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Joost Lijbaart: Under The Surface

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by Ian Patterson
November 29, 2017

Silence frames music--before it sounds and after the final vibration of the last note has died. Often associated with an absence of communication, silence is also revered in certain communal ritual/cultural spaces. Poetic or damning, eerie or calming, silence never leaves us indifferent. Some composers have embraced it to a significant degree as part of the ...

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Ahmad Jamal: Marseille

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by Ian Patterson
November 26, 2017

Four years between studio albums is a long gap by Ahmad Jamal's standards. Not that the 87-year-old pianist has been idle since the widely acclaimed Saturday Morning (Jazz Village, 2013). He's released two live albums in that time--Live at The Olympia (Jazz Village, 2014) featuring Yusef Lateef and Live in Marciac 2014 (Jazz Village, 2015)--and remains ...

Article: What is Jazz?

Penang House Of Music: Shining Light On Penang's Jazz / Indigenous Music Heritage

by Ian Patterson
November 22, 2017

In the heart of downtown Georgetown, Penang, on the top floor of KOMTAR, a typically bustling Malaysian shopping mall, an oasis of calm can be found in Penang House of Music. Calm, but stimulating too, for PHOM is a museum-cum archive celebrating Penang's rich and varied musical heritage, including the island's long-standing, ever-evolving relationship with jazz. ...

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Aleka Potinga: Aleka

by Ian Patterson
November 21, 2017

Aleka is the eponymous debut EP--and stage-name--of Alexandra-Ioana Potinga, a Romanian jazz vocalist and cellist based in Dublin. Aleka performs in several bands, as vocalist in Tommy Halferty's Camus Jazz and as cellist/backing vocalist with Ruba Shamshoum. This outing features her working band at time of recording (bassist Barry Donohue has since replaced Kevin Higgins) on ...

Article: Live Review

Pat Metheny at Belfast Waterfront

by Ian Patterson
November 19, 2017

Pat Metheny Belfast Waterfront Belfast, N. Ireland November 14, 2017 “We've been trying to get a gig here for forty two years," Pat Metheny told the crowd at the Belfast Waterfront. Happily, the Missouri guitarist had at last found the city. It had been hidden out of sight all the time, ...

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Ruba Shamshoum: Shamat

by Ian Patterson
November 16, 2017

Though a graduate of Dublin's Newpark Music Centre in jazz performance, Ruba Shamshoum's delightful debut CD doesn't fall neatly into any particular category. What does these days? The Palestinian-born, Dublin-based singer infuses elements of jazz with her Middle Eastern roots on these nine originals, ably backed by some of the country's finest musicians, who straddle the ...

Article: Interview

Pat Metheny: Driving Forces

by Ian Patterson
November 10, 2017

It's been five years since Pat Metheny was last interviewed by All About Jazz, a not inconsiderable period of time in any working musician's life and particularly in one quite as prolific as the Missouri guitarist/composer. At the time, Metheny was promoting his Unity Band featuring Chris Potter, Ben Williams and Antonio Sánchez. His unconcealed enthusiasm ...

Article: Live Review

Instant Composers Pool at The MAC

by Ian Patterson
November 8, 2017

Instant Composers Pool The MAC Tempered Belfast, N. Ireland November 3, 2017 It's a significant year for Instant Composers Pool, for 2017 marks the Dutch jazz collective's fiftieth anniversary. Sadly, the year also saw the passing of Misha Mengelberg, pianist, composer and co-founder of the IPC along with Willem ...

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Donny McCaslin At Belfast International Arts Festival 2017

by Ian Patterson
October 31, 2017

Donny McCaslin Limelight Belfast International Arts Festival Belfast, N. Ireland October 25, 2017 “Are you here because of Bowie or for jazz?" a woman asked those around her in the queue for Donny McCaslin's gig--part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. The answer, by and large, was both.

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CEO Experiment With Kurt Rosenwinkel at The Sugar Club

by Ian Patterson
October 11, 2017

CEO Experiment with Kurt Rosenwinkel The Sugar Club Dublin, Ireland September 30, 2017 CEO Experiment's Dublin concert with special guest Kurt Rosenwinkel seemed to be a long time coming. For months there'd been speculation that the great American guitarist might rock up for this one-off gig. When it was indeed ...