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Kinan Azmeh: Berlin and Beyond
by Katchie Cartwright
Syrian-born New York-based clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh and his CityBand released Live in Berlin on March 1, 2025 (recorded in 2021), dedicating the project to the people of Syria with this statement: “It moves me profoundly to be sharing this album with the world as my Syrian people are able to sing again after the ...
Billy Mohler: Emozioni e Groove
by Vincenzo Roggero
Billy Mohler, contrabbassista dalle diversificate frequentazioni musicali, sta diventando una presenza sempre più importante nella scena sempre più in fermento di Los Angeles. Abbiamo approfittato dell'uscita del suo ultimo album e dell'imminente tour europeo con numerose date italiane (incluse nel calendario in calce all'articolo), per approfondire vari aspetti del suo percorso artistico. All About ...
Perfection: Machito - Conversation (1957)
In the 1950s, many top New York jazz musicians found additional work playing in top Latin bands. The mambo and cha-cha-cha were in full swing, and the demand for live bands was high, especially in the smaller clubs in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. The jazz players were top sight-readers, which was a big plus. So ...
Anat Cohen and Oded Lev-Ari: On Togetherness, The 3 Cohens and The Art of Interaction
by Dan Bilawsky
As clarinetist Anat Cohen and arranger Oded Lev-Ari sit down to chat on a frigid February morning, they're completely cognizant of a pair of major milestones on the horizon in early 2025: Anzic Records--the label they initially launched with valued partner and supporter Colin Negrych, and have long run as a two-person team--marks its 20th anniversary; ...
Stephen Davis: Leaving It All Out There
by Ian Patterson
"How come I haven't heard of you before?" a surprised Anthony Braxton asked Northern Irish drummer/percussionist Stephen Davis. The venerable American saxophonist and composer was bowled over after playing with Davis for the first time. Most musicians are. It is no secret in Ireland, or indeed Europe at large, that Belfast-born Davis is ...
Emilio Solla: Uncovering Music Already There
by Dean Nardi
In the '40s, the jazz scene was dominated by bebop with its roots in swing music, formerly the purview of the big band era. Trios and quartets became the combo of choice for players such as Charlie “Yardbird" Parker and Thelonious Monk, who took the harmonies of the old jazz and superimposed them on chord substitutions, ...
Kenny Garrett Speaks Through The Soul of His Jazz
by Dean Nardi
Mental bungee-jumping may not be their sport of choice, but a cerebral ledge exists that sooner or later every jazz musician must leap off. One day, ready or not, tuning up or shaking down their instrument, they will glance in a mirror, hug a pregnant mother-to-be, second-line a funeral, walk in the deepest, dark woods, chance ...
Jeff Ballard, Toscano per amore
by Neri Pollastri
Classe 1963, californiano di Santa Cruz, Jeff Ballard è oggi uno dei grandi batteristi della scena jazz internazionale. Membro di formazioni importanti come il sestetto di Chick Corea e il trio di Brad Mehldau, ha collaborato continuativamente con musicisti come Kurt Rosenwinkel, Danilo Perez, Avishai Cohen. Abbiamo avuto occasione di incontrarlo a Sesto Fiorentino, dove vive. ...
Interview: Artie Shaw Takes the Gloves Off
I've long known that Artie Shaw was outspoken, mercurial and blunt. As a boy wonder in the band business in the 1930s, Shaw was also temperamental and didn't tolerate boredom or repetition for long. But I didn't realize how outspoken he was until I heard a lengthy interview with Shaw that surfaced last week. Pete Neighbour, ...
Chet Baker: A Conversation in 1977
by Rob Rosenblum
This interview took place in 1975 when Baker was making frequent trips to the Albany, New York area. At the time of this interview Baker, was playing with saxophonist Nick Brignola at Shaker's Steak House in Troy, N.Y. Back in the early 1950's, a young trumpet player whose personal appearance and demeanor was more ...
