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Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Vol.1
by AAJ Italy Staff
E pensare che c'è chi continua a pensare che il jazz è in crisi. A noi sembra proprio il contrario. E qui cerchiamo di provarlo con una compilation contenente alcuni dei brani che ci hanno colpito di più nel 2017, in varie puntate, di cui questa è la prima. Questa compilation fa da complemento ...
2017: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
A year of achievements, challenges to gender inequality, scandal and losses The year 2017 was quite something for the jazz world. Incidents or discussions of misogyny and sexual misconduct bubbled up even before the #MeToo phenomenon developed. Beyond that, woman musicians made significant contributions to the genre. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage ...
Hudson
By Jack DeJohnette, John Medeski, Larry Grenadier, John Scofield
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Hudson; El Swing; Lay Lady Lay; Woodstock; A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall; Wait
Until Tomorrow; Song For World Forgiveness; Dirty Ground; Tony Then Jack; Up
On Cripple Creek; Great Spirit Peace Chant.
Jazz Musician of the Day: John Scofield
All About Jazz is celebrating John Scofield's birthday today! When I first got into jazz — around 1969, I came from playing R&B and Soul in High School. Jazz Rock was in its infancy stage and I was lucky enough to be around to experience the Golden Age of both Rock and Soul and see Jazz ...
Hristo Vitchev: Of Light and Shadows
by Phillip Woolever
Vitchev's latest effort is another jewel in his growing catalogue of widespread genres. Given Vitchev's warmly ambitious range of projects, he may soon be able to center his own multi-themed festival. This presents his current, contemporary style quartet in an impressive showcase. The SF bay area group's core has played together in various ensembles ...
Dan Zimmerman: Drifting Home
by Jerome Wilson
Dan Zimmerman is a veteran guitarist who is well versed in a lot of styles having played with soul, jazz, rock and Latin musicians over a 20-year plus career. His new solo CD, Drifting Home, covers a lot of ground ranging from grinding blues-rock to acoustic classical melodies. Several tunes here have him sounding ...
Wouter Turkenburg: Jazz Education in the New Millennium
by Victor L. Schermer
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 All About Jazz and Wouter Turkenburg would like to dedicate this interview to the memory of saxophonist Michael Brecker (1949-2007). In addition to his prodigious accomplishments as an instrumentalist and band leader, Brecker was an exceptional worldwide ...
Philipp Gerschlauer & David Fiuczynski: Mikrojazz!: Neue Expressionistische Musik
by Doug Collette
Any musiclover who enjoys the sensation of immersion in a maelstrom of sound will no doubt relish Mikrojazz, especially those familiar with the work of guitarist Dave Fiuczynski. But even listeners who fear the abstract somewhat should find much to savor here because this five-piece band, including 'The Fuze" and co-led with Philipp Gershlauer, moves in ...
Antonio Sanchez Group at Jazz Standard
by Dan Bilawsky
Antonio Sanchez Group Jazz Standard New York, NY September 15, 2017 There certainly are musicians out there who lean heavily on chops in order to mask deficiencies in other areas, but nobody could ever get away with painting Antonio Sanchez as one of them. The man may have serious technique, but ...
John McLaughlin's American Farewell Tour with Jimmy Herring
by Alan Bryson
Nearly five decades have passed since John McLaughlin set foot in America as a relatively unknown musician to join the fusion band Lifetime, with the great drummer Tony Williams and equally great organist Larry Young. Two days later he was in the studio with Miles Davis recording In a Silent Way. The breadth and scope of ...
