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Ron Miles: Custodian of Beauty, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 5, 2022

Celebrated for his distinctive voice on trumpet and cornet, elegant and timeless, Ron Miles was equally at ease with classical music, jazz tradition as well as with more out there experimentations. Here we feature a wide range of projects he lead, co-lead or guested on. Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash ...

Best Jazz Ghost Tracks and Other Spectral Jazz, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 22, 2021

We continue our exploration of great tunes that--for a reason or another--were concealed to great effect but also never received the attention they deserved. We'll try to remedy that focusing on ghost-tracks, and other ghostly jazz. We were supposed to select ten tunes... but there were at least thirteen more, plus a couple more ghost-related tunes. ...

A Jazz Lover's guide to Popular Music

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 9, 2018

This week we explore the cross pollination between jazz and popular music genres, like pop, rock, soul, funk and ska. Archie Shepp playing with Whitney Houston? The jazz beginnings of Björk, Serge Gainsbourg, Sacha Distel? Ornette Coleman's and Sonny Rollins' adventures in rock-land? Lester Bowie playing ska? How Miles Davis' “So What" inspired Pee ...

Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians al Teatro Manzoni di Milano

by Paolo Peviani
November 25, 2015

Aperitivo in Concerto Teatro Manzoni Milano 22.11.2015 Esploratore come pochi altri, Marc Ribot ha attraversato i territori musicali più disparati. Dal jazz di John Zorn alla canzone d'autore di Joe Henry, dalle atmosfere quintessenzialmente newyorchesi dei Lounge Lizards alla musica cubana di Arsenio Rodriguez, gli ambiti in cui il ...

Bettye LaVette: Worthy

by Enrico Bettinello
June 26, 2015

Leonessa che non si stanca di ruggire (carriera ormai cinquantennale, tra sparizioni e riscoperte), Bettye LaVette si affida nuovamente alla illuminata produzione di Joe Henry per questo disco in cui personalizza in modo convincente un canzoniere molto vario. Si apre con “Unbelievable," canzone di un tardo Bob Dylan che, immersa in una marinatura ...

Marc Ribot Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

by Dan Bilawsky
April 30, 2014

Playing and recording at New York's Village Vanguard is often seen as a sign of ascendancy in the jazz world. For some, the honor is bestowed early on; for others, it comes at a more mature stage; and for a third group, it comes even further down the road. Guitarist Marc Ribot is part of that ...

Swingadelic: Toussaintville

by Dan Bilawsky
April 25, 2013

It's tempting to say that the great Allen Toussaint is a musical phoenix who rose out of the ashes of a Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, but that's not really true. Toussaint wasn't reborn when his city was in ruins; people just started to wake up and take notice of him again in the wake of that tragedy. ...

Joe Henry Sings the Blues @ Largo

March 4, 2010

Acclaimed alt-country singer-songwriter Joe Henry will treat his cult following to a set of blues- and jazz-infused songs from last year's album, “Blood From Stars." The new compositions, which have increasingly incorporated classic blues structures in his playing and writing, showcase a rawer, grittier side of the Grammy-winning tunesmith's artistic personality. Largo 366 N. ...

Joe Henry e il "suo" jazz

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 4, 2010

Di recente acclamato all'unisono dalla stampa specializzata di mezzo mondo grazie all'album Blood from Stars, uscito a due anni dal capolavoro Civilians, Joe Henry ci parla del “suo" jazz frugando nella memoria fino ai tempi delle scuole superiori, fra vecchi dischi e soffitte polverose di pugili dalle insospettabili passioni. Vera e propria leggenda e figura di ...