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Zakir Hussain, Billy Mohler & Random Pickin’s
by Maurice Hogue
This is the second 3-hour holiday joint with music selected from newer releases back to some archival stuff and lots in between. Sampled new releases include music from bassist Billy Mohler and a new quartet featuring guitarist Jeff Parker, Italy's BSDE 4Tet, Finnish pianist Joona Toivanen's trio, and some archival music from Minneapolis/Los Angeles bassist and ...
Courtney Pine: In the Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside Of You)
by Ian Patterson
Minimalist groove, a melodic hook that does not quit and spiraling saxophone that builds to a crescendo of dervish-like intensity. From the Mercury Prize-nominated album Modern Day Jazz Stories (Verve, 1995), “In the Garden of Eden (Thinking Inside Of You)"'s mantra-like guitar motif is sampled from Stanley Clarke's hypnotic “Desert Song." Pine also clearly found inspiration ...
Niwel Tsumbu: Milimo
by Ian Patterson
Congolese-born, Ireland-based guitarist Niwel Tsumbu admits that it took some plucking up of courage to make a solo album. Since moving to Cork in 2004 Tsumbu has always played in collaborative settings encompassing, jazz, rock, classical and folk. Partial credits include Sinead O'Connor, Buena Vista Social Club, Nigel Kennedy, Steve Cooney, Dave Flynn, Baba Maal, the ...
Joni Mitchell Jazzed: Ten Essential Mitchell Covers
by Ian Patterson
Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's spectacular transition from acoustic folk singer in the '60s through folk-rock 'n' roller in the early '70s to leader of jazz-inflected bands in the mid-'70s was a gradual process. This musical transformation can be traced over the course of five albums for Asylum, beginning with the multi-million seller and Grammy-winner Court and ...
The Musical Evolution of Billie Davies
by La-Faithia White
Drummer Billie Davies' journey began in the north of Europe in coastal Belgium where she was born and raised. Davies was involved with two bands while living in Holland, in Terneuzen, a semi coastal port town. One band scored a lot of gigs with festivals and parties versus the other, who only played a few times ...
Remembering Zakir Hussain: Making Music
by Ian Patterson
It is with great sadness that All About Jazz notes the passing of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, who died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on Sunday, 15 December. He was 73. A virtuoso with few peers, Hussain dazzled diverse audiences throughout the world, by dint of his collaborations with musicians across musical genres. Born in ...
Spinifex: Undrilling the Hole
by Lawrence Peryer
The Amsterdam-based sextet Spinifex borrowed their name from a hardy Australian grass known for thriving in harsh conditions. For nearly two decades, they have forged original music from seemingly incompatible elements--mathematical structures, punk aggression, free jazz fire. Their ninth album, Undrilling the Hole, presents seven new compositions from alto saxophonist Tobias Klein that showcase the band's ...
Chano Domínguez Sexteto at Barcelona Jazz Festival
by Artur Moral
Chano Domínguez Sexteto: “Por Paco" Paral·lel 62 56 Festival de Jazz de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain November 26, 2024 It was a night of tributes, remembrances and celebrations at Barcelona's Paral·lel 62. In the framework of the “De Cajón!" series--a branch of the Barcelona Jazz Festival focusing on flamenco-rooted music--Chano Domínguez ...
Some Jazz with Aziza Mustapha Zadeh, Pat Metheny and John McLaughlin
by Len Davis
Azibaijan pianist Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Alan Pasqua and drummer Frank Briggs.Playlist Aziza Mustapha Zadeh “Dangerous Piece" from Always (Sony) 00:00 Troy Roberts “Big Night In" from Nu-Jive Nations United (Toy Robot) 10:13 Pat Metheny “Day Trip" from Day Trip (Nonesuch) 20:26 Pat Metheny “Two Folk Songs" from 80/81 (ECM)30:39 John ...
Dhruv: Voyage 2
by Ian Patterson
Nine years after the genre-busting Voyage (Wah Wah Records, 2015), Indian guitar/composer Dhruv Ghanekar returns with the second leg of his ongoing journey of musical discovery. Not that Ghanekar has been idle in the interim, with compositional credits to soundtracks for a host of films and documentaries. Still, it feels like too long a wait between ...
