Results for "Jamie Saft"

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Balls of Simplicity

By Jeff Lederer

Label: Little (i) Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Bodies Of Water For Flute, Cello, And Piano (2020): mvt 1. Keets Brook; mvt 2. Sweet Pond; mvt 3. Green River; Song for the Kaliyuga For Piano, Clarinet, Violin, And Cello (1984); Vision Songs For Flute, Clarinet, Violin, And Cello: mvt 1. Pretty Little Angels; mvt 2. Balls Of Simplicity; mvt 3. Dismission Of Great I; Persistence of Memory For Two Clarinets (2015); Piano Piece (1979).

Leslie Pintchik, Rich Halley, and Ryan Keberle

by Jerome Wilson
December 18, 2024

This show features a wide variety of musicians, including Leslie Pintchik, Owen Broder, Rich Halley, Geof Bradfield, Ryan Keberle and Alice Coltrane.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Conrad Herwig “Mellow Minor" from The Latin Side ...

Jazz&Wine Of Peace 2024

by Neri Pollastri
November 20, 2024

Varie sedi Jazz&Wine of Peace 2024 Cormons e altre località del Friuli e della Brda slovena 23-27 ottobre 2024 Una presenzassenza ha caratterizzato la ventisettesima edizione del festival Jazz&Wine Of Peace, svoltasi dal 23 al 27 ottobre a Còrmons e, come sempre, nello splendido territorio che circonda la cittadina friulana: ...

Jazz & Wine of Peace 2024 - Part 1

by Luciano Rossetti
November 10, 2024

My Conversation with David Binney

by Glenn Astarita
August 14, 2024

This article first appeared on All About Jazz in September 1999. New York City-based saxophonist and composer David Binney has been getting lots of well-deserved attention over the last several years. Three excellent CDs with the unique and hard driving band Lost Tribe, stints with Medeski Martin & Wood, Drew Gress' Jagged Sky, Aretha ...

Spaceways 2024

by Giuseppe Segala
May 20, 2024

Spaceways 2024 Mart, Auditorium Melotti Rovereto 17-18.5.2024 La rassegna Spaceways, giunta quest'anno alla seconda edizione, viaggia su una proposta allargata, tra jazz, elettronica, pop sofisticato, sound art, danza, performance e dj set. Il jazz ha ricevuto ampio spazio in uno dei due fine settimana della programmazione, con scelte significative che attingono ...

Chico Hamilton, Jenny Scheinman, and Weather Report

by Jerome Wilson
April 10, 2024

This show's eclectic playlist includes electric freakouts from Ray Russell and Jenny Scheinman, modern blues from Sarah Jane Morris, Fifties “cool jazz" from Chico Hamilton and Teddy Charles, and a large slice of 1971 Weather Report. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings ...

Jeff Lederer: Balls of Simplicity

by Mark Corroto
October 8, 2023

To describe Jeff Lederer's latest offering, borrow a catchphrase from Monty Python's Flying Circus, “and now for something completely different." The saxophonist, clarinetist and composer might be best known for reimagining the music of Albert Ayler in both the traditions of the Shaker Christian sect or in a sea shanties format, his irreverent reimagining of Dixieland ...

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2023

by Libero Farnè
March 31, 2023

Bergamo Jazz Festival 2023 Bergamo Varie sedi 23-26.3.23 Quarantaquattresima edizione dell'importante festival lombardo: l'ultima sotto la direzione artistica di Maria Pia De Vito, che ha avuto il gravoso handicap di iniziare il suo mandato in concomitanza dell'insorgere della pandemia, che ha colpito in modo particolarmente funesto proprio questa zona d'Italia. Il ...