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Mike Westbrook: Art Wolf at 75
by Duncan Heining
Close your eyes for a moment. Imagine a jazz composer who began with Ellington and then moved on through Mingus. He soon encompassed rock music, Kurt Weill, Rossini, the traditions of English church music and the pastoralism of Vaughan Williams and Holst, but still found a place in his music for The Beatles, European political cabaret ...
Percussionist Thomas Stronen Interviewed at All About Jazz!
One of Norway's most prolific drummers, sampling percussionists and composers, Thomas Strønen is the co-founder of Food, along with British saxophonist Iain Ballamy. The group—which, since 2005, has whittled down from an original quartet that also featured Norwegians Arve Henriksen on trumpet and Mats Eilertsen on bass—released its most recent record, Quiet Inlet, in 2010 (its ...
Jazz no Parque: July 15-17, 2011
by John Kelman
Mário Laginha e Convidados Jazz no Parque Fundação Serralves July 16, 2011 An invite to Porto, Portugal in the middle of the summer, to catch a single performance--a world premiere, at that--and spend some time soaking up the landscape and culture? Hard enough to resist under any circumstances, but when the ...
Kongsberg Jazz Festival, July 6-9, 2011
by Josef Woodard
Kongsberg Jazz FestivalKongsberg, NorwayJuly 6-9, 2011 By now, it's a self-evident truth that Norway has become something of a hot spot on the global jazz map... again. This is hardly a late-breaking news sensation, given the long arc of jazz lore and fanaticism and support systems in place in this Scandinavian corner, ...
John Taylor: Requiem for a Dream
by AAJ Italy Staff
Commissionata nel 2007 dall'università di York (UK), questa suite di cinquanta minuti trae spunto dall'opera dello scrittore statunitense Kurt Vonnegut. Alcuni personaggi chiave dei suoi racconti danno infatti il titolo agli episodi di un disco intimo e toccante, ancorché affascinante. Secondo un canone ormai consolidato del pianista inglese, si impongono anche qui limpide architetture, musicali e ...
John Taylor: Requiem for a Dreamer
by John Kelman
It's been three years since John Taylor's last trio disc, but this time the British pianist takes a small detour, rather than continue the winning streak of Angel of the Presence (Cam Jazz, 2006) and Whirlpool (Cam Jazz, 2008). Requiem for a Dreamer reunites Taylor with his longstanding trio--Swedish bassist Palle Danielsson and British drummer Martin ...
Announcing the Winners of the "John Taylor - Requiem for a Dreamer" Giveaway
Jeremy Siskind, Ron Pratt, Gregory Mitrosky, Paul Goldstein and Kim Fagan, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the CAM Jazz “John Taylor - Requiem for a Dreamer“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit CAM Jazz for more releases. ...
Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Steve Swallow, Adam Nussbaum: The Impossible Gentlemen
by Chris May
The Impossible GentlemenThe Impossible GentlemenBasho Records2011 You may not have heard of The Impossible Gentlemen, for this is the group's first album, and you may not have heard of one of its two chief protagonists, as he has chosen to spend most of his career away from ...
2011 British Parliamentary Jazz Awards Are Announced
On May 18 the Terrace Bar of the House of Commons played host to the 2011 Parliamentary Jazz Awards—the seventh such awards, sponsored by PPL. Hosted by broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, many MPs, peers and renowned jazz musicians were present on the night including Jamie Cullum, Dame Cleo Laine and Lord David Steel of Aikwood. The awards ...
Enter the "John Taylor - Requiem for a Dreamer" Giveaway
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the CAM Jazz “John Taylor—Requiem for a Dreamer“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 8th. Click here to enter the contest (Following John Taylor at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...
