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Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers: Levitate
by Mark F. Turner
It is an oxymoronic but accurate statement that would describe Bruce Hornsby as a contemporary traditionalist. Traditionalist in the sense that his music is steeped in the heartland of America--a riverboat pianism with not only the blues, but also jazz and pop; a storyteller whose song vignettes portray the everyday lives of ordinary folk as heard ...
Cota Festival Orchestra Featuring Sax Legend Phil Woods to Perform on November 12th
East Stroudsburg, PA--Imagine a place where youngsters learn to play jazz at the feet of world-class professionals; a camp where kids have fun with other kids while developing mentoring relationships with nurturing jazz elders. Now, add a library where these budding musicians can immerse themselves in recordings, photographs, books, videos, sheet music and oral history interviews ...
Bruce Lundvall, presidente de Blue Note
by Victor L. Schermer
Publicamos la traducción en castellano de esta entrevista, originalmente aparecida en All About Jazz el 15 de mayo del 2003. Bruce Lundvall viajará próximamente a Europa, a los festivales de jazz de Barcelona y Berlín, para conmemorar los 70 años de Blue Note. En Barcelona, Lundvall charlará con el crítico Bob Blumenthal (Institut d'Estudis Nord-americans, 3 ...
The Jazz Session #99: Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper believes that improvised music can authentically incorporate hip hop rhythms and he also believes that authenticity is a necessary quality to make the mix work. That kind of authenticity is what he's striving for on Double Booked (Blue Note, 2009), the new CD featuring both his acoustic trio and his larger electric band. In ...
Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet: Bien Bien!
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The music with clave that began with Machito's Tanga," and George Russell's Cubana-Be Cubana-Bop" has come a long way. With clave in his soul, trombonist Wayne Wallace proves, yet again, on Bien Bien! that the cheer of the music is truly infectious. Wallace is rare among musicians who can swing as well as he can clave. ...
Matt Cusson: Going Along
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
When Matt Cusson was barely three years old something was already starting to unfold within the little corners of his young heart. Genius usually visits early in life, and never leaves those who have been pampered by its delicate spell. It watches them grow. It teaches them how to walk, and laugh and create pure magic ...
Take Five With Ivan Farmakovsky
by AAJ Staff
Meet Ivan Farmakovsky: My name is Ivan... Farmakovsky Ivan. I was fortunate to become part of a creative family: my father was a pianist and a choir conductor, my mom is an actress. I inherited the right passion, and at the age of 5 I was sent to special children's music school under the studio of ...
Francesco Turrisi: Si Dolce e il Tormento
by Ian Patterson
Turin-born Francesco Turrisi has been something of a breath of fresh air on the Irish music scene since arriving on the emerald isle in 2006. In a short time he has earned a reputation as an excellent jazz pianist, percussionist and accordionist; an original voice. He can be found playing in the ebullient Balkan-flavored Yurodny, or ...
David S. Ware Quartet: Live in Vilnius
by Clifford Allen
David S. Ware Live in Vilnius No Business 2009 The year 2009 could be a rather big year for tenor saxophonist and improvising composer David S. Ware, and that's saying a lot. After all, Ware has long been one of the most celebrated figures in free jazz, owing not only ...
Omar Sosa: en el camino
by Joan A. Cararach
El pianista cubano Omar Sosa estrena el próximo 6 de noviembre en el 41 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona un encargo, The Afrocuban Side of 'Kind of Blue'. Después de mi primer proyecto sinfónico, éste es el trabajo más complejo que he hecho nunca, tanto de organización como de expectativas, de mí ...


