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Tribute to Monk at Smoke Jazz Club
by Paul Reynolds
Tribute to Monk Smoke Jazz and Supper Club New York, NY October 25, 2024 Jazz demonstrated its resilience on Friday at Smoke. At 4.30 pm on that day, tenorist and bandleader Joe Lovano got the bad news that master drummer {m: Al Foster was not going to make the gig that ...
Fusion: What's in a Name?
by Mike Brannon
This article was first published on All About Jazz in November 2000. When I was just starting out, playing guitar in bands as a kid, it was the Blues of Muddy Waters, Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf and then the Stones, Hendrix, Cream, Johnny Winter, Kinks, Clapton, The Who, Zepplin etc. A natural progression.
Saxophone Meets Guitar: The Dynamic Duo of Jazz
by Robert Middleton
Imagine a smoky jazz club where the deep, soulful wail of a saxophone weaves effortlessly with the nimble, melodic lines of a guitar. This rare instrumental combination is a hidden gem in the world of jazz that deserves more attention. Jazz is not just a genre--it is a universe with galaxies of swing, bebop, ...
Aengus Hackett Trio: Aengus Hackett Trio
by Ian Patterson
It was surely a matter of time before Aengus Hackett got around to a contemporary jazz trio recording. The Galway guitarist has been a regular on the Irish jazz scene since graduating from the Conservatory of Amsterdam where he studied with Jesse van Ruller. But like many of his contemporaries, jazz is only one facet of ...
Medeski Martin & Wood: Not Not Jazz
by Doug Collette
Medeski Martin & Wood Not Not Jazz MVD Entertainment Group 2024 Director Jason Miller and producers Tyler Davidson, Jim Stark and Elie Weiss do not succumb to over-ambition with Not Not Jazz, their documentary devoted to Medeski Martin & Wood. The temptation would be to try and 'explain' the chemistry of ...
Frank Ambrosetti & Strings: Sweet Caress
by Dan McClenaghan
Swiss flugelhornist/trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti teamed with pianist/arranger Alan Broadbent in 2022 for the exquisite Nora (Enja Records), a top-shelf orchestral jazz album with a core group of mainstream all-stars. Listening back to the history of the 'jazz with strings' sub-genre--the shot across the bow, Charlie Parker With Strings (Verve, 1950), followed in short order by Chet ...
Take Five With Guitarist / Composer Avinoam Ettun
by AAJ Staff
Meet Avinoam EttunAvinoam Ettun is a contemporary guitarist/composer/improviser based in New York City. With a focus on creating compositions for large ensembles and his own string quartet, Avinoam combines the sounds of electric guitar and chamber music. Ettun actively collaborates with animators, painters, filmmakers, and dancers and explores the intersections of different art forms.
Linder Brothers, John Scofield, David Sancious, Allan Holdsworth and Brandon Coleman Quartet
by Len Davis
The Linder Brothers, Alex Skolnick, Cosmosquad, John Scofield, David Sancious, Evan Marien and Spanish guitarist Chema Vilchez. Allan Holdsworth, Brandon Coleman quartet and bassist Damien Erskine. Playlist Linder Brothers “When I Was 16" from Linder Brothers (Verve) 00:00 Alex Skolnick Trio “Scorch" from Transformation (Magnatude) 06:23 Cosmosquad “Epapo Funk" from Cosmosquad (Marmaduke) 12:44 John ...
Merano Jazz Festival and Academy 2024
by Giuseppe Segala
Varie sedi Merano Jazz Festival and Academy 2024 Merano 15-21 luglio 2024 Un festival può far scattare connessioni, relazioni, corrispondenze, sia sotto il punto di vista intellettivo, nella sfera dell'astrazione, che nella concretezza dei rapporti umani. La sinergia tra momenti di ascolto, proposte concertistiche e formazione musicale nella didattica di ...
Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
by Mike Jurkovic
The certifiable beauty of Phoenix Reimagined (Live) is that it all happens in very very real time as Lakecia Benjamin comes fiercely into her immediate own and then, in a tear of a performance that blisters the paint on the wall, surpasses herself. It is a momentous achievement. One that we rarely get to hear up ...
