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Article: Album Review

Freddie Gavita: Transient

Read "Transient" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
April 3, 2017

Freddie Gavita graduated from London's Royal Academy of Music in 2008 after having taken a degree there in jazz trumpet under the watchful eye of Nick Smart, the Academy's Head of Jazz and a virtuoso trumpet player himself. Gavita is increasingly in demand both in big bands (including Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra) and small groups alike ...

Article: Album Review

Gregory Porter: Live In Berlin

Read "Live In Berlin" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
March 14, 2017

Confesso una naturale simpatia per Gregory Porter. Non solo perché si tratta di un cantante indubbiamente dotato e dalla spiccata propensione alla comunicatività, ma anche perché, in un mercato discografico che sulle voci punta (a volte prendendo delle sonore cantonate) il grosso delle proprie fiches, mi sembra quello che, al netto di quanto diremo ...

Article: Book Review

Reuel Golden, Barney Hoskyns: 75 Years of Capitol Records

by Angelo Leonardi
February 20, 2017

75 Years of Capitol Records Reuel Golden, Barney Hoskyns 492 Pages Taschen 2017 Il 15 novembre 2016, il Los Angeles City Council ha proclamato il “Capitol Records Day," una celebrazione del 75mo anno di vita della casa discografica, fondata a Los Angeles il 7 febbraio 1942. Tra le varie iniziative ...

News: Award / Grant

Grammy Winners 2017 - Jazz List

February 13, 2017

And the winners of the 59th Annual Grammy Awards are... JAZZ Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Culcha Vulcha Snarky Puppy (Ground Up Music) Human Nature — Herb Alpert (Herb Alpert Presents) When You Wish Upon A Star — Bill Frisell (Okeh Records) Way Back Home: Live From Rochester, NY— Steve Gadd ...

Article: Year in Review

2016: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 2, 2017

The year 2016 bubbled with events and initiatives to strengthen jazz's place in American and world culture, as well as a variety of venue openings, closings and cancellations. Jazz hit the silver screen in many ways throughout the year, and International Jazz Day continued to thrive--complete with a major all-star concert at the White House. Pop ...

Article: Year in Review

Top 25 "Read" Album Reviews: 2016

by Michael Ricci
January 1, 2017

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top twelve published in 2016. Evolution Dr. Lonnie Smith by Dan Bilawsky Published: January 4, 2016 Spark Hiromi by Jeff Winbush

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Sing Me Home

By Yo-Yo Ma

Label:
Released: 2016
Track listing: Green (Vincent's Tune); O'Neill's Cavalry March; Little Birdie; Ichichila; Sadila Jana; Shingashi Song; Madhoushi; Wedding; Going Home; Cabalino; St. James Infirmary Blues; If You Shall Return...; Heart And Soul;

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Jazz Loves Disney

By Gregory Porter

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (The Aristocats); He’s A Tramp (Lady And The Tramp); Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (French version) [Cinderella]; When You Wish Upon A Star (Pinocchio); Why Don’t You Do Right (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?); I Wanna Be Like You (The Jungle Book); A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella); You’ve Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story); Let It Go (Frozen); The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book); Once Upon A Dream (Sleeping Beauty); Un jour mon Prince viendra (Blanche-Neige);

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Don't Lose Your Steam (Fred Falke Remix)

By Gregory Porter

Label: Universal Music France
Released: 2016
Track listing: Don't Lose Your Steam (Fred Falke Remix - Radio Edit);

Album

Take Me To The Alley

By Gregory Porter

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Holding On; Don't Lose Your Steam; Take Me To The Alley; Day Dream; Consequence of Love; In Fashion; More Than A Woman; In Heaven; Insanity; Don't Be A Fool; Fan The Flames; French African Queen.