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Turtle Island Quartet: Have You Ever Been....? : The Music of Jimi Hendrix and David Balakrishnan
by Ernest Barteldes
While Jimi Hendrix has been an inspiration to many guitarists, regardless of their musical inclinations, few classical musicians have taken a deep look at his music. This changes on Have You Ever Been....? by Turtle Island Quartet; a group that has taken on the works of John Coltrane on A Love Supreme: The Legacy of John ...
Mario Romano Quartet: Valentina
by Larry Taylor
Canadian pianist Mario Romano has an interesting history in jazz. An up-and-coming performer in the 1970s, he took a hiatus from the jazz scene when his Toronto construction business became a big success. Now in 2010, he returns to the scene with the release of Valentina. Playing with gusto and creativity, he seems ...
John McNeil and Bill McHenry: Chill Morn He Climb Jenny
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Navigating the wide avenue of American Song can be boring, because the same charts appear on album after album; but when musicians either pick little-known charts of the celebrated composers of the American Songbook, or add little-known composers to that musical tome, things get quirky, but utterly refreshing. This is exactly the case in point regarding ...
Take Five with Matthew Shipp
by AAJ Staff
DOB: December 7, 1960 In: Wilmington, Delaware First Musical Memory: “My uncle (James) playing a Beethoven piece on piano." Music Inspirations: “Metaphysics and understanding the vibration language behind cosmos." Hobbies/Interests: “Metaphysics, boxing, pro wrestling." Last Book Read: “Lampshade by Mark Jacobson." Favorite TV Show: ...
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Charles Lloyd and Chucho Valdes at the Barcelona Jazz Festival
by Joao Moreira dos Santos
Translated from Portuguese. Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio42 Barcelona Voll-Damm Internacional Jazz FestivalLuz de GasNovember 14, 2010 Every year, from October to December, the city of Barcelona, in the north of Spain, becomes a true European jazz center. Musicians and journalists from all over the world converge ...
Times 4: Eclipse
by Glenn Astarita
San Francisco Bay Area quartet Times 4 finely tunes its compositional prowess on Eclipse. Sparked by snappy pulses, and memorable hooks, the unit attains an attractive balance between radio-friendly jazz and several instances of serious-minded improvisation. At times strutting its stuff, the quartet imparts a stylistic up-tempo rendition of sax great John Coltrane's timeless classic, “Naima."
Autumn Falls
by Bruce Lindsay
It's autumn (Fall, if pushed). British jazz gets sensible again, and moves back indoors. As keen readers will be aware, JazzLife UK is essentially an indoor photography project--outdoors is the space that must be crossed to get from one indoors to another--and the thought of another nine months of gigs without the need to pack sunscreen ...
Andreas Varady / David Lyttle: Questions
by Bruce Lindsay
Guitarist Andreas Varady co-leads Questions, his lively and hugely enjoyable debut, with 26 year-old, Northern Irish drummer David Lyttle. Lyttle has plenty of experience for his age: he's one of Ireland's most active and most respected jazz musicians and bandleaders, while Varady is much less experienced--but, then, he is only 13 years old. ...
Danilo Perez Trio Meets Thelonious Monk: Live at the Kimmel Center
by Victor L. Schermer
Danilo Perez TrioKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Perelman Theater Philadelphia, PANovember 13, 2010Thelonious Monk was a remarkable figure, and his music continues well beyond his lifetime to influence musicians on many levels. Truly “An American Original," as the subtitle of Robin D.G. Kelley's definitive biography calls him, he took stride ...
New Universe Music Festival: Day 1, November 20, 2010
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 The New Universe Music FestivalRaleigh, North CarolinaNovember 20-21, 2010 With so many jazz festivals taking place around the world--and new ones emerging each and every year--just as it's become increasingly challenging, in this world of DIY recordings, for artists to filter through and be heard, how ...
