Results for "Interview"

Kimmo Pohjonen: A Very Cool Instrument

by Nenad Georgievski
June 4, 2013

Certain instruments have yet to place themselves beyond how the public and most musicians perceive them, but that hasn't stopped some musicians from distinguishing themselves by taking a different path with them. As Jimi Hendrix is to the electric guitar, so is Finnish musician Kimmo Pohjonen to the accordion: a conceptualist and master improviser who has ...

Ross Hammond: Holding onto the Wave

by Troy Collins
June 3, 2013

Sacramento-based guitarist Ross Hammond has been steadily gaining attention, courtesy of a tireless performing schedule reinforced and documented by a series of diverse albums issued on his own Prescott Recordings imprint. Hammond's releases have featured a variety of instrumental lineups, ranging from lyrical solo recitals to frenetic collective improvisations. His most recent endeavor is Cathedrals (Prescott ...

Il jazz espanso: intervista a Franco Ferguson

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 3, 2013

Franco Ferguson è un collettivo di base a Roma, nato circa cinque anni fa dall'incontro di musicisti che condividono un approccio critico, creativo e non ortodosso al jazz e alle musiche a esso correlate. Insieme hanno ideato una forma di performance improvvisata chiamata improring, concepita come luogo stabile entro il quale far confrontare artisti di diversa ...

Alan Light: Songs of Perseverance and Survival

by Nenad Georgievski
May 29, 2013

Every once in awhile there comes a music book that ventures far beyond mere celebrity biography or fan appreciation. In a vigorous discourse combining excellent writing, shrewd criticism, and a kaleidoscope of people from all walks of life, Alan Light's The Holy or the Broken (Atria Books, 2012) traces the life of one unknown song, or ...

Alexander Balanescu: The Aggressive Lyricism

by Adriana Carcu
May 28, 2013

Alexander Balanescu, the London-based violinist of Romanian origin, leads the avant- garde string quartet Balanescu Quartet, formed in 1987. Before that, Balanescu was part of the Michael Nyman Ensemble and Arditti Quartet. Ever since he has worked closely with artists of various musical orientations such as saxophonist John Lurie, singer David Byrne, pianists Keith Tippett and ...

Jutta Hipp: The Inside Story

May 28, 2013

Last week I posted on German pianist Jutta Hipp, who recorded in the 1950s before disappearing from the jazz scene. I also mentioned that Katja von Schuttenbach—a jazz historian and journalist —had researched and written about Hipp. I sent Katja a handful of questions and she kindly responded. Here's our e-conversation: JazzWax: Jutta Hipp seems like ...

Marco Eneidi: Pallettes of Color & Sound

by Anna Poczatek
May 27, 2013

Marco Eneidi seems to become a forgotten artist. Which is odd, at the very least, because his improvisation workshops are attended by the first seat of the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, and because, in just the past few years, the saxophonist has played with artists including pianist Cecil Taylor, guitarist Joe Morris, reed multi-instrumentalists Roscoe Mitchell, Peter Brötzmann ...

La realtà composita di Tyshawn Sorey

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 27, 2013

Maurizio Brunod e Giovanni Palombo: due chitarristi eclettici

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 23, 2013

Per quanto appartenenti a due mondi distinti (quello del jazz per Brunod, quello del folk per Palombo) sono molti i punti di contatto tra i due chitarristi. In primis, la grande apertura mentale che li spinge a esplorare continuamente nuovi territori musicali, senza rimanere rinchiusi in un genere predefinito. Questo si evince anche dalle influenze dichiarate, ...

Yuhan Su: Good Vibes

by Ian Patterson
May 21, 2013

Everybody loves the romance of a comeback: the phoenix-like rise from adversity, long-term exile, obscurity or defeat. Think of US President Abraham Lincoln's travails, boxer George Foreman's regaining the World Heavyweight title at the age of 45, actor Sean Connery's return as Bond, David Bowie's eternal reinvention or, indeed, the peculiar cycles of fashion that have ...