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"Baida": Ralph Alessi ci racconta il suo nuovo disco per la ECM
by AAJ Italy Staff
Trombettista schivo, ma con le idee sempre chiare -supportate da un talento cristallino -Ralph Alessi sbarca in casa ECM con un disco che potrebbe riuscire nel sempre più difficile intento di piacere, come si diceva una volta, “a critica e pubblico," agli ascoltatori in cerca di suoni coraggiosi come a quelli più legati alla tradizione.
Jeff Ballard: Paid Dues
by George Colligan
[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth] I recently did some teaching in the U.K. at the Birmingham Conservatoire; I was the lone guest clinician/guest performer. Last year, roughly around the same time of year, I teamed up with drumming great Jeff Ballard. I had kind of forgotten ...
Interview: Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker is not a rock drummer. His words, not mine. In today's Wall Street Journal (go here or please buy the paper), I profile Ginger, who, as a founding member of Cream in 1966, revolutionized rock drumming with lengthy, poly-rhythmic solos. In two short years, Ginger put the drums on par with the electric guitar ...
John Hollenbeck's September Songs
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
John Hollenbeck's productivity would be astonishing in its own right, but the uniformly high quality of this high output places the drummer among the top tier of jazz (and not only jazz) musicians. Hollenbeck's recordings, compositions and performances defy certain expectations. He can be as seriously intellectual as a stereotypically stuffy classical musician, but his music ...
Who Was Doc Pomus?
Few white pop-rock songwriters of the 1950s and '60s started out as miserably as Jerome Felder. Polio-stricken at age 7, Felder was placed in body casts and then an iron lung before he wound up in leg braces and crutches. Stuck in bed for years, Felder spent a lot of time listening to the radio, which ...
Rusconi - Una piccola rivoluzione che viene dalla Svizzera
by AAJ Italy Staff
Pur senza arrivare alla definizione di una scuola nazionale, il jazz in Svizzera ha sempre rappresentato una presenza attiva e vitale, grazie anche alla vicinanza con Italia, Francia e Germania che ne hanno influenzato lo sviluppo musicale. Per cui non deve stupire l'emergere sulla scena internazionale di musicisti o gruppi svizzeri decisamente interessanti. È questo il ...
Ted Nash: The Goal Is Creativity
by R.J. DeLuke
A New York City morning often starts early, sometimes 6 a.m., for this musician who is trying to elongate the hours available in a day. There's a lot to get to. Practicing the saxophone or flute. Sitting down to go through the elusive and demanding task of writing music worthy of the plateau, which these days ...
Jack DeJohnette: Painting With Sticks
by George Colligan
The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth.The name Jack DeJohnette is synonymous with modern jazz drumming. Many know him for his years spent with the Keith Jarrett Trio, but he first came to prominence with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis in the '60s. He's always in demand as a sideman--although you ...
Alexis Cuadrado: A Bassist in New York
by Franz A. Matzner
Bassist, bandleader, and innovative composer Alexis Cuadrado has made a name for himself over the last decade with a series of ambitious albums that push the envelope of jazz composition. His latest work A Lorca Soundscape (Sunnyside, 2013) may very well represent the most challenging piece yet to emerge from his restive mind. As thought provoking ...
(Quasi) trent’anni di Aperitivo in Concerto. Parla Gianni Morelenbaum Gualberto
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si apre il 13 ottobre con il concerto del quartetto di David Murray con ospite Macy Gray la ventinovesima edizione di Aperitivo in Concerto, la rassegna milanese che ormai è diventata un appuntamento irrinunciabile della domenica mattina per gli appassionati di jazz e musiche contemporanee. Negli spazi del Teatro Manzoni, in un orario che può sembrare ...
