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John McLaughlin Shankar Mahadevan Zakir Hussain: Is That So?

Read "Is That So?" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
February 3, 2020

When mandolinist Uppalapu Srinivas passed away in 2014 it seemed to signal the end of Remember Shakti. A great loss to music on both scores. Five years later, in early 2019, the band reformed with violinist Ganesh Rajagopalan for a one-off concert in India, sparking a new lease of life for the band. And many, no ...

Article: Profile

Pete Brown: White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns, Part 1

by Duncan Heining
January 25, 2020

Part 1 | Part 2 Poet, lyricist, rock musician, producer and scriptwriter--Pete Brown has covered a lot of bases in his six decades in music and literature. His career embodies that era that began with the Beatles' “Love Me Do" in October 1962 and ended in January 1969 with the band playing live on ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John McLaughlin

January 4, 2020

All About Jazz is celebrating John McLaughlin's birthday today! John McLaughlin, also Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitarist from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He came to prominence with the electric group of Miles Davis in the late 1960s, and with other well- known players such as Chick Corea and Tony Williams. Before moving to ...

Article: Live Review

Jan Akkerman And Friends at Café de Noot

by Ian Patterson
January 3, 2020

Jan Akkerman And Friends Café de Noot Hoogland, The Netherlands December 28, 2019 Is there a more exciting electric guitarist on the planet than Jan Akkerman? For most of those packing out Café de Noot the answer is no. When Akkerman is on form there are few electric six-stringers to ...

Article: Album Review

Die Parzäros: La Cachaca

Read "La Cachaca" reviewed by Phillip Woolever

by Phillip Woolever
January 2, 2020

Die Parzäros is a Colombian trio currently based in Cologne after studying music in Germany. This album serves as a positive introduction to the band's Latin-based jazz-rock sound and, while the band is already noteworthy, indicates the likelihood of them reaching even higher levels in the future. The trio consists of guitarist and principal composer Juan-Pablo ...

Article: In Pictures

2019 Jazz & Wine of Peace Festival

by Luciano Rossetti
December 15, 2019

The Jazz & Wine of Peace festival is held in Cormons, Italy and various other locations in the surrounding Collio Friulano region and nearby Slovenia. The 2019 festival ran from October 19 to October 27 and featured Diane Reeves, Bill Frisell, Dave Holland, and John McLaughlin as well as Binker Golding, Frode Haltli, Theon Cross and ...

Article: Interview

Ada Rovatti: True Artist

by R.J. DeLuke
December 10, 2019

For Ada Rovatti, a saxophonist whose musical journey took her from her homeland of Italy, then inevitably to the United States, the road taken has not always been easy. A bright and sensitive artist, she can have misgivings about her work at times. But that work, with other bands or the leading voice on ...

Article: Album Review

Various Artists: Newvelle Muri

Read "Newvelle Muri" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
December 8, 2019

Swiss drummer/percussionist and composer, Stephan Diethelm lived in Zimbabwe for several years and was musically influenced by the African rhythms he heard. He had appeared on four albums when he launched the Muri Series, an ongoing succession of concerts that began in 2002, sometimes called Musig im Pflegidach. Pflegidach is a monastery that dates to the ...

Article: Catching Up With

Crosscurrents Trio: l'Oriente incontra l'Occidente

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
December 2, 2019

Il Crosscurrents Trio è composto da tre maestri dell'improvvisazione quali Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain e Chris Potter. Emanazione di un progetto in settetto nato da un'idea di Hussain, il trio si fonda sul desiderio di esplorare le connessioni culturali e musicali tra Oriente e Occidente. In questo prospettiva la musica non rappresenta unicamente una forma di ...

Article: Catching Up With

Crosscurrents Trio: East meets West

by Emmanuel Di Tommaso
November 26, 2019

The Crosscurrents Trio is comprised of three master improvisers: Dave Holland, Zakir Hussain and Chris Potter. Emanating from a multicultral septet project, which was the brainchild of Zakir Hussain, the trio developed out of the desire to explore the cultural and musical connections between the East and the West. From this perspective, music is not only ...