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Kamasi Washington e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
November 12, 2015

All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Kamasi Washington: Un'energia libera. La mia musica è molto varia, va in tante direzioni diverse, ma in ogni brano c'è energia e c'è libertà. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. K.W.: Mi piacciono i musicisti ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Daniel Levin

by Vincenzo Roggero
October 22, 2015

01. Joe Morris -Solos -Bimhuis (Relative Pitch -2015). Musica incredibile. Ci sono così tante informazioni in ogni frase di Joe. La prima volta che ho ascoltato questo disco, sono ritornato sui primi tredici secondi di “Trunk" almeno una trentina di volte prima di passare al brano successivo. Incredibilmente denso e fluido allo stesso tempo.

Article: Album Review

James Brandon Lewis: Days of Freeman

Read "Days of Freeman" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 5, 2015

Una delle promesse più significative del jazz attuale pubblica il terzo disco da leader, confermando la formula del trio con un progetto e una partnership nuovi. Se nel precedente Divine Travels (Okeh, 2014) aveva come padri tutelari William Parker e Gerald Cleaver in un percorso ispirato alla tradizione gospel, stavolta il sassofonista si rivolge ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Classic Funk

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 4, 2015

This article was originally published in August 2005. In rendering his decision in a 1964 obscenity trial, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wrote: “I shall not today attempt to further define [pornography]... but I know it when I see it." You really can't define the Funk, either. In a typical four/four stomp, ...

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Article: Live Review

Linda Tillery at Freight and Salvage

by Walter Atkins
September 13, 2015

Linda Tillery Freight and Salvage Coffee House Birthday Celebration Berkeley CA September 4, 2015 Seasoned San Francisco Bay Area vocalist Linda Tillery assembled a fine lineup of local musicians, including some decades old friends and a recent new one, to help celebrate her birthday and musical life. Tillery presented a ...

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Article: Live Review

Morris Day & The Time with Con Brio at Stern Grove

by Walter Atkins
August 29, 2015

Morris Day & The Time with Con Brio Sigmund Stern Grove Stern Grove Festival San Francisco CA August 9, 2015 Morris Day And The Time with Con Brio performed as part of the Sigmund Stern Grove's 78th summer season in San Francisco. Sunday's overcast but warm day opened up with ...

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Article: Live Review

Ms. Taylor P. Collins and the TPC Band at Club Fox

by Walter Atkins
May 23, 2015

Ms. Taylor P. Collins and the TPC Band Club Fox Club Fox Blues Jam Redwood City CA May 13,2015 Seasoned San Francisco Bay Area blues vocalist and bandleader Ms. Taylor P. Collins and the TPC band played an invigorating midweek set at the Club Fox. The intimate venue, part of ...

Article: Album Review

Brian Charette: Alphabet City

Read "Alphabet City" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
May 21, 2015

Alphabet City is organist Brian Charette's ninth album, titled for the part of Manhattan where he lives (in the building which featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, apparently). He's alongside guitarist Will Bernard and drummer Rudy Royston, both familiar names on numerous other releases for Posi-tone Records: a standard, though high quality, organ ...

Article: Album Review

Brian Charette: Alphabet City

Read "Alphabet City" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 19, 2015

Organist Brian Charette brings his A-game to Alphabet City. But who would expect anything else from this consummate artist? After delivering a covers-heavy program with two different trio lineups on Good Tipper (Posi-Tone, 2014), Charette returns here with an all-originals outing that finds him in the company of guitarist Will Bernard and drummer Rudy Royston.

Article: Album Review

Hailey Niswanger: PDX Soul

Read "PDX Soul" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 24, 2015

Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger's third release is a stylistic departure from her previous bop based two. Dedicated to versatile Portland based keyboardist Janice Scroggins, who passed away shortly after the recording, the engaging PDX Soul primarily channels an old school funk energy and a retro R&B charm. Scroggins and her rhythm section lay down an electrified backdrop ...