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Roberto Gatto, un nuovo disco che guarda al futuro

Read "Roberto Gatto, un nuovo disco che guarda al futuro" reviewed by Rosarita Crisafi

by Rosarita Crisafi

Un'anticipazione sul jazz italiano che verrà. Il 2 ottobre scorso abbiamo incontrato il batterista Roberto Gatto allo studio IndieHub di Milano. In cantiere un album che uscirà nel corso della prima metà del 2017 per l'Abeat Records e che vede Gatto leader di un quartetto accanto a giovani musicisti di grande talento: il pianista toscano Alessandro ...

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Article: Live Review

John Scofield's Country for Old Men at the Ardmore Music Hall

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by Mike Jacobs

John Scofield's Country for Old Men The Ardmore Music Hall Ardmore, PA September 24, 2016 There are probably only are a handful of guitarists with a catalog as deep and stylistically diverse as John Scofield's. One of the obvious perils that these artists encounter when touring is facing an audience with ...

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News: Recording

Mike Neer: Steelonious

Mike Neer: Steelonious

I'm not a big fan of Thelonious Monk tribute albums. Heck, I'm not even keen on other musicians including his songs on their albums. No matter how accomplished the artist, Monk's music always feels like those paint-by-the-numbers coloring books from when I was a kid. Only Monk can bring the essential soul and turmoil to his ...

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News: Recording

Sco: Country for Old Men

Sco: Country for Old Men

Earlier this year, guitarist John Scofield won a Grammy for his album, Past Present. Released in 2015, Past Present came on the heels of tough times for Sco—the 2013 passing of his son, Evan, to sarcoma at age 26. Sco's music on the album was haunting and pained, the ache of a father and a family ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

John Scofield: Country for Old Men

Read "John Scofield: Country for Old Men" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

When guitarist Bill Frisell first began a more decided focus on roots music, bluegrass and country & western music with the release of 1996's Nashville (Nonesuch), despite being largely very well-received, jazz purists rankled when the largely bluegrass/folk-informed album began to garner awards like Downbeat Magazine's Best Jazz Album of the Year. While Frisell's oftentimes Americana-tinged ...

Article: Album Review

John Scofield: Country for Old Men

Read "Country for Old Men" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini

La vita spesso sa essere molto crudele. Nella sua lunga parabola artistica il chitarrista John Scofield, nato a Dayton (Ohio) nel dicembre del 1951, ha avuto numerose soddisfazioni di grande spessore, dalle esperienze come sideman nei gruppi di Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, George Duke, Joe Henderson, Billy Cobham ed Herbie Hancock, per citare solo ...

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Article: Album Review

Cameron Mizell: Negative Spaces

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by Jerome Wilson

Cameron Mizell is not a well-known guitarist but he is a talented one. Working with just keyboards and drums on this CD he goes on an expansive excursion through the realms of jazz, progressive rock, funk and country. Just the first four tracks, which actually run together without a break, he goes through New ...

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Article: Interview

A dialogo con Stefano Tamborrino

Read "A dialogo con Stefano Tamborrino" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Il trentacinquenne Stefano Tamborrino è oggi uno dei musicisti più interessanti della scena nostrana. Membro stabile di alcuni dei migliori gruppi italiani del momento, come Hobby Horse e Frontal, ma anche parte di molteplici formazioni di orientamenti musicali diversi, dal quartetto di Nico Gori a quello di William Tatge, dal trio di Alessandro Galati a quello ...

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Article: Album Review

Francisco Mela & The Crash Trio: Fe

Read "Fe" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal

Since departing Cuba to study at Berklee in 2000, drummer Francisco Mela has been on a meteoric trajectory throughout the jazz dominion. In 2005 he joined the Joe Lovano Quartet, and in 2009 the McCoy Tyner Trio, all the while releasing three critically acclaimed albums as leader. Fe is his first venture with The Crash Trio, ...

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Article: Album Review

Warren Wolf: Convergence

Read "Convergence" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner

The paucity of jazz vibraphonists may be due in part to the complexity of mastering an instrument that's like a hybrid of drums, percussion and piano. Notwithstanding, one of the instrument's brightest stars is 36 year old Baltimore native Warren Wolf, a rising virtuoso whose form and technical abilities continue the lineage of great vibe players ...


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