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Andrea Longato: Thinking Heart
by Dan McClenaghan
First impressions of music--putting streaming aside--can come at you from the cover art. Guitarist Andrea Longato's debut release, Thinking Heart features a pair of rhinoceros standing side-by-side, mirror images inside a plain wash of olive green. Who would create cover art like that? And why? But the why does not matter. The image is ...
Lakecia Benjamin: The Jazz Trailblazer Redefining the Live Experience
by Steven Roby
Lakecia Benjamin doesn't just play jazz--she lives it. A five-time Grammy nominee, saxophonist, and bandleader, she embodies a whirlwind of sound and soul that redefines the boundaries of modern music. When she talks about her latest album, Phoenix Reimagined (Live), it's not just an exploration of her artistry; it's an invitation to feel the pulse of ...
Sweet Caress
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Soul Eyes; Portrait of Jennie, Sweet Caress; Habanera; Nightfall; Old Friends; Colors of the Wind; When the Sun Never Sets.
Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2024
Track listing: Intro; Trane; Phoenix Reimagined; Let Go; Mercy; Amerikkan skin Intro; Amerikkan skin; Peace is
Possible; New Mornings; My favorite things: Spirit.
Kraków Jazz Week: Seifert Competition & Jazz Juniors
by Martin Longley
Kraków Jazz Week Cricoteka/Hevre Kraków, Poland September 26th-October 3rd 2024 This was the second Kraków Jazz Week, but there is a much deeper history unearthed when studying the roots of this new event. Fundamentally, it involves the amalgamation of two long-running festivals: the Seifert Competition and Jazz ...
Serhii Artemov In Memoriam
by Ian Patterson
Serhii Artemov: In Memoriam Misha Lyshenko/Ukrainian Institute 40 Pages ISBN: 978-617-7699-56-8 Ukrainian Institute 2024 One day Serhii Artemov was playing jazz, exchanging musical ideas with his fellow musicians as he had done for years. The future looked bright for the young composer and bassist from Dnipro. The next day ...
John Scofield: Aileron
by Scott Lichtman
For decades, John Scofield has stood on one of the pedestals labelled “greatest bop/groove guitarist of his time." He's achieved this through a combination of blistering alt-scale solos, clever compositions, and world-class groups. Yet, not everyone listening to his work today knows just how skilled and intense he was as a post-bebopper early on. Take the ...
A Few More of My Favorite 2024 Jazz Things - Part 1
by Ludovico Granvassu
From time to time, we take stock of the most exciting releases that have landed on our desk... and hard drive. Usually, we do it twice a year, in June and in December. However, we have already accumulated so much great material since June that there was no point in waiting until December to start sharing ...
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.
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