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Article: Profile

The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood of Breath - Marching to a Different Drum

Read "The Blue Notes and the Brotherhood of Breath - Marching to a Different Drum" reviewed by Duncan Heining


Early one August morning in 1964, seven people crossed the border by train passing from South Africa into Mozambique. It was an unusual group of people--five black men, one white man and one white woman. Any “mixing of the races" was, of course, immediately suspicious in apartheid South Africa. The six men--Louis Moholo, Chris McGregor, Dudu ...

Article: Album Review

Nacka Forum: We Are The World

Read "We Are The World" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Nacka Forum nasce nel 1999 come formazione improntata principalmente a reinterpretare brani di musicisti quali Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra e Art Ensemble of Chicago. Ben presto il quartetto abbandona quel repertorio per concentrarsi su composizioni originali, cui contribuiscono tutti i membri del gruppo. Giunta al quinto album Nacka Forum si conferma come una delle realtà più ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Jazz From Around the World: Asia

Read "Jazz From Around the World: Asia" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Asia is the most culturally and ethnically diverse continent. It is, therefore, hard to distill all its jazz influenced musical legacies into 10 albums. Some countries have robust jazz scenes that, nevertheless, are fundamentally derivative of European and American styles. In other musical cultures jazz has just recently made inroads. Below are 10 historic records that ...

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Article: Interview

Intervista a Roberto Bellatalla

Read "Intervista a Roberto Bellatalla" reviewed by Daniele Vogrig


Se i concetti di fraternità e universalità da sempre caratterizzano il jazz in tutte le sue forme, senza dubbio e a buon diritto Roberto Bellatalla ne può essere considerato uno dei massimi ambasciatori. Amsterdam, Londra, Johannesburg. Quaranta anni di storia (e di storie), poi il ritorno a casa. Ammesso e non concesso che ...

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Article: Album Review

Nacka Forum: We Are The World

Read "We Are The World" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Doom and gloom begone, now for some serious fun. Nacka Forum is back with their fifth recording. The Swedish/Danish quartet cherry picks the biography of jazz for the juiciest and sweetest music, combining systems and methodologies from Ornette Coleman to Sun Ra to create a high-spirited concoction of jazz entertainment. Spinning We Are The ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Jazz From Around the World: Africa

Read "Jazz From Around the World: Africa" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


There is no doubt that African heritage, particularly that of west Africa is at the root of jazz. This is simply factual and is not meant to belittle the contributions of other cultures to its growth and development. In addition, as a genre, it has proven to have a wide universal appeal. For both reasons jazz ...

Article: Album Review

Moppa Elliott: Still, Up In The Air

Read "Still, Up In The Air" reviewed by Luca Canini


Non è facile volere bene a quel brontolone del contrabbasso quando decide di mettersi in proprio. Il legno, le corde, l'archetto, il suono goffo e introverso, le note slabbrate, imprecise, la fatica immane di cavare sangue dal più rapa degli strumenti: poche altre situazioni in ambito improvvisativo sanno essere più scorbutiche e meno amichevoli. Eppure la ...

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Article: Album Review

Irene Schweizer / Han Bennink: Welcome Back

Read "Welcome Back" reviewed by John Sharpe


For such an assuredly rhythmic player Swiss pianist Irene Schweizer shows an unexpected affinity to drummers, who feature disproportionately as partners in her discography. But even so Welcome Back constitutes only the second entry to pair Schweizer with maverick Dutch drummer Han Bennink, following their eponymous debut (Intakt, 1996), which was itself preceded by years of ...

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Article: Lyrics

Piccola guida al nuovo jazz italiano

Read "Piccola guida al nuovo jazz italiano" reviewed by Luca Canini


Non è vero che il jazz italiano sta bene. Non è vero che siamo il paese dei festival e che abbiamo musicisti che tutto il mondo ci invidia. Possiamo raccontarcela tra di noi, se vi va. Facendo finta che questo sia il migliore dei mondi possibili e che il sole dell'avvenire splenda alto sopra l'orizzonte, ma ...

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Article: Live Review

Alexander Hawkins - Louis Moholo-Moholo alla Sala Vanni di Firenze

Read "Alexander Hawkins - Louis Moholo-Moholo alla Sala Vanni di Firenze" reviewed by Neri Pollastri


Musicus Concentus Superjazz Firenze, Sala Vanni 21.11.2014 Per il quarto e ultimo appuntamento di Superjazz, di scena a Firenze due musicisti ben distanti tra loro per generazioni, ma assai prossimi per taluni aspetti della loro sensibilità musicale: il giovane pianista britannico Alexander Hawkins e il settantaquattrenne batterista sudafricano Louis Moholo-Moholo.


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