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Article: Live Review

Fondazione Siena Jazz Summer Workshop 2013

Read "Fondazione Siena Jazz Summer Workshop 2013" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Fondazione Siena Jazz Summer WorkshopSiena, ItalyJuly 24-August 7, 2013While there are those who continue to suggest that the death knell for jazz has been sounded--and loudly--they're clearly not looking at the vast number of young musicians studying the music, both privately and, increasingly, in university programs. It's hard to imagine that only fifty ...

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Article: Interview

Marvin Sewell: Stepping Up to the Plate

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by George Colligan

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]Marvin Sewell might be the greatest guitarist you've never heard of. I first met Sewell at a recording session in 1995. (Sewell, saxophonist Gary Thomas, and I improvised over hip-hop tracks for two days; these sessions were edited into what become Thomas' ...

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Article: Interview

Billy Childs: Pushing Past Preconceptions

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by George Colligan

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]Billy Childs is simply one of the baddest musicians on the planet. He's a brilliant jazz pianist, having received much acclaim as a sideman with legends as well as from being a bandleader. His Windham Hill recordings--Take For Example, This....., His April ...

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Article: Album Review

Henri Roger: Exsurgences (Solo Piano Improvisations)

Read "Exsurgences (Solo Piano Improvisations)" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

Self-taught French pianist Henri Roger's set of solo piano free improvisations is spread across a DVD directed by video artist Anne Pesce, and also on vinyl. These nine improvisations, all numbered as “Exurgences 1" to “9," have a similar dense and restless character. Roger explores the sonic possibilities of piano keyboard, stressing the ...

Article: Album Review

Keith Jarrett – Gary Peacock – Jack DeJohnette: Somewhere

Read "Somewhere" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Si ha un bel dire che lo Standards Trio (che fra l'altro festeggia quest'anno il trentennale) suona sempre la stessa musica. Nella sostanza il rilievo è anche esatto, ma a quali livelli? È un po' come Garrincha (che non pochi brasiliani antepongono persino a Pelé), il quale faceva sempre la stessa finta, ma ogni volta dribblava ...

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Article: Profile

Django Bates: From Zero to Sixty in Five Days

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by John Kelman

It's rare enough to get to catch the premiere of a brand new work in a location as removed as Luleå, Sweden—just 100 kilometers south of the Arctic circle and in late May already experiencing 22-hour days and temperatures between 20 and 25 Celsius. But to get to experience the birth of a commission and to ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Dan DeChellis

Read "Take Five with Dan DeChellis" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Dan DeChellis:Dan DeChellis' music consists of melody, emotion, energy, and spontaneous adventure. Born on classic rock, schooled in classical music, matured on jazz, and aged with ambient music, DeChellis is a fan of all music and styles. He has released over eight albums of purely improvised music on his own label, Sachimay Records. ...

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Article: Album Review

Kurtis Adams: Collage

Read "Collage" reviewed by Victor Verney

by Victor Verney

Saxophonist Kurtis Adams could scarcely have chosen a more apt title for this release, an eclectic-minded assemblage drawn from a wide variety of musical genres, including classical.The opening “Blue Fox," has a distinctly West Coast “Cool School" feel, a style to which Adams has rendered homage elsewhere. Here, Adams gives a sense of what ...

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News: Recording

Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio Releases "Distilled" on Sunny Sky Records

Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio Releases "Distilled" on Sunny Sky Records

Her last album Long Pair Bond received 5 stars from the Austrian jazz magazine Concerto, among other stellar reviews from around the world. Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs set high expectations for the follow-up trio recording, Distilled, which was just released on Sunny Sky Records. There have already been some initial reviews. Blogger Stephan Moore from Jazz ...

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News: Festival

2013 Newport Jazz Festival Previews

2013 Newport Jazz Festival Previews

By Matthew S. Robinson Singer Freddy Cole keeps putting the pieces together Growing up in a large family of musicians, Freddy Cole had to do what he could to make his way in the family and in the music business. And yet, over 80 years on, he continues to bring chestnuts. Classics and contemporary gems to ...


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