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Krantz / Carlock / Lefebvre: Touching The Stars

by Mike Jacobs
September 19, 2022

Guitarist Wayne Krantz has had a long, interesting and (some would say) iconic career. Along the way, he has reshaped his own style, delved heavily into the compositional and improvisational ends of the spectrum (often blurring the lines between them), and built a catalog that redefined what is possible both on his instrument and as a ...

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A dialogo con Mirio Cosottini

by Neri Pollastri
September 19, 2022

Musicista, compositore, improvvisatore, insegnante, ma anche filosofo e disegnatore: una personalità ricca quella di Mirio Cosottini, che recentemente abbiamo incontrato in un paio di lavori particolarmente originali e che qualche anno fa ha fatto uscire un interessantissimo libro sulla didattica dell'improvvisazione musicale. Di questi e altri temi abbiamo parlato con lui per i lettori di All ...

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BigSpoon's Chris Engel: Intention... And Spontaneity

by Ian Patterson
September 14, 2022

So much goes into a debut album—a lifetime of learning, experiences and myriad influences. The music that springs forth is also often shaped in subtle and unfathomable ways that are sometimes not entirely clear even to the composer. Some musical reference points may appear obvious, others much less so, and so it is with ...

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Ramsey Lewis: Life is Good

by Jacob Blickenstaff
November 11, 2012

Some jazz aficionados might characterize pianist Ramsey Lewis' music as a gateway into more serious jazz, as if popular Lewis albums like The In Crowd (Verve, 1965) were meant to lead novice listeners to saxophonist Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz to Come (Atlantic, 1959). But Lewis' commercial successes should not be viewed as a liability ...

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Eri Chichibu: Discovering the Path from Psychology to Jazz and Crossing Reality

by Jane Kozhevnikova
September 7, 2022

Sometimes people decide to pursue a career in music early in their lives, but many artists go with a “normal" career until their passion for music wins. That happened to Eri Chichibu, a Japanese composer, arranger and pianist who started as a psychology major in Japan. She holds a bachelor's degree in Jazz Composition and Film ...

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Interview/Preview: Marcos Valle at Birdland

September 9, 2022

Next week, if you are in New York, you will have a rare opportunity to see and hear a genuine bossa nova legend from Rio de Janeiro. After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Marcos Valle is performing again at Birdland, from September 13 to 17. Marcos is the composer of So Nice (Summer Samba), ...

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Franco D'Andrea Meets DJ Rocca: rimodulare i riff

by Giuseppe Segala
September 5, 2022

Il triplo CD Franco D'Andrea Meets DJ Rocca, pubblicato dall'etichetta Parco della Musica Records, rappresenta un ulteriore, significativo tassello nella vicenda artistica del pianista. Lo dice il titolo: si tratta di un incontro a due, fortemente voluto da D'Andrea, che arriva dopo il lavoro degli scorsi anni con DJ Rocca, scandito dall'album in trio con Andrea ...

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Bill Charlap's Stardust

by C. Andrew Hovan
April 2, 2002

As was evident in his first trio releases for Criss Cross, pianist Bill Charlap is genuinely interested in beauty. In his hands, even the most overt swingers seem to find melody expressed as a prime ingredient, with a lithe use of space and dynamics providing the shading to his most personal expressions. While 2000's Written in ...

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Meet Bill Charlap

by Craig Jolley
March 31, 2001

Songwriter Moose Charlap (father) and show business childhood He wrote lyrics to some things, not too many. He mainly wrote music, played piano, and sang. He wasn't a pianist per se--he sort of demonstrated his own music. I wasn't like a “show business brat." I just did what came naturally--some people I'd perform in front of, ...

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My Conversation with Joey DeFrancesco

by AAJ Staff
August 26, 2022

From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in February 2000. Whatever can be said of Joey De Francesco, there is no denying his impact on his fans, many of whom lined up for hours at a local hole in the wall in my hometown of Fullerton to see the ...