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Harriet Tubman at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Harriet Tubman SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA January 23, 2020 The electric bass, electric guitar and drum trio Harriet Tubman stands apart in the music world. As guitarist Brandon Ross notes, they are electrified yet based on spiritual influences such as the late Alice Coltrane, the late John Coltrane's wife who ran ...
2019: Striking A Balance In Review, Part 1
by Henning Bolte
Part 1 | Part 2 Every year the 'Best-of' game is underway again. But, “best of what?" is the immediate question. It's almost impossible for fishes of prey to hunt in a huge herring swarm, or for birds of prey to hunt in those huge budgerigar swarms. 'The best' is a choice from the ...
John Zorn: Nove Cantici per Francesco d'Assisi
by Don Phipps
Those who admire Spanish guitar music will greatly appreciate the beautiful airy set of compositions on Nove cantici per Francesco D'Assisi by John Zorn. Zorn, best known for his challenging, cerebral and complex avant-garde offerings, conjures up a set of pastoral tunes composed as part of a residency at New York's Frick Museum. The tunes feature ...
Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus
By John Zorn
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2019
Track listing: Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus.
Nove Cantici per Francesco d'Assisi
By John Zorn
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2019
Track listing: Brother Sun, Sister Moon; Admonitions; Nativity; Laudes Creaturarum; Poor Clares; Sister Death; Mother Earth; Le Laudi; Fioretti; Meditations.
Bruce Ackley / Fred Frith / Henry Kaiser / Aram Shelton: Unexpected Twins
by John Sharpe
Sometimes looking back can be a cause of regret, but it can sometimes inspire. Happily the latter is the case with Unexpected Twins by the doubled instrumentation of guitarists Henry Kaiser and Fred Frith and saxophonists Bruce Ackley and Aram Shelton. The original Twins emerged from the early free improvisation scene in North America in 1977, ...
Satoko Fujii & Tatsuya Yoshida: Baikamo
by Mark Corroto
Don't know how she does it, but pianist Satoko Fujii has released yet another compelling ensemble. Somewhere in between her solo performances, multi-continent large ensembles, quartets Kira Kira, Gato Libre and Kaze (to name just a few projects), she wrote music, toured and recorded with drummer Tatsuya Yoshida in 2019. Toh-Kichi isn't Fujii's first ...
Shake Stew, Louis Sclavis, John Zorn and More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
After two weeks exploring the legacy of Enrico Rava, here we are catching up with more global new releases. Join Mondo Jazz in a journey that takes us to St. Petersburg (Zhenya Strigalev)—via London and Santiago Del Chile (Federico Dannemann)—Tokyo (Ronin Arkestra)—via Los Angeles (Mark De Clive Lowe), Vienna (Shake Stew), Paris (Louis Sclavis), Rome (Alice ...
Gabriele Coen: Incontro con Leonard Bernstein in chiave Jazz
by Paolo Marra
Parlando del padre Leonard Bernstein la figlia Jamie in un occassione disse “Ogni anno la sua musica sembra sempre essere migliore, forse il suo momento arriverà, dopo tutto." In effetti la modernità delle composizioni è una delle caratteristiche che hanno reso la musica del grande direttore d'orchestra parte del patrimonio artistico del '900 tanto da risultare ...
Vilnius Jazz 2019
by Ian Patterson
Vilnius Jazz 2019 Russian Drama Theatre Vilnius, Lithuania October 16-20, 2019 Is a jazz festival primarily about entertainment, or is it meant to challenge the expectations of its audience? Does programming risk mean financial suicide? What responsibility does a festival have to promote young, emerging talent? What place do women ...
