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Greg Osby: Saxophone “Griot”
by Victor L. Schermer
The griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician, a repository of oral tradition who is often seen as a societal leader. Saxophonist Greg Osby recently was excited to meet some griots on his travels. While he is originally from St. Louis, he himself is a griot in many senses of the ...
Steve Schapiro: Photographs That Can Energize People and Music
by Nenad Georgievski
A long time photographer for Life magazine, Steve Schapiro is one of the most esteemed photographers of our time. For over five decades he has taken photographs of well-known politicians, activists and celebrities. These photographs are not only chronicles of people and the times, but cultural milestones as well. He has taken photographs of rev. Martin ...
Giovanni Maier e Zlatko Kaučič: intervista sull'Orchestra Senza Confini
by Neri Pollastri
L'Orchestra Senza Confini è un ensemble ampio (nel disco che la documenta consta di diciassette elementi), con musicisti provenienti dal Friuli Venezia Giulia e dalla Slovenia. Suddivisa in due sezioni, è diretta con una conduction doppia e contemporanea da Giovanni Maier e Zlatko Kaucic. L'iniziativa, in sé molto originale, ha anche esiti entusiasmanti sia dal vivo ...
Intervista a Gaetano Partipilo
by Angelo Leonardi
S'è formato nella fervida scena del jazz pugliese e nei corsi di Siena Jazz ma poco più che ventenne ha svolto le prime, significative, esperienze internazionali accanto a Dave Liebman, Greg Osby, Jason Moran, Nasheet Waits e altri protagonisti dell'innovazione, a New York sul finire degli anni Novanta. Oggi Gaetano Partipilo è uno dei ...
Future Of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae On The Value Of Universal Data Standards [INTERVIEW]
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In this interview, the people at Songspace sat down with Future Of Music Coalition CEO Casey Rae to discuss his take on the value of data standards and transparency in streaming, and his excitement at blockchain tech's potential. Guest post by Songspace on Medium The last 15 years have been a wild ride, but the dust is finally starting to ...
Mission Formosa: un ponte tra Italia e Taiwan
by Angelo Leonardi
All About Jazz Italia: Iniziamo dal nome del progetto. Avete scelto di riesumare il nome Formosa, dato all'isola (oggi Taiwan) dai navigatori portoghesi per la sua bellezza. C'è un legame con la ricerca melodica e la purezza delle forme che avete impresso nella vostra musica? Giuseppe Bassi: La scelta del nome è dovuta ...
Gideon King: New York and Music
by Sammy Stein
Gideon King is a New York City boy. He was born and raised in the city. He is a composer, guitarist and producer and has worked with some of the finest musicians. He has been involved in projects which cover a range of music genres including pop, funk, jazz and fusion and has produced and collaborated ...
Kind of Purple: Jazz Musicians On Prince
by Kurt Gottschalk
"Do you know who Prince kinda reminds me of, particularly as a pianist? Duke! Yeah, he's the Duke Ellington of the eighties to my way of thinking."--Miles Davis The tops of the pop charts isn't where we often expect to find genius. Brilliant performers sometimes, expert attention grabbers maybe more often, but it's not ...
Waclaw Zimpel: How The Music Of The World Influences Me
by Nick Davies
Waclaw Zimpel is a Polish clarinetist and composer who is recognised both nationally and internationally. His compositions have received many positive reviews in the press ("The Polish composer and clarinetist Waclaw Zimpel is a musical chameleon" --Stephen Heyman, New York Times) and he has been the recipient of numerous awards such as City of Poznań Artist ...
Il piatto speciale di Cristina Zavalloni
by Libero Farnè
Merita attenzione il nuovo CD di Cristina Zavalloni, Special Dish (Encore Jazz). I tredici brani, di vari autori, sono stati incisi dal vivo e in studio fra il marzo 2014 e il giugno 2015 da un quartetto che, oltre alla cantante bolognese, comprende Cristiano Arcelli al sax alto, Daniele Mencarelli al contrabbasso e Alessandro Paternesi alla ...
