Results for "John Scofield"

John McLaughlin's American Farewell Tour with Jimmy Herring

by Alan Bryson
September 5, 2017

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 ...

Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet: Jersey

by Vic Albani
August 28, 2017

Ho conosciuto Mark Guiliana una decina di anni fa in un ristorante di Parigi al tempo di una delle sue prime tante collaborazioni con Dhafer Youssef e (in quel caso) con Tigran Hamasyan. A parte l'ininfluente curiosità ovviamente “italiana" di quello strano cognome che sembrava frutto di un classico errore di trascrizione dell'ufficio anagrafe di Floram ...

Matt Wilson: Honey And Salt

by Jerome Wilson
August 27, 2017

Drummer Matt Wilson has some personal connections to the great Midwestern poet Carl Sandburg in that they were both born in Knox County, Illinois and they are distantly related by marriage. Wilson has long been fascinated by Sandburg's writing and has done musical settings of his work for a long time but with Honey And Salt ...

Matt Wilson: Honey And Salt

by Mark Corroto
August 22, 2017

We will forgive you if you believed drummer Matt Wilson's previous recording Beginning Of A Memory (Palmetto, 2016) was a summing-up of his career to date. On that recording he invited just about every musician he has worked with as a leader. The conspicuous absence was, of course, Dewey Redman, who had passed on in 2006. ...

Global Music Adventures at the Musical Instrument Museum

by Dave Kaufman
August 8, 2017

The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM), located in North Phoenix, is a singularly unique experience in the world of music or museums, for that matter. The MIM displays over 6500 instruments from all corners of the globe. The experience is enhanced by superb video and audio presentations that situate the music in historical and cultural contexts. Although ...

John Scofield alla Casa del Jazz di Roma

by Mario Calvitti
August 8, 2017

John Scofield Casa del Jazz Summertime 2017 Roma 18.07.2017 Per il suo più recente tour europeo, che lo ha portato anche in Italia per tre date (la prima a Roma, dove lo abbiamo ascoltato), il chitarrista John Scofield ha rispolverato un progetto di qualche anno fa, presentandosi con la ...

John Scofield Uberjam Band at Fano Jazz by The Sea 2017

by Andrea Rotili
August 5, 2017

Bill Frisell Trio alla Casa del Jazz di Roma

by Mario Calvitti
August 1, 2017

Bill Frisell Trio Summertime 2017 Casa del Jazz Roma 21.07.2017 Il chitarrista Bill Frisell ha aperto e chiuso in Italia il tour europeo del suo trio. Dopo l'esordio a Bologna, il concerto di Roma è il penultimo, seguito solo da un'ulteriore tappa in Sardegna prima del rientro negli Stati ...

Orbital Quintet: Vol. 1

by Troy Dostert
July 22, 2017

On its debut album, the Northern California-based Orbital Quintet offers eight intriguing tracks that avoid the clichés of standard blowing sessions, embracing instead the more subtle pleasures of mood and texture. With four compositions by guitarist David Wright, one each by bassist Benjamin Lee and trumpeter John Harrington, and a couple of freely improvised pieces, there's ...

Kevin Hays / Lionel Loueke: Hope

by Karl Ackermann
July 21, 2017

New York/Paris-based Newvelle Records, the vinyl-only subscription label, is well into its second season of six planned releases. The second of these albums is the Kevin Hays and Lionel Loueke duo outing, Hope. Pianist Hays plays with his namesake trio as well as the Bill Stewart Trio and has worked with Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Ron ...