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Terri Hinte: Co-Creating the Image of Jazz
by Victor L. Schermer
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 [This is the second of an All About Jazz series of interviews and articles on “The Many Faces of Jazz Today: Critical Dialogues" in which we explore the current state of jazz around the world with musicians, ...
Bobby Zankel: The Soul of Jazz - Past, Present, and Future Tense
by Victor L. Schermer
Part 1 | | Part 5 | Part 6[This is the first of an All About Jazz series of interviews and articles on “The Many Faces of Jazz Today: Critical Dialogues," in which we will explore the current state of jazz around the world. Jazz has expanded in many directions. The business, educational, geographical, ...
David Finck: The Bass, Scatting Offenses, and the Back Hoe
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
David Finck is not only a first-call bassist with a long resume of high-profile recordings and gigs, but he's one of the most versatile musicians on any instrument. Finck has been in the studio, touring, and/or sharing the world's greatest stages with everyone from Andre Previn to Ivan Lins, Woody Herman to Natalie Cole and Kenny ...
Ralph Towner: un americano a Roma
by Mario Calvitti
Ralph Towner rappresenta sicuramente una figura atipica nel vasto mondo della chitarra jazz. In primo luogo per gli strumenti usati: la chitarra classica, che negli anni '60 in ambito jazzistico era utilizzata solamente da musicisti legati alla musica brasiliana come Charlie Byrd, Laurindo Almeida e Bola Sete, e la chitarra 12-corde, che proveniva dal mondo folk ...
George Mraz Comeback Concert! May 20 - NYC - Free!
Featuring George Mraz & Camilla Mraz Trio with Anthony Pinciotti Saturday, May 20, 2017 7:30 to 9:00 PM FREE! Bohemian National Hall Historic Grand Ballroom 321 East 73rd Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenue) New York, NY 10021 The Bohemian ...
John Abercrombie Quartet: Up and Coming
by Matthew Aquiline
Guitarist John Abercrombie has long been a stalwart artist for Manfred Eicher's ECM Records, steadily releasing albums as a leader since 1975's fusion masterpiece Timeless (ECM). A true guitar virtuoso, Abercrombie's adaptability and dexterous command over his instrument have secured his exalted rank within the jazz realm and beyond. Now, over 40 years after his debut, ...
Nick Brignola: Big Horn, Strong Words
by Rob Rosenblum
This article first appeared in Coda Magazine in 1978. With the possible exception of torture, there has never been an art form more maligned than jazz. So, it is inevitable that every once in a while there is an exceptional musician who finds that the financial rewards of being a jazz musician are too ...
Joe Lovano Quartet: Classic! Live at Newport
by Angelo Leonardi
Il quartetto che Joe Lovano guidò con Hank Jones, George Mraz e Paul Motian è stato uno dei combo più avvincenti del suo decennio, documentato in due dischi ampiamente celebrati: I'm All for You (Blue Note, 2004) e Joyous Encounter (Blue Note, 2005). Alla fine di luglio, la storica etichetta ha pubblicato la registrazione ...
Joe Lovano Quartet: Classic! Live at Newport
by Dan Bilawsky
It's safe to say that many years from now, when the critics and historians have the benefit of distance to help focus their thoughts, many if not most will continue to hail much of saxophonist Joe Lovano's presently-admired body of work on the Blue Note imprint. But what will stand tallest in said discography? Some may ...
Yelena Eckemoff Quartet: Leaving Everything Behind
by Dave Wayne
With all of the worldwide hue and cry concerning immigration, precious little is said about the lives of immigrants themselves, the sacrifices they've made and the risks they've taken in order to start their lives anew; free of whatever hardships and oppression they endured in their native country. In the news, entire lives are boiled down ...
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