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Man Of The Light: The Life And Work Of Zbigniew Seifert
by Ian Patterson
Man Of The Light: The Life And Work Of Zbigniew Seifert Aneta Norek-Skrycka 172 Pages ISBN: 978-83-938054-2-6 The Zbigniew Seifert Foundation 2016 A number of European jazz musicians stand out for having shaped the sound of the music in the past fifty years, for their virtuosity and for having ...
Leonardo Suarez Paz and Fernando Suarez Paz: Escualo
by Duncan Heining
Leonardo Suarez Paz is surely now the torchbearer of Argentine Tango and the legacy of its greatest composer, Astor Piazzolla. His father Fernando Suarez Paz, of course, played with Piazzolla for many years and father and son have often performed his and works by other composers of tango. It is our fortune that Suarez Paz hijo ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Jean-Luc Ponty
All About Jazz is celebrating Jean-Luc Ponty's birthday today! Jean-Luc Ponty is a pioneer and undispute master of violin in the arena of jazz and rock. He is widely regarded as an innovator who has applied his unique visionary spin that has expanded the vocabulary of modern music. Ponty was born in a family of classical ...
Guido Michelone: Jazz In Europa
by Angelo Leonardi
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. ...
Scott Tixier: Cosmic Adventure
by James Nadal
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 ...
Freak Jazz, Movie Madness and Another Mothers - Frank Zappa 1969-1973
by Mario Calvitti
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 ...
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2016
by Doug Collette
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 ...
Black Market
by Jeff Winbush
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 ...
Anderson Ponty Band at the Boulder Theater
by Geoff Anderson
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 ...
Warren Haynes and the Ashes and Dust Band at the Ogden Theater
by Geoff Anderson
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 ...
