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Mirna Bogdanović: L'arte del confronto

by Serena Antinucci
Ci vuole una fervida immaginazione per raggiungere luoghi diversi stando fermi. È quello che accade ascoltando il disco d'esordio della giovane cantante sloveno-bosniaca, di base a Berlino, Mirna Bogdanović. La tradizione si apre verso direzioni contemporanee, più istintive, non resta ferma, si mostra accogliente ed è pronta a cambiare rotta senza preavviso, né regole. Confrontation da ...
Mirna Bogdanović: The Art Of Confrontation

by Serena Antinucci
It takes a vivid imagination to stand still and yet reach faraway places. This is the sense communicated when hearing the debut album of the Slovenian/Bosnian jazz singer-songwriter Berlin-based Mirna Bogdanović. Traditional forms of music unfold towards contemporary, instinctive directions. Confrontation, released on December 18 by Klaeng Records (an independent label from Cologne), does ...
John Zorn Special Edition a Jazz em Agosto, Lisbona

by Stefano Merighi
John Zorn Special Edition [Prima parte] Jazz em Agosto 2018 Lisbona, Portogallo 10-15.07.2018 Da oltre un decennio John Zorn offre la sua musica dal vivo solamente acquistando un pacchetto composito di esibizioni. Vengono convocati diversi solisti, si compongono repertori e organici, si stabiliscono alcune giornate di documentazione sonora. Per ...
Hal Willner, Nino Rota & Beyond

by Ludovico Granvassu
For Today's episode we go back in time to 1981, the year in which Amarcord Nino Rota by producer Hal Willner was released. 37 years later it remains a reference record and one of the greatest tribute albums ever produced, and recently remastered and re-released by Corbett vs. Dempsey. We take a look back at the ...
Jamie Saft: Jazz in the Key of Iggy

by Luca Canini
In 1988 Bill Laswell produced Iggy Pop's album Instinct. Back then, little he could have known that, almost thirty years later, he would have been instrumental in facilitating the iconic singer's first foray in the Jazz world. Loneliness Road (RareNoiseRecords) documents the latest incarnation of James Newell Osterberg Junior, the front man of proto-punk band The ...
Forget Old Europe: 15 European Jazz Musicians You Need To Know About

by Enrico Bettinello
Since the first half of the 20th century, the Old Continent has played a pivotal role both in welcoming and supporting jazz artists from the United States. Over the following decades it has expressed generations of passionate musicians with increasingly original languages and ever greater improvisatory skills. In the 21st century there are countless ...
The EarRegulars: The EarRegulars

by Angelo Leonardi
Deliziosi. Si chiamano EarRegulars perchè si esibiscono ogni domenica sera all'Ear Inn, il più antico working bar di New York City, al 326 di Spring Street. I leader sono il trombettista Jon-Erik Kellso e il chitarrista Matt Munisteri che aggregano vari e differenti partner proponendo un jazz fondato sull'estetica pre boppistica: dixieland e classic jazz. ...
12 Points 2015

by Ian Patterson
12 Points 2015 Project Arts Centrejny: Dublin, IrelandApril 15-18, 2015 In an international calendar absolutely bulging with jazz festivals, 12 Points--conceived in Dublin by Improvised Music Company in 2007--stands out as one of the more original. It's not just the diversity and quality of the music that sets Twelve Points apart, ...