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Article: Extended Analysis

1982: Pintura

by John Kelman
February 22, 2012

1982PinturaHubro Music2011 In a world where technology is becoming a bigger partner in everything, for better or worse, there are still some artists who strive for purity--at least within certain contexts. The trio that has come to be known as 1982, when it first came together for ...

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Article: Album Review

Albatrosh: Yonkers

by John Kelman
February 22, 2012

2012 seems to be a year of change for many artists. Not so for Norway's Albatrosh, the duo first heard while still in school and before they'd made a record at an overnight stop in Rosendal, as part of the 2008 JazzNorway in a Nutshell junket. Paring back to the core duo that first released Seagull ...

News: Interview

Trumpeter Amir ElSaffar Interviewed at All About Jazz!

February 21, 2012

There was a point during Amir ElSaffar's study of Arabic music where he almost didn't come back to jazz. He had gone to Iraq to study maqam, the system of melodic modes in traditional Arabic music, in order to bring some of the concepts into jazz. However, the experience proved to be a deepening one for ...

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Saxophonist Steve Coleman Interviewed at All About Jazz!

February 20, 2012

Saxophonist Steve Coleman's The Mancy of Sound (Pi Recordings, 2011) was one of the records of 2011. Thematically and structurally challenging on the one hand, dynamic and funky on the other, the music's contrasts reflect Coleman's view of the world, in all its complexity and simplicity. Coleman's fierce intellect carries simple logic, wrapped in many-layered waves ...

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All About Jazz Announces New Column Featuring Archival Intervews with Jazz Greats

February 19, 2012

All About Jazz is pleased to announce that Bob Kenselaar has joined our growing international team of contributing writers. In addition to new live coverage, and interviews like his recent Catching Up With Monty Alexander, Bob has obtained permission to reprint a series of interviews that he contributed to The Aquarian Weekly in the 1970s with ...

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Catch Up With Singer/Lyricist Lorraine Feather at All About Jazz!

February 14, 2012

Like her contemporary Kurt Elling, Lorraine Feather is that rare jazz vocalist and lyricist who reinvents herself with every project. With the February 2012 release of Tales of the Unusual (Jazzed Media) comes a new self so different that casual fans may not recognize her at first. Some might feel challenged or mystified at first by ...

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Drummer Matt Wilson Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!

February 13, 2012

Drummer Matt Wilson must surely be in the running for the title of hardest-working man in jazz. Wilson is a composer, bandleader, producer and teacher. As a leader, his projects include the Matt Wilson Quartet, Arts & Crafts, Christmas Tree-O and the Carl Sandburg Project. He has been in bands with luminaries such as Joe Lovano, ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Portico Quartet

by John Kelman
February 12, 2012

Change is inevitable, but when a group loses one of its founders and biggest conceptual fundamentals, can it really survive the loss? When Britain's Portico Quartet announced the departure of co-founder Nick Mulvey, whose hang (a UFO-shaped instrument that sounds somewhere between steel pans and gamelan gongs) was one of its most defining characteristics, the group's ...

News: Festival

Kongsberg Jazz Festival Unveils First Shows

February 10, 2012

On February 1, 2012, Norway's Kongsberg Jazz Festival unveiled the first series of shows scheduled for its 2012 edition, running from July 4-7, 2012. In addition to its collaboration with Music Export Norway and All About Jazz on the All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway series, encompassing seven shows curated by AAJ Managing Editor John ...

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Kongsberg Jazz Festival Unveils All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway Program

February 10, 2012

On February 1, 2012, Norway's Kongsberg Jazz Festival unveiled its first series of shows scheduled for the 2012 edition, running from July 4-7, 2012: a total of fourteen shows—seven of them detailed in this press release. AAJ is pleased to announce the lineup for its All About Jazz Presents: Doing It Norway festival-within-a-festival, following last fall's ...