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Ira Coleman
Ira Coleman was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Raised in Southern France, Ira thereafter lived in Germany for fourteen years. While in Germany, Ira Coleman studied double bass at Cologne’s “Hochschule für Musik” and subsequently came a move to the US to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. “I have very strong ties to Europe,” says Ira who is fluent in French and German. “My mother was Swedish and a famous silversmith and designer, and my father was a painter and graphic artist from Baltimore. The place to go was Paris. My parents met many expatriate artists, writers and musicians.” Among visitors to Ira’s childhood home were Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Ray Charles, Charlie Mingus and Chester Himes
You Better Bet
By Jacob Wutzke
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Sister Cheryl; Take Flight; Like a Bird; Pee Wee; Ancient Eyes; Hop on Down; Arboretum;
Warriors; Qwaltz; You Better Bet.
Prescribing Jazz: A Top Ten
by Artur Moral
National Doctors' Day is celebrated unevenly across our mistreated planet. It is absent in most countries, while it is observed as a holiday in a few. Coinciding (in the United States and Australia) with this day of recognition for a vital profession, this article is especially directed to the entire jazz-loving medical community, focusing on six ...
Jacob Wutzke: You Better Bet
by Jack Bowers
Jacob Wutzke, long an admirer of fellow drummer and composer Tony Williams, moved closer to Williams' orbit several years ago when acclaimed bassist Ira Coleman--who had performed and recorded with Williams in the 1980s and '90s-- relocated to Wutzke's home base in Montreal, Canada. After meeting Coleman, Wutzke proposed the idea of recording an album of ...
Laura
Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Clarity; Laura; Blues For Bugalu; First Sight; Fearless; La Leque; Blues For Shorty; Through The Treetops; A Sailor's Farewell.
Blues For Outlaw Hearts
Label: Sunjump Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Longing;
Sunlight;
Storm Rising;
Over The Wall;
The Naked Truth;
Outlaw Hearts;
Blues For Shorty;
What If...?;
Plague Times;
Riomaggiore.
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2024
by Mark Sullivan
Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 30 to July 4, 2024 This year's official announcement of the headliners of the 44th edition of the festival included André 3000, Norah Jones, Hiatus Kaiyote, Laufey, Robert Glasper, and Orville Peck. This diverse group is notable for departing from ...
Antonio Farao: Tributes
by Neil Duggan
There is an old saying that you should judge a person by the company that they keep. If that is true of musicians, then Italian pianist Antonio Faraò is highly regarded. For his sixth trio outing, he is joined by bassist John Patitucci, who achieved worldwide acclaim for his work with Chick Corea's Elektric Band and ...
Sunjump Records Announces New John Esposito Trio Release: Blues For Outlaw Hearts
Sunjump Records announces a new John Esposito Trio release: Blues For Outlaw Hearts “Its restless energy refuses to reside into the background and the dramatic ebb and flow of the music speaks of three artists for whom art is created in the here-and-now.” —Jakob Baekgaard, All About Jazz John Esposito presents his third trio record with ...
