, you may well experience some confusion. If you've flown in, you're most likely driving over from Toulouse, the nearest airport. You've prepared your GPS and entered in ...

Article: Interview

Camille Bertault: Unity in Diversity

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 10, 2018

On her striking new album, Pas de géant ["Giant Steps" in French -Ed.], Camille Bertault confirms all the qualities that her debut release, En Vie, had showcased three years ago. For her sophomore release, the French singer doubles down with an eclectic repertoire, a stellar line-up and the production and arrangements written by Michael Leonhart with ...

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Article: Live Review

Bad Reputation Live At Barbes

by AAJ Staff
November 7, 2010

Bad ReputationBarbesBrooklyn, NYAugust 26, 2010 Singer and songwriter Pierre de Gaillande's group Bad Reputation played a humorous and musically elevating two-set gig at Brooklyn's famous Barbes, the tiny venue with the enormous selection of music. Bad Reputation plays the songs of French poet/singer George Brassens (1921-1981) in English, with translations ...