Home » Search Center » Results: John Scofield

Results for "John Scofield"

Article: Album Review

Steve Khan: Public Access / Headline / Crossings

Read "Public Access / Headline / Crossings" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
March 25, 2018

It's been a great couple of years for Steve Khan fans who are (relatively) new to the guitarist's work, especially his early releases, thanks to UK-based BGO Records. First, his '70s-era trio of fusion-centric LPs on Columbia Records, 1977's Tightrope, 1978's The Blue Man and 1979's Arrows, were remastered and reissued in a 2015 two-CD set, ...

Article: Album Review

Jan Sturiale: Roadmaps

by Paul Naser
March 14, 2018

Italian born, New York-based guitarist Jan Sturiale wastes no time on his latest record, Roadmaps; from the first notes of the opener it's evident that everyone on the record, which was cut in just one day, came ready to push the compositions to their limits. Sturiale writes tunes that are complex, but they develop organically and ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Wilson: Honey And Salt

Read "Honey And Salt" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
February 26, 2018

Questo disco è talmente ricco di episodi e significati, denso di motivi e relazioni con la storia del connubio tra jazz e poesia, che una recensione dovrebbe trasformarsi in un saggio. Il nono album per la Palmetto di Matt Wilson è ispirato per intero dall'opera di Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) il grande poeta statunitense che è stato ...

Article: Album Review

Greg Cordez: Last Things Last

Read "Last Things Last" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
January 26, 2018

"Chekov's Gun" opens this recording with a laid-back yet electrifying atmosphere hinting vaguely of a Soft Machine influence. “Cherry V Des Moines" has a rock-based feel but the overlaid horn ensemble sections imbue it with a jazz-inflected impetus as does Michael Blake's sinewy tenor solo. “Figlock" is dominated by Steve Cardenas's chiming electric guitar work and ...

Article: Interview

Sandro Zerafa - Direttore artistico del Malta Jazz Festival

by Angelo Leonardi
January 23, 2018

Il Malta Jazz Festival è uno degli appuntamenti significativi dell'estate musicale in area mediterranea. Ha una vita quasi trentennale e dal 2009 è diretto dal chitarrista Sandro Zerafa, maltese di nascita ma operante professionalmente a Parigi. Come emerge dall'intervista, Zerafa è convinto che un festival jazz può trovare ampi consensi senza uscire dai confini di questa ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Vol.3

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 20, 2018

Volume 1 | Volume 2| Volume 3 Eccola la terza e ultima puntata della nostra compilation con il meglio del 2017, che fa da complemento e colonna sonora alle varie liste di fine anno pubblicate negli scorsi giorni da Luca Canini, Libero Farnè, Angelo Leonardi, Nicola Negri, Neri Pollastri, Vincenzo Roggero e Luca Vitali. ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 3

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2018

Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 Some cling to the belief that jazz is in crisis or worse, dead. Our impression is quite the opposite, and to prove our point, we've compiled a mixtape featuring some of the best jazz released in 2017. Also, check out our staff's BEST OF 2017 lists ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 16, 2018

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Volume 1

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 15, 2018

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Best of 2017: The All About Jazz Mixtape, Vol.2

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 15, 2018

Ecco arrivata la seconda puntata della nostra compilation con il meglio del 2017. Questa compilation fa da complemento e colonna sonora alle varie liste di fine anno pubblicate negli scorsi giorni da Luca Canini, Libero Farnè, Angelo Leonardi, Nicola Negri, Neri Pollastri, Vincenzo Roggero e Luca Vitali. Inutile dirlo... questa lista di brani non ...