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Deciphering the Message

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: A Slice of the Top (AKA Sliced Off the Top); Sunset (AKA Son Set); When Your Lover Has Gone (AKA When You’ve Left Your Lover); Ecaroh (AKA Revlis); Tranquility (AKA Corner of the World); Wail Bait (AKA Wait Bail); Coppin’ the Haven (AKA At the Haven Coppin’); Frank’s Tune (AKA De’Jeff’s Tune); Autumn in New York (AKA Spring in Chicago); Monaco (AKA Monte Negro); Mr. Jin (AKA Mr. Gin); C.F.D. (AKA D.F.C.); Black Rhythm Happening.

Article: Album Review

Makaya McCraven: Deciphering the Message

Read "Deciphering the Message" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
November 8, 2021

Il debutto in casa Blue Note di Makaya McCraven è un omaggio alla storia musicale dell'etichetta, espresso ovviamente in prospettiva personale. Come ha fatto nei suoi dischi recenti—e in particolare nell'omaggio a Gil Scott-Heron (We're New Again, XL Recordings 2020)-il batterista e produttore di Chicago usa creativamente la tecnologia sperimentata dai DJ e ...

Article: Live Review

Other Minds 25, Day 3

by John Chacona
October 24, 2021

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Taube Atrium Theater Other Minds Festival San Francisco, CA October 16, 2021 Moment's Notice, the theme of the 25th Other Minds festival, was a wry comment on the perils of mounting a music festival in a time of ...

Article: Live Review

2021 Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by John Chacona
September 21, 2021

Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cain Park September 11-12, 2021 Witnessing the moment-by-moment interaction between musicians is one of the sublime pleasures of attending a jazz concert. There were plenty of opportunities to do just that during the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, but for me the sweetest such encounter didn't occur onstage. It happened between ...

Article: Live Review

Rinascita a Chicago: le gemme dell’etichetta International Anthem

by Angelo Leonardi
April 9, 2021

Non è casuale che l'etichetta indipendente più innovativa nell'attuale panorama jazzistico (e non solo) sia nata e operi a Chicago. È noto infatti che la metropoli dell'Illinois è una delle capitali del jazz, avendo svolto un ruolo centrale in tutta la storia musicale afro-americana, talvolta paritetico con quello di New York. Nel 2014 ...

Article: Interview

Meet BlueStem Jazz's Dave Stone & Thomas Ferrella

by Hrayr Attarian
March 10, 2021

Since 2016, and even through the pandemic of 2020, Madison Wisconsin has hosted a steady stream of improvisational music concerts. The majority of these are thanks to the organization named after Wisconsin's native grass, BlueStem Jazz. Founded by two retired professionals and melophiles this non-profit, award-winning establishment is dedicated to promoting and hosting a wide range ...

Article: Profile

La vita e la musica di Makaya McCraven

by Angelo Leonardi
January 29, 2021

Un ritratto di Makaya McCraven deve necessariamente considerare la mutazione antropologica che è avvenuta nell'ultima generazione di musicisti afroamericani che si spingono oltre la tradizionale sintesi tra jazz e generi popolari, usando creativamente la tecnologia sperimentata nell'ultimo trentennio dai DJ e produttori dell'hip-hop e della club culture. Le musiche di questo tumultuoso torrente ...

Album

Come and See What There Is to See

By Roscoe Mitchell

Label: The Label
Released: 2020
Track listing: Come and See What There Is to See; Odwalla; The Last Word (encore).

Album

We're New Again

By Gil Scott-Heron

Label: XL Recordings
Released: 2020
Track listing: Special Tribute (Broken Home, Pt. 1); I'm New Here; Running; Blessed Parents; New York is Killing Me; The Patch (Broken Home, Pt. 2); People of the Light; Being Blessed; Where Did the Night Go; Lily Scott (Broken Home, Pt.3); I'll Take Care of You; I've Been Me; This Can't Be Real; Piano Player; The Crutch; Guided (Broken Home, Pt.4); Certain Bad Things; Me and the Devil.

Article: Album Review

Roscoe Mitchell Quartet: Come and See What There Is to See

Read "Come and See What There Is to See" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 14, 2020

In a recent interview, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire related the story of when he first visited a jazz club; as an eighth grader in Oakland, he experienced a performance by The Art Ensemble Of Chicago. What a spectacle it must have been and, of course, he would have witnessed the maestro himself, Roscoe Mitchell. Decades ...