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Johanna Burnheart: Techno Jazz Shines A Light: New Directions In Music

by Chris May
October 28, 2020

A relatively new name on London's alternative jazz scene, the German-born violinist, vocalist and composer Johanna Burnheart has made a rapid ascent since leaving the city's Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2018. She has played on three of the scene's benchmark albums--spiritual-jazz band Maisha's There Is A Place (Brownswood, 2018), trombonist Rosie Turton's 5ive ...

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Joe Farnsworth: Friends In High Places

by R.J. DeLuke
October 26, 2020

Joe Farnsworth is one of the top jazz drummers working today, with a resume that includes some of the absolute greats. His muscular swing and precise timekeeping have been attractive to employers like Wynton Marsalis, Diana Krall, McCoy Tyner, George Coleman, Pharoah Sanders, Eric Alexander, Benny Golson and many more. He likes to say ...

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A dialogo con Emanuele Parrini

by Neri Pollastri
October 26, 2020

Emanuele Parrini è il più significativo interprete (non solo) nostrano del violino jazz. Membro storico del Dinamitri Jazz Folklore, già violinista dell'Italian Instabile Orchestra, collaboratore di molte formazioni (Nexus, l'orchestra di Dino Betti van der Noot, il quartetto di Cene Resnik), leader di un proprio quartetto con il quale ha realizzato nel 2016 l'eccellente The Blessed ...

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Rez Abbasi: On balancing picture with music and shifting into Django mode

by Friedrich Kunzmann
October 19, 2020

To really distinguish oneself in today's vast universe of guitarists, even within the confines of jazz, more and more resembles a Sisyphus task. When so much has been said and done, a specific tone or distinctive vocabulary alone no longer suffice to set an artist apart from the crowd. It is only through the sum of ...

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Francesco Bearzatti: Zorro e Dintorni

by Libero Farnè
October 19, 2020

Già nei primi anni Duemila Francesco Bearzatti era un jazzista apprezzato ed aveva al suo attivo pregevoli dischi per la Caligola e la Auand, oltre a svariate collaborazioni; ma fu all'inizio del 2008 che venne prepotentemente alla ribalta internazionale con il CD Suite for Tina Modotti (Parco della Musica Records). Da quel momento l'affiatatissima formazione, completata ...

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Michael Cuscuna: In The Vault Playing God

by AAJ Staff
October 17, 2020

From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in December 2000. Michael Cuscuna is one of the most important figures in the jazz reissue field today. He has been responsible for hundreds of releases for many companies, and he was fortunate to meet and befriend Alfred Lion during the final ...

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Tigran Hamasyan: Music and Arts Have a Purpose to Elevate People Spiritually

by Nenad Georgievski
October 14, 2020

Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan is a composer who has built his career on defying expectations, taking chances, exploring and pushing the boundaries between genres and geographies. His albums serve as a testament to his diverse musical tastes where any combination of musical possibilities can emerge. In a sense, he has managed to find a way to ...

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Marvin Stamm on Bernie Glow

October 13, 2020

In the recording studios of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, trumpet players had specialties. Like baseball batters and Old West gunslingers, top trumpeters in the horn sections of big bands and pop orchestras became distinguished for a particular style. Each of the four trumpet seats were occupied by players known for acing notes and nuances in ...

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Tamar Osborn: From Kalakuta To Collocutor: New Directions In Jazz

by Chris May
October 12, 2020

She has been likened to Gil Evans, Fela Kuti, Pharoah Sanders, Bismillah Khan and Mulatu Astatke, and the traditions represented by those musicians are all to be heard in the music of baritone saxophonist and composer Tamar Osborn. Osborn's aesthetic, however, is her own, and her band, Collocutor, is among the most distinctive on the British ...

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Orchestra Aperta: Fare musica con le mani

by Paolo Marra
October 12, 2020

"L'Orchestra Aperta, la conduzione chironomica" è un progetto proposto dalla Fondazione Musica per Roma che ha permesso la formazione nella musica di ricerca e di libera improvvisazione di nove giovani musicisti selezionati con un'audizione nazionale durata 15 giorni. Alla selezione è seguita una residenza durata due settimane diretta dal Maestro Paolo Damiani insieme ai docenti Daniele ...