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Jimmy Giuffre

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Reedman and composer Jimmy Giuffre was born in Dallas, TX. He started his musical education at age 9 learning the clarinet and within few years he was proficient enough to give solo clarinet recitals at local functions. After high school he attended North Texas State University receiving a B. A. in music. During his college years he played in local bands. Soon after graduation he enlisted in the Army and was a member of the official Army band. After discharge he became a professional arranger for several big bands including Boyd Raeburn's, Buddy Rich's, Jimmy Dorsey’s and most famously in Woody Herman’s where he also played tenor sax

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Frank Carlberg: Dream Machine

Read "Dream Machine" reviewed by Vic Albani


Il signor Frank Carlberg, originario di Helsinki, da molti anni si è ritagliato un ruolo importante nella comunità jazzistica newyorkese. Dopo gli studi al Berklee College of Music e al New England Conservatory--dove ha avuto maestri del calibro di Paul Bley, Ran Blake, Geri Allen e Jimmy Giuffre--ha collaborato con figure come Steve Lacy e Kenny ...

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Article: Book Review

The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life

Read "The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life John Gennari 264 Pages ISBN: #978-1-68458-285-3 Brandeis University Press 2025 Award-winning author, University of Vermont professor and Berkshire County native John Gennari encapsulates his fascinating history of The Jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

James Danderfer: If Not Now

Read "If Not Now" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The clarinet, which once was commonplace in jazz (think Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Pee Wee Russell, Tony Scott, Buddy DeFranco, Jimmy Giuffre, Pete Fountain, Bob Wilber and many others), is all but absent these days save for a handful of adamant diehards such as Paquito D'Rivera, Eddie Daniels, Don Byron and Ken Peplowski. That ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mid Century Modern Jazz

Read "Mid Century Modern Jazz" reviewed by David Brown


This week, the show kicks off with recent releases form Anat Fort, Matthew Shipp and Sumi Tonooka We then jump back to the 1950s for some mid-century modern recordings from Benny Golson, Gerry Mulligan, Roy and Diz, Louis Armstrong, Al Haig, Milt Jackson, June Christy The Four Brothers, Dorothy Donegan, The Joe Newman Octet, Terry Gibbs, ...

Article: Album Review

Paul Bley Trio: Floater & Syndrome The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited

Read "Floater & Syndrome The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Il catalogo Revisited Series dell'etichetta ezz-thetics si va facendo sempre più nutrito, attingendo a storiche registrazioni prese da cataloghi internazionali e focalizzandosi spesso su caposaldi a cavallo tra gli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta. Si potrà dire che il cultore navigato già conosce bene tali opere e magari le possiede in multipla versione, nei supporti più graditi. ...

Article: Interview

Lucian Ban: jazz, musica popolare della Romania e l'alter ego Mat Maneri

Read "Lucian Ban: jazz, musica popolare della Romania e l'alter ego Mat Maneri" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Originario della Romania, sebbene da quasi trent'anni residente a New York, il pianista Lucian Ban alterna da tempo le proprie produzioni originali alla ricerca sulla musica della propria terra, quasi sempre assieme al violista Mat Maneri, con il quale forma da anni uno stretto sodalizio artistico. Dopo aver più volte parlato dei suoi album dedicati alla ...

Article: Album Review

Alberto Pinton Relentless: Allt Större Klarhet

Read "Allt Större Klarhet" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Sa molto di Jimmy Giuffre la suite in tre movimenti che dà il titolo--occupandone il cuore--a questo nuovo, notevole lavoro del polistrumentista veneziano Alberto Pinton, ormai da tempo immemorabile di stanza a Stoccolma, dove ha di fatto costruito la sua intera carriera, forte di una buona quindicina di album a proprio nome, tendenzialmente, come si dice ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues

Read "Piano Four-té: Keyboard Masters Delight On A Quartet of ECM Luminessence Vinyl Reissues" reviewed by Joshua Weiner


Blue Note. Verve. Impulse! Prestige. Just saying the name of such storied jazz record labels immediately conjures up each one's distinct aesthetic, from the music to the cover art. Over the past half century, the German ECM label has earned its place in this pantheon by steadfastly following its own vision, perhaps best summed up by ...

Article: Album Review

Jason Stein: Anchors

Read "Anchors" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


Il clarinetto basso vanta nel jazz contemporaneo una rosa di solisti eccellenti, a partire da Eric Dolphy, che ha letteralmente inventato un modo di interpretare lo strumento, di valorizzarne colori e incisività espressiva. Però la sua frequentazione, con lo stesso Dolphy e con personalità quali Michel Portal, John Surman, Vinny Golia, Marty Ehrlich, Don Byron, si ...


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