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Article: New York @ Night

Bill Frisell's "Guitar in the Space Age" at the Blue Note

Read "Bill Frisell's "Guitar in the Space Age" at the Blue Note" reviewed by Peter Jurew


Bill FrisellBlue Note New York, NY October 4, 2016 It's one month before what is shaping up to be an epochal presidential election; the national mood is tense, nerves are fraying, anxiety is high. And just in the nick of time, here comes guitarist Bill Frisell to save our sanity! He's ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Lloyd & The Marvels: I Long To See You

Read "I Long To See You" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


If ever there was an eternal explorer, it's Charles Lloyd. This inquisitive soul has made a career out of surveying new frontiers, both within himself and beyond the borders of his own being. He's taken every opportunity to peer and travel into the unknown, allowing only the sound and the spirits to serve as his guides. ...

Article: Album Review

Charles Lloyd and The Marvels: I Long to See You

Read "I Long to See You" reviewed by Stefano Merighi


Non vi è dubbio che al giro di boa dei 70 anni Charles Lloyd abbia conosciuto una “nuova giovinezza" artistica e che queste recenti stagioni siano state per lui ricche di soddisfazioni. I dischi ECM ed il recente Blue Note Wild Man Dance lo hanno rilanciato come tra i più creativi tra i senatori del jazz. ...

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz 15

Read "Umbria Jazz 15" reviewed by Libero Farnè


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 ...

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Article: Live Review

Charles Lloyd at SFJAZZ

Read "Charles Lloyd at SFJAZZ" reviewed by Harry S. Pariser


Charles Lloyd SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA April 24-26, 2015 Even in the idiosyncratic world of jazz, Charles Lloyd stands apart. Born in Memphis in 1938, Lloyd is a master of the tenor saxophone and flute. His ethnic mix--Irish, Cherokee, African, and Mongolian--mirrors the vast number of musical styles he has crossed ...

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Article: Live Review

Bologna Jazz Festival 2014

Read "Bologna Jazz Festival 2014" reviewed by Libero Farnè


Bologna e Ferrara 28.10-22.11-2014. Il Bologna Jazz Festival non è certo un festival che perlustra il fermento dell'attualità, che espone le proposte più “forti" e innovative della ricerca americana ed europea, ma non si può nemmeno definire un appuntamento di mainstream nel senso stretto della parola. Salvo rare eccezioni, l'ottava edizione del ...

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Article: Live Review

Tampere Jazz Happening 2014

Read "Tampere Jazz Happening 2014" reviewed by Henning Bolte


Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere, Finland October 30--November 2, 2014 On the way from the airport to the city of Tampere you pass by Nokia, situated fifteen kilometres west of Tampere, the Scandinavian city famous for its gumboots and cables, and famous for its mobile phones. For a while 'Nokia' was synonymous ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Guitar in the Space Age!

Read "Guitar in the Space Age!" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Though prototype electric guitar first appeared in the early 1930s, the instrument only became a staple of popular music in the 1950s and 1960s. As a musical revolution was evolving, so was a different type altogether -space exploration. Sixty years on, in an age when the challenge is just to keep abreast of technological innovations it ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazz & Wine of Peace 2014

Read "Jazz & Wine of Peace 2014" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Jazz & Wine of Peace 2014 Cormons: 18-26.10.2014 Giunto alla 17ma edizione, il Jazz & Wine of Peace di Cormons si colloca tra i migliori festival nazionali, coniugando ricercate scelte musicali con la valorizzazione del territorio: in primis la rinomata produzione enologica del Collio. Organizzato dal Comune e dal ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Frisell: Guitar in the Space Age!

Read "Guitar in the Space Age!" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Con Guitar in the Space Age! prosegue il viaggio alla riscoperta della musica americana del secolo scorso da parte dell'infaticabile Bill Frisell. Questa volta tocca agli eroi della chitarra elettrica che dettavano legge nei decenni tra il secondo dopo guerra e i favolosi anni sessanta, nell'epoca dei primi viaggi nello spazio e della contestazione studentesca, del ...


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