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Article: From the Inside Out

From Choro to Chaos

Read "From Choro to Chaos" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Berkeley Choro Ensemble The View from Here Self-Produced 2017 Like its organic natural wonders, the music of Brazil seems to flourish in different forms and styles of beauty. But much of its music has grown from the root of choro: Born in the mid-to late-1800s from the joining ...

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Article: Book Review

Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968

Read "Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968" reviewed by Doug Collette


Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 Ryan H. Walsh 368 Pages ISBN: # 978-0735221345 Penguin Press 2018 Before thoroughly delving into Ryan H. Walsh's Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968, a reader can thumb randomly through its three-hundred fifty-some pages and find nary a reference to ...

Article: Live Review

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2018

Read "Bergamo Jazz Festival 2018" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Bergamo Jazz Festival 2018 Varie sedi Bergamo 18-25.3.2018 Ha festeggiato la 40ma edizione --dal 18 al 25 marzo --, uno dei più longevi festival nazionali ed europei, confermando la sua centralità con un ricco e variopinto programma che ha spaziato in vari ambiti senza cedere sul versante della qualità. In ...

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Article: Live Review

Dolomiti Ski Jazz - XXI Edizione

Read "Dolomiti Ski Jazz - XXI Edizione" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Dolomiti Ski Jazz 10-17.03.2018 Val di Fiemme Musiche che hanno coperto un'ampia gamma di linguaggi ed orizzonti espressivi, pubblico numeroso e plaudente ... Il bilancio musicale di questa XXI Edizione del Dolomiti Ski Jazz non può che essere molto positivo. Meno felice il bilancio meteorologico. Il maltempo ha infatti cercato di ...

Article: Live Review

Martha High & the Soul Cookers al Blue Note di Milano

Read "Martha High & the Soul Cookers al Blue Note di Milano" reviewed by Luca Muchetti


Martha High & The Soul Cookers Blue Note Milano 7.2.2018 Basta un curriculum di 30 anni alla corte di James Brown per raccontare in una riga l'elettricità di un concerto di Martha High? Secondo noi, che l'abbiamo vista sul palco del Blue Note di Milano, no. La storica corista del ...

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Article: Book Review

Never Say No to a Rock Star: In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More

Read "Never Say No to a Rock Star: In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello


Never Say No to a Rock Star: In the Studio with Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More Glenn Berger 4569 (Kindle) Pages ISBN: # 9781943156108 e: Schaffner Press 2016 “Never Say No to a Rock Star" is Glen Berger's lively account of his experiences participating in the production of ...

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Article: Interview

Tomas Fujiwara: The More the Better

Read "Tomas Fujiwara: The More the Better" reviewed by Troy Dostert


Drummer Tomas Fujiwara is a man on a mission. With recent and upcoming projects too many to list, he's one of the most widely recorded and in-demand drummers in contemporary creative jazz. Somehow he found the time to talk with All About Jazz right after a sound check in preparation for his Triple Double sextet's headlining ...

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Article: Album Review

Rock Candy Funk Party: The Groove Cubed

Read "The Groove Cubed" reviewed by Geannine Reid


Rock Candy Funk Party (RCFP) is a collection of groove loving musicians bringing a fresh and funky vibe to the world of jazz. The band formed around 2009 when drummer Tal Bergman and guitarist Ron DeJesus combined their love of funk music and released Grooove Vol. 1 to share with the world. After Tal began recording ...

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Article: Album Review

Akua Dixon: Akua's Dance

Read "Akua's Dance" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


My ears are not accustomed to hearing cello as the lead instrument in an ensemble, and so Akua's Dance by cellist and baritone violinist Akua Dixon took some getting used to. Dixon took quite a circuitous route to her third release: After graduating from New York's Fame High School of the Performing Arts, then ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

Jazz in Its Present Tents

Read "Jazz in Its Present Tents" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Jazz sets up camp throughout different geographies--and centuries. Bossacucanova The Best of Bossacucanova Six Degrees Records 2016 Few bands have built upon the legacy of their chosen field the way that Bossacucanova has advanced the music of their native Brazil. Their story begins about two ...


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