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Time in Jazz compie trent'anni

Read "Time in Jazz compie trent'anni" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè

Time in Jazz 2017 Berchidda e altri comuni 8-16.8.2017 Il testo scritto quest'anno da Paolo Fresu sul programma del Festival non voleva essere tanto una presentazione delle scelte artistiche della trentesima edizione di Time in Jazz, quanto piuttosto un riepilogo in tono estremamente poetico degli obiettivi e criteri in ...

Article: Album Review

Roscoe Mitchell: Bells for the South Side

Read "Bells for the South Side" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Ecco un disco per ascoltatori esigenti. Un lavoro che ripaga con generosità l'impegno di un ascolto vigile, informato, empatico. Roscoe Mitchell è tra i musicisti di oggi che hanno saputo costruire la propria arte con incorruttibile determinazione e coerenza. Bells for the South Side ne rappresenta un capitolo importante, che racchiude una prodigiosa sintesi e nel ...

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Dontae Winslow & Winslow Dynasty: Enter The Dynasty

Read "Dontae Winslow & Winslow Dynasty: Enter The Dynasty" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne

It seems that one need only bat an eyelash to miss out on some of the heavy young musicians that are coming down the pike, let alone the ones who've become pretty well-established. A case in point is a young trumpeter / producer / rapper / educator Dontae Winslow. Though he appeared on recordings by Hugh ...

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Slumgum / Hugh Ragin: The Sky His Own

Read "The Sky His Own" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

The third release of the young Los Angeles-based, Cal Arts-educated Slumgum attempts to expand its musical universe. This inventive quartet already defined its rich aesthetic, drawing from diverse influences like jazz, free improvisation, world music and modern classical music, stressing a vivid sense of exploration and adventure with close and supportive interplay. On The Sky His ...

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Slumgum / Hugh Ragin: The Sky His Own

Read "The Sky His Own" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Slumgum exhibits a sophisticated voice and thematic cohesiveness on this, its third release, The Sky His Own. These characteristics are a testament to this innovative Los Angeles-based quartet's camaraderie and shared ideology, as all members of the group, including guest cornetist Hugh Ragin, contribute unique compositions. Ragin's expansive “Silver Cornet News" starts off ...

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Purnell Steen and Le Jazz Machine: This Little Light

Read "This Little Light" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel

Denver has always had a thriving jazz community, and between the 1920s and 1950s, the Five Points neighborhood was the heart of the scene. Known as the “Harlem of the West," at its peak Five Points had over fifty bars and clubs, and played host to all the greats: pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington, singers Billie ...

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AACM Great Black Music Festival

Read "AACM Great Black Music Festival" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk

by Kurt Gottschalk

Ars Nova Workshop's AACM: Great Black Music FestivalPhiladelphia, PA June 4-13, 2011 It's been a hot half decade for the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Nicole Mitchell's tenure as co-chair (with Ernest Dawkins) came at a time when her star as a flutist and bandleader was also rising. Co-founder Muhal Richard ...

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John Hines In the Pocket

By John Hines

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: In the Pocket; I Could Write a Book; Secret Love; Central Park West; Hard Times; A Nightingale Sang in Barkley Square; More Than a Friend; Kickin' Back; In a Sentimental Mood

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In the Pocket

By John Hines

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: In the Pocket, I Could Write a Book, Secret Love, Central Park West, Hard times, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, More Than a Friend, Kickin' Back, In a Sentimental Mood

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Revelation

By Hugh Ragin

Label: Justin Time Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Restoration Intensive; Kamal's Gift; Revelation; The Battlefield; Skull Hill; Night Life; Wormwood; Speak to the Mountain; Next Time


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