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Ola Onabulè: una musica senza confini
by Angelo Leonardi
Il cantautore e produttore Ola Onabulé ci parla della sua vita e del suo lavoro a partire dall'eclettica collaborazione col chitarrista Nicolas Meier, che ha portato alla recente uscita dell'album Proof of Life. Entrambi residenti a Londra, il vocalist britannico d'origine nigeriana e il chitarrista svizzero hanno scoperto, nei mesi dell'isolamento pandemico, di condividere empaticamente i ...
Fred Hersch: A Lifetime Of Meditation At The Piano
by Frank Housh
Fred Hersch has spent nearly seven decades mediating at the piano. In his candid memoir, Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In And Out Of Jazz (Crown Archetype Press, 2017), Hersch described how he creates music. He wrote: I sit down, settle onto the piano stool, and see what kind of ...
Tracy Yang Embraces Her Multi-Cultural Background in Composition
by Dean Nardi
Tracy Yang is intimately familiar with the significance placed on identity in music. However, this awareness has not stopped the Taiwanese American composer from embracing all of her musical gifts, regardless of style. It is a choice that in just a handful of years has led Yang to a number of awards and recognition for her ...
Interview: Lew Tabackin, Part 2
On the tenor saxophone, Lew Tabackin has a strong, bossy sound. Other major saxophonists who came up at the same time include Joe Henderson and Joe Farrell. On flute, Lew has a warm, pronounced tone. Lew will be making a rare live appearance on New York's Upper East Side at 92NY on Saturday, July 19, at ...
Interview: Lew Tabackin, Part 1
Lew Tabackin is a jazz legend but less well-known than he should be. A tenor saxophonist and flutist, Lew came up in the mid-1960s and played and recorded with dozens of jazz stars, including Maynard Ferguson, Duke Pearson, Donald Byrd, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, and most famously with pianist Toshiko Akyoshi. They began fronting small groups ...
Anaïs Drago: the Solo Violininst Who Doesn’t Want to Be a Soloist
by Neri Pollastri
Born in Biella in 1993, violinist, composer, improviser, and bandleader Anaïs Drago is one of the rising stars of Italian jazz. After winning the Italian magazine Musica Jazz poll as the best new talent in 2021 and dedicating significant time to solo performance, she has just released Relevé Live (Habitable Records, 2025), a trio album with ...
Anaïs Drago, un violino solo che non vuole essere solista
by Neri Pollastri
Nata a Biella nel 1993, la violinista, compositrice, improvvisatrice e band leader Anaïs Drago è una delle figure emergenti del jazz italiano: dopo aver vinto il referendum di Musica Jazz come miglior nuovo talento nel 2021 ed essersi dedicata a lungo alla pratica del solo, ha appena pubblicato Relevé Live, un disco in trio con Federico ...
Pierre de Bethmann: Sharing a Musical Breakfast in Lyon
by Artur Moral
If interviewing a musical figure is usually a great experience, having a face-to-face conversation with one is a true privilege. Besides, it is April in Lyon, cherry trees in blossom... and the roofs of the capital of the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes shine under a splendid spring sun. Pierre de Bethmann, winner of the 2024 Victoire ...
Chris Cheek: Songs Of Inspiration And Atonement
by Frank Housh
Chris Cheek's Keepers of the Eastern Door (Analog Tone Factory, 2025) was inspired by the suffering and resilience of Native Americans. Cheek grew up in the area of Cahokia Mounds World Heritage & State Park, the largest pre-Columbian site north of Mexico. In his book 1491: New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus (Knopf, ...
Lucian Ban: Following Bartók's Trail Through the Transylvanian Villages
by Dean Nardi
It is hard to re-invent where jazz can go. Players can eschew all the conventional methods they want, but a wheel is still a wheel. This is a reason why pianist Lucian Ban's efforts to bring to light the Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist Bela Bartók's works as a field collector of folk music in 21st-century ...
