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Article: Book Review

Guido Michelone: Jazz In Europa

by Angelo Leonardi
September 27, 2016

Jazz in Europa Guido Michelone 180 pagine Casa Musicale Eco 2016 Il titolo del nuovo libro di Michelone è quanto mai indicativo. L'autore analizza il jazz nato in Europa esaminandone le forme e le incisioni rappresentative, in una ricerca tesa a metterne in risalto i caratteri peculiari, ovvero l'identità. ...

Article: Album Review

Scott Tixier: Cosmic Adventure

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by James Nadal
August 16, 2016

If there is a French connection in contemporary jazz, it might arguably be the violin. Though the instruments role was explored by American pioneering ensembles, the French players added an innovative approach to improvisation, incorporating more of the European influence. Heralded as a violin trendsetter for the current generation, French wunderkind Scott Tixier returns four years ...

Article: Film Review

Freak Jazz, Movie Madness and Another Mothers - Frank Zappa 1969-1973

by Mario Calvitti
July 21, 2016

Frank Zappa Freak Jazz, Movie Madness and Another Mothers -Frank Zappa 1969-1973 Sexy Intellectual 2015 L'interessante catalogo di documentari sul rock targati Sexy Intellectual si arricchisce di un nuovo capitolo dedicato a Frank Zappa, già protagonista di due precedenti titoli che esaminavano i suoi anni con i Mothers of Inventions ...

Article: Live Review

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2016

by Doug Collette
June 16, 2016

Discover Jazz Festival Burlington, Vermont June 3-12, 2016 With thirty-two years of history, the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is an avowed tradition, but those who oversee the wide variety of events that take place in Vermont's Queen City for the duration of its multiple nights regularly find a way to inject fresh ...

Article: Reassessing

Black Market

by Jeff Winbush
June 14, 2016

As Weather Report returned to the studio to cut their next album the band was yet again in flux. Gone from 1975's Tale Spinnin' line up were percussionist Alyrio Lima and drummer Ndugu Leon Chancler. Zawinul explained the latest comings-and-goings in a 1976 interview, “We're always happy with the group, because if we're not ...

Article: Live Review

Anderson Ponty Band at the Boulder Theater

by Geoff Anderson
May 13, 2016

Anderson Ponty Band Boulder Theater Boulder, CO May 4, 2016 Some collaborations are inevitable; Ella and Louie, Tedeschi and Trucks, peanut butter and chocolate. Others are not so obvious; Plant and Krause, Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson, pineapple and pizza (OK, maybe some people will disagree on that last one). Sometimes ...

Article: Live Review

Warren Haynes and the Ashes and Dust Band at the Ogden Theater

by Geoff Anderson
April 9, 2016

Warren Haynes and the Ashes and Dust Band Ogden Theater Denver, CO April 1, 2016 Warren Haynes' musical journey continues. Is he on a quest? Certainly he's not looking for a specific “musical identity." The whole point of the journey seems to be covering as much musical territory as possible in ...

Article: Album Review

Stanley Clarke/Biréli Lagrene/Jean-Luc Ponty: D-Stringz

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by James Nadal
February 25, 2016

As sometimes happens in life, the best experiences are those that come as an unexpected surprise. The formation of the acoustic trio D-Stringz, featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, guitarist Bireli Lagrene, and bassist Stanley Clarke, was almost by accident, as they were all on the same bill back in 2012, in Paris, playing with different ensembles. As ...

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D-Stringz

By Stanley Clarke

Label: Impulse!
Released: 2015
Track listing: Stretch; To And Fro; Too Young To Go Steady; Bit Of Burd; Nuages; Childhood Memories (Souvenirs D'Enfance); Blue Train; Paradigm Shift; Mercy, Mercy, Mercy; One Take;

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