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Mark F. Turner's Best of 2015

by Mark F. Turner
The number of artists that continue to produce quality jazz is not slowing and that's a beautiful thing. It's becoming more difficult to differentiate between so many varied releases but here are few that stood out in 2015. Kamasi Washington The Epic (Brainfeeder) Straight-ahead, hard swinging ...
World's Fair

By Julian Lage
Label: Modern Lore Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: 40's; Peru; Japan; Ryland; Double Stops; Gardens; Century; Where or When; Missouri; Red Prarie Dawn; Day and Age; Lullaby.
Ariel Pocock: Touchstone

by Dan Bilawsky
What are the touchstones of jazz? Harmonic acuity? Internalization of swing aesthetics and advanced rhythmic language(s)? The ability to quickly parse a composition in real time? An understanding of the historical framework of the music? The ability to create and speak one's own mind using any number of vocabulary sets? Yes. Each of those elements are ...
Brazilians Spice Up Annual Montana Guitar Festival

by Mark Holston
Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival Flathead Lake Lodge Bigfork, Montana August 30-September 5, 2015 Forget for a moment the stellar roster of international guitar greats at Bigfork, Montana's annual Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival, their inspired performances and enthusiastic, SRO crowds. This annual weeklong mixture of master ...
Ben Wendel - The Seasons Project: August with Mark Turner + NPR + Concerts + ACT II

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Journalists, DJs & PDs, Ben Wendel is incredibly happy to announce the next installment of his video art project, The Seasons. Previous guests on The Seasons include Julian Lage, Shai Maestro, Matt Brewer, Joshua Redman and others. This month features a duet with the great saxophonist and composer, Mark Turner, someone who has ...
Julian Lage: World's Fair

by Mark F. Turner
Guitarist Julian Lage's chameleon-like abilities have covered many styles from jazz in ensembles with vibraphonist Gary Burton and drummer Eric Harland to avant-free expressions with guitarist Nels Cline in Room (Mack Avenue, 2014) and folksy bluegrass with Punch Brother's member Chris Eldridge in Avalon (Modern Lore, 2014). A phenomenal technician Lage is more importantly a player ...
Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo: Swing Zing!

by Jack Bowers
When a press release accompanying a new album conveys more information than is found on the album itself, the supposition must be that it was recorded hurriedly with an eye toward a similarly expeditious release. Swing Zing! pairs the estimable guitarists Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo, who've been working together for more than five years, with ...
Jazz this Week: Benny Green, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge, Dave Dickey Big Band, and more

View more events at stlouis.jazznearyou.com. As Jazz Appreciation Month winds down and we head into May, it's another busy weekend for live jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several touring headliners in town and a number of noteworthy events featuring local performers, too. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, April 29 Pianist Benny Green ...
The Julian Lage Trio at Richmond Congregational Church

by Doug Collette
The Julian Lage Trio Congregational Church Richmond, Vermont February 15, 2015 Striding from the vestibule to the stage of this tiny house of worship, The Julian Lage Trio were afforded a hearty round of applause, which was just a precursor to further acclamation in the form of whoops and hollers that ...
Nels Cline, Julian Lage: Room

by Vincenzo Roggero
Uno, Nels Cline, è un alchimista della sei corde, strumento che ha espanso e portato oltre i limiti come pochi, trasfigurandolo in una portentosa opportunità per viaggi ultragalattici della mente e del corpo. L'altro, Julian Lage, è un giovane emergente che partito dalla tradizione della chitarra jazz sta allargando i propri orizzonti grazie anche alla frequentazione ...