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Pi Recordings 2016 Releases
by Hrayr Attarian
Over the 15 years of its existence, Pi Recordings has been the home of musical innovators both established and up and coming. Its catalogue includes works by such legends as composer and woodwind player Henry Threadgill, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams and other members of the Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). The imprint is also ...
Jerome Wilson's Best Releases of 2016
by Jerome Wilson
Any “best of the year" list is really a snapshot in time. It's impossible to listen to all the worthwhile jazz music out there so you end up making a list based on what you've heard during the year. With apologies to Kris Davis, John Scofield, Darcy James Argue and all the other musicians whose CDs ...
Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2016
by Dan Bilawsky
Another year is almost in the books. And while there were many things to fret about in 2016, a lack of good music wasn't one of them. A quick look back at the year reminds us that jazz legends remain strong, rising stars continue to rapidly ascend, newcomers are making their presence felt, and the dearly ...
Le Rex: Wild Man / Ingrid Laubrock: Ubatuba
by Stefano Merighi
Due organici praticamente identici (fiati + batteria) con un ruolo importante riservato alla tuba. Sembrano lontani i tempi in cui questo strumento aveva ritrovato agilità e stupore, sotto le dita di Howard Johnson o Bob Stewart. Ora i fremiti bassi e rugosi dell'ottone glorioso sono esaltati nei ritmi delle musiche di Henry Threadgill ...
David Virelles: Antenna
by Mark Sullivan
Pianist/composer David Virelles has combined his Cuban heritage with jazz before, most notably on his 2014 ECM leader debut Mbókò, which had the subtitle “Sacred Music for Piano, Two Basses, Drum Set and Biankoméko Abakuá." But this EP--which is being released exclusively on vinyl and digitally--takes things in an entirely new electro-acoustic direction. It's a dense ...
Piero Bittolo Bon's Bread & Fox: Big Hell on Air
by Luca Canini
Quand'è che si diventa grandi nel jazz? Dopo quanti dischi e dopo quante recensioni ci si può considerare una realtà e non più un'ipotesi di musicista? Passati i trenta? Alla soglia dei quaranta? Difficile dirlo. Ad alcuni capita per incanto di ritrovarsi adulti, quasi senza sforzo, per merito di un improvviso e il più delle volte ...
Steve Coleman and Five Elements at Albright-Knox Art Gallery
by Matthew Aquiline
Steve Coleman and Five Elements Albright-Knox Art Gallery Art of Jazz Buffalo, NY October 29, 2016 If Steve Coleman's set at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery proved anything, it's that residencies are still a beneficial means to cultivating unrivaled virtuosity within a band. In the case of composer, alto ...
Francesco Diodati Yellow Squeeds all'Auditorium Di Vittorio di Milano
by Paolo Peviani
Francesco Diodati Yellow Squeeds Atelier Musicale Milano Auditorium G. Di Vittorio 22.10.2016 Per questa ventitreesima edizione, la rassegna milanese Atelier Musicale ha scelto di dedicare ampio spazio alle giovani generazioni. A quella nouvelle vague di musicisti che -osserva giustamente il curatore della rassegna Maurizio Franco--si muovono in direzioni poeticamente ...
Dafnis Prieto: A World Of Rhythmic Possibilities
by Dan Bilawsky
A World Of Rhythmic Possibilites Dafnis Prieto 276 Pages ISBN: #978-0-692-65526-9 Dafnison Music 2016 Learning to fluently and fluidly dissect, construct, and speak rhythms through the drums is a lifelong process of study, discovery, and growth. Touching on the new while truly expanding that coded language is incredibly ...
Jonathan Finlayson: Moving Still
by Karl Ackermann
Trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson has been an in-demand sideman for a decade, laying a foundation of top-tier groundwork in recording with Steve Coleman on all of that uncompromising composer's Five Elements albums since 2002. Finlayson's performing credits include gigs with Ravi Coltrane, Steve Lehman, Mary Halvorson, Vijay Iyer, and many other notable artists. Not until 2013 did ...
