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Noah Preminger: Pivot: Live At The 55 Bar
by Budd Kopman
The first thing that should be said about tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger's Pivot: Live At The 55 Bar is the extremely exciting you-are-there feeling of the recording. Recording engineer Jimmy Katz has managed to capture the sound and visceral feel of a jazz quartet in full cry with no net. Many jazz listeners can remember a ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: SFJAZZ Collective plays Michael Jackson
Today, let's check out some videos of the SFJAZZ Collective, who are coming to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, March 30 through Saturday, April 2 at Jazz at the Bistro. Formed in 2004 as a project of the San Francisco not-for-profit presenting organization SFJAZZ, the Collective is an eight- piece, all-star band with an ever-evolving lineup ...
Henry Kaiser/Steve Parker/Damon Smith/Chris Cogburn: Nearly Extinct
by Mark Corroto
The title of this improvising free jazz quartet's release Nearly Extinct, is a reference to the current state of instant composing. The cover lists various players (Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor, John Coltrane), Bands (ICP Orchestra, SME, AMM, AACM, ISKRA 1903), and refers to differing scenes from San Francisco to London and Wuppertal. That title ...
Roberto Bonati: Macbeth and the Whale
by Duncan Heining
Italian bassist-composer Robert Bonati is one of the most ambitious and literate composers in contemporary jazz. Between 2000-2006, he released four ground-breaking extended works with the ParmaFrontiere Orchestra. While they attracted notice in Italy, they seemed to pass by the wider jazz audience in Europe, North America and the Far East. If at one level, the ...
David S. Ware: Apogee - Birth of a Being
by Vincenzo Roggero
Birth of a Being presenta l'esordio del trio denominato Apogee -David S. Ware, Cooper-Moore, Marc Edwards -originariamente stampato in vinile dalla label svizzera hat Hut nel 1979 e rimasto fuori catalogo per più di trent'anni, più un secondo CD di materiale proveniente dalle stesse session e mai pubblicato fino ad ora. Se il disco di debutto ...
Pericopes e il Questionario di Proust
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della nostra musica. Pericopes: Storie, suoni e frammenti che raccogliamo dal nostro vissuto personale quotidiano. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con noi. Emiliano Vernizzi: La capacità di sorprendere. Alessandro Sgobbio: Propensione a esporsi al rischio.
Uwe Oberg: Work
by Mark Corroto
Work is a fully realized solo recording by German pianist Owe Oberg. He makes a strong case, in the six tracks/eight compositions, for his overflowing abundance of skill and resourcefulness. Recorded in 2008, this disc comes to light (why the wait?) now, with the release of Turns (Leo, 2016) with Silke Eberhard and another solo record ...
Marc Copland: Zenith and Haunted Heart
by John Ephland
Zenith InnerVoice Jazz 2016 There's some shared, ongoing history here. Between drummer Joey Baron and bassist Drew Gress, pianist Marc Copland has logged some pretty decent music time. Add trumpeter Ralph Alessi and there's a new element, one not found in the rhythm section's work with guitarist John Abercrombie or in the ...
A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters
by Enrico Bettinello
John Coltrane A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters Impulse! Valutazione: * * * * * Secondo il frequentato sito Discogs di versioni in CD e ristampe varie di A Love Supreme ce ne sono ormai parecchie, come è anche comprensibile trattandosi di uno dei dischi simbolo del jazz moderno.
Co-Improvisation: Explaining the Magic
by Victor L. Schermer
When we listen to great jazz performances, we pay most attention to the soloists, some of whom become our musical heroes. In that respect, jazz is an affirmation of the individual, the uniqueness and liberation of either the “free and joyful spirit," of whom there was none greater than Louis Armstrong, or the arduous struggle of ...
