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News: Education

Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony Goes International: 28 High School Musicians From Around World Part Of Expanded Program

The 2014 summer jazz scene has a decidedly international feel. High school jazz musicians from the United Kingdom and Australia will join American counterparts in the Sierra Nevada to hone their skills through rigorous musical instruction and perform two public concerts during the 2014 Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony to be held Aug. 3-8 in Incline Village, ...

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Relativity

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Three Spheres; Waterfall; Three Worlds; Smaller And Smaller; Covered Alley; Encounter; Snow; Day And Night; Sky And Water; Dewdrop; Ascending And Descending.

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Article: Album Review

Joe Gilman: Relativity

Read "Relativity" reviewed by Edward Blanco


The concept of interpreting art and other visual works into a piece of music, is probably not an easy thing to realize, yet on Americanvas (Capri, 2010), pianist Joe Gilman successfully accomplished this feat, drawing his inspiration from the art world using paintings as vehicles for jazz improvisation. Relativity follows the same theme, this time focusing ...

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Relativity

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Three Spheres; Waterfall; Three Worlds; Smaller And Smaller; Covered Alley; Encounter; Snow; Day And Night; Sky And Water; Dewdrop; Ascending And Descending.

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Article: Album Review

Joe Gilman: Relativity

Read "Relativity" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


M.C. Escher captured the imagination of the world with his perspective-altering artwork. Escher's mind's eye and eye's mind challenged people to see things differently, and pianist Joe Gilman has found inspiration in his brilliant work. Gilman, who previously delved into the music-inspired-by-art realm on Americanvas (Capri, 2010), uses Escher's creations as inspirational seeds and guiding forces ...

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Americanvas

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Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Gossip - 8:04; 02. Where the Wild Things Are (Chad Lefkowitz-Brown) - 7:16; 03. Cebola Church - 6:49; 04. Whaam! (Chad Lefkowitz-Brown) - 5:46; 05. Monkey Puzzle - 6:45; 06. Nighthawks - 9:01; 07. Color Arcs in Four Directions - 7:58; 08. Nothing At All of This is Fixed - 4:01; 09. Nocturne du Romare (Malcom Javier Santiago) - 4:53; 10. Yellow, Red, Blue - 8:22. Le composizioni senza indicazione sono di Joe Gilman.

Article: Album Review

Joe Gilman: Americanvas

Read "Americanvas" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Joe Gilman è un leader fantasioso e raffinato, che senza uscire dagli stilemi del contemporary mainstream, presenta una musica dinamicamente brillante e ritmicamente incisiva, che si snoda senza cali di tensione in un bel connubio tra scrittura e assoli. Anche se al pubblico italiano può risultare un nome relativamente nuovo, il pianista ha svolto esperienze ai ...

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Americanvas

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Gossip; Where the Wild Things are; Cebola Church; Whaam!; Monkey Puzzle; Nighthawks; Color Arcs in Four Directions; Nothing At All of This is Fixed; Nocturne du Romare; Yellow, Red, Blue.

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Article: Album Review

Joe Gilman: Americanvas

Read "Americanvas" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Originality plus artistic vision equals an irresistible palette for jazz. Pianist Joe Gilman, music director of the Brubeck Institute's fellowship program, mixes both elements with Americanvas, musical interpretations of 10 American paintings. “Gossip" begins with a spirited solo piano that shifts gears a few times before bringing in the rest of the band. The ...

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Joe Gilman: Americanvas

Read "Americanvas" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Pianist Joe Gilman leads a young and talented quintet on Americanvas, an album of original tunes inspired by American artists such as Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell. Jazz that takes its inspiration from the visual arts is not rare--British saxophonist Andy Sheppard's Movements In Colour (ECM, 2009) was so inspired, for example. Like Sheppard, ...


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