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Craig Taborn on Sound and Improvisation
On June 7, Downbeat Magazine's electronic keyboards “Rising Star" Craig Taborn will celebrate the American release of his first solo piano recording, Avenging Angel, on ECM. Totally acoustic and totally improvised, Avenging Angel may surprise those Taborn followers who are most familiar with his electronic wizardry and dual-keyboard gymnastics with such leaders as Tim Berne, Chris ...
Barry Guy: Striving For Absolute Spontaneity
by Maxim Micheliov
Barry Guy seems to be one of the most convincing figures in a long line of contemporary innovators whose discoveries possess everlasting value. Being a diverse improviser, a bassist of exceptional technique, an accomplished composer and a big band leader, this artist amazes by the scope of his interests and his variety of his accomplishments.
Wilbert Longmire
Cincinnati based guitarist Wilbert Longmire has long had a curious career as a legend throughout northern Ohio and as an occasional headliner on national albums, paired with some of jazz's greatest names. Born in Mobile, Alabama, Wilbert moved with his parents to Cincinnati when he was only three. He started off as a violinist in his ...
Intervista agli OnGaku2
by AAJ Italy Staff
Paolo Sanna (batteria, percussioni, oggetti) ed Elia Casu (chitarre, chitarre preparate, elettronica) sono OnGaku2, un duo con base in Sardegna che lavora da qualche anno sull'improvvisazione. Sanna ha alle spalle molti anni di onorata carriera nell'ambito dell'improvvisazione: ne è testimone Oggetti smarriti uscito di recente per Setola di Maiale uno stimolante improvvis(e)azioni uscito per TiConZero. L'ascolto ...
Evan Weiss: Soundscapes
by Marshall Taylor
Stylistically, Evan Weiss, an up-and-coming composer, arranger and player in the jazz idiom, is a hard nut to crack. Weiss' recent release, Math or Magic (Inner Circle, 2010), contains soundscapes produced by an 11-piece ensemble. The tunes, rich and dense in their orchestration, tread through an array of musical environments teeming with subtly placed electronic sound ...
Happy Birthday, Miles Davis!
The most famous jazz musician to come from the St. Louis metropolitan area, Miles Davis (pictured) was born May 26, 1926 in Alton, IL and raised in East St. Louis. Today would have been Miles' 85th birthday, and the occasion is being celebrated across the country in many ways, including an official party at East St. ...
Plenty of Celebration on the 85th Birthday of Miles Davis
Miles Davis would have been 85 years old today, and the birth of the legendary trumpeter is being celebrated in several ways and places around the country today. LIFE.com just posted never-before-seen photos of Miles from 1958. According to LIFE.com: When LIFE photographer Robert W. Kelley snapped a few rolls of film at an intimate ...
Something Else! Interview: Jazz Pianist Michael Wolff
Jazz pianist Michael Wolff—an endlessly engaging player whom the New York Times has praised for “near impeccable good taste, technical facility and lyrical inventiveness" —joins us for an SER Sitdown to discuss the lasting importance of his old boss Julian “Cannonball" Adderley, Nancy Wilson's way with a song, the world's weird attaction of Elvis Presley—oh, and ...
