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7 Virtual Jazz Club, i talenti di tutto il mondo si sfidano in rete
by Rosarita Crisafi
Lo scorso 19 dicembre si è concluso 7 Virtual Jazz Club, il primo concorso internazionale per musicisti interamente on line. Un contest virtuale che ha visto la partecipazione di centinaia di musicisti da tutto il mondo in cui è risultata vincitrice la sassofonista tedesca Nicole Johaenntgen con il brano “Flugmodus," al secondo posto la giovane band ...
Ashley Kahn: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece
by Lazaro Vega
This interview was first published at All About Jazz in November 2000 and is part of our ongoing effort to archive pre-database material. Ashley Kahn, the author of Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece (Da Capo Press, 224 pgs.), is Music Editor at VH1, and was the primary editor ...
Francesco Forges, non chiamatelo "vocal coach"
by Rosarita Crisafi
Flautista, cantante, compositore, docente, Francesco Forges è un musicista fuori dagli schemi. Da più di vent'anni è coinvolto nella creazione e direzione di gruppi e progetti in cui la voce è protagonista. Ogni formazione è per lui un'occasione per sperimentare le suggestioni più diverse, dal jazz alla lirica, alla poesia, al teatro, alla coralità contemporanea, alla ...
Concha Buika: I Feel the Warmer Side of Life When I Sing
by Nenad Georgievski
When Spanish singer Concha Buika sings, songs uncoil from her like smoke. Whether she sings jazz classics, Jacquel Brel, Chavella Vargas songs or her own songs, there is a warm intimacy in her husky and seductive voice that easily envelops listeners. 15 years after her debut, Mestizuo, a record with jazz classics she continues her musical ...
Samantha Boshnack: A Musical World Without Boundaries
by Paul Rauch
The city of Seattle has an eclectic relationship with jazz historically, in terms of innovation and embracing the notion of music without boundaries, of musical communities interacting and supporting each other. Samantha Boshnack fits perfectly into that musical paradigm. Whether writing and performing with her 14 piece ensemble B'shnorkestra, or in a quintet setting, Boshnack has ...
Shye Ben Tzur: Music For The Upliftment of the Soul
by Nenad Georgievski
The Urdu word Junun denotes “Passion"and that is the perfect term to describing not just the breathtaking interplay and common purpose among the many diverse musicians taking part in this project, but also the deep spiritual love that emanates from this music and takes up everyone in the excitement of the moment: playful, joyous and inclusive. ...
Bill Cunliffe: A Day In the Life
by Tish Oney
Grammy award-winning arranger and pianist Bill Cunliffe has been on the cutting edge of large ensemble arranging and jazz trio performance for the past few decades. An avid composer, performer, film scorer, educator and author of several jazz piano books (and online workshops), Cunliffe is focusing his creative output these days around a few select projects. ...
Nick Brignola: Big Horn, Strong Words
by Rob Rosenblum
This article first appeared in Coda Magazine in 1978. With the possible exception of torture, there has never been an art form more maligned than jazz. So, it is inevitable that every once in a while there is an exceptional musician who finds that the financial rewards of being a jazz musician are too ...
Roberto Gatto, un nuovo disco che guarda al futuro
by Rosarita Crisafi
Un'anticipazione sul jazz italiano che verrà. Il 2 ottobre scorso abbiamo incontrato il batterista Roberto Gatto allo studio IndieHub di Milano. In cantiere un album che uscirà nel corso della prima metà del 2017 per l'Abeat Records e che vede Gatto leader di un quartetto accanto a giovani musicisti di grande talento: il pianista toscano Alessandro ...
Meet Kenny Garrett
by Craig Jolley
This interview was first published at All About Jazz in April 2002 and is part of our ongoing effort to archive pre-database material. First tier alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett is notorious for his energy and for his ability to spontaneously compose (improvise). He announced himself twenty years ago in the bands of Freddie Hubbard ...
