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John Taylor: Giulia's Thursdays
by Chris May
John TaylorGiulia's ThursdaysCam Jazz2012There has been a flurry of activity around film music this spring/summer 2012, all of it good. Warner Jazz has released an anthology of movie themes written by the Italian composer Nino Rota, Collector Nino Rota; Alex Sutton's piano trio took northern European movie composers ...
Trondheim Jazz Festival: May 9-13, 2012
by John Kelman
Trondheim Jazz FestivalTrondheim, NorwayMay 9-13, 2012Being Norway's third largest city, next to Oslo and Bergen, means something completely different to being the third largest city in Canada or the United States. With more than 25,000 students in a city of approximately 160,000 people, it's not unlike (albeit a little larger than) Kingston, Canada, ...
Kenny Wheeler: The Long Waiting
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il titolo del nuovo CD del trombettista canadese Kenny Wheeler, “La lunga attesa," è probabilmente un riferimento al tempo trascorso dal suo precedente lavoro alla guida di un grosso organico; ben 22 anni sono passati infatti da Music for Large and Small Ensembles che, curiosamente, seguiva dopo 22 anni l'unico altro precedente analogo (se si esclude ...
Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up: The Air Is Different
by Robert Bush
Boston-born and Brooklyn-based drummer Tomas Fujiwara has been stirring things up in the New York City creative music scene for some time now, working with a wide variety of players including cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum and guitarist Mary Halvorson.His working ensemble, Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook Up, features Halvorson--one of the brightest voices in ...
Foxes Fox: Live at the Vortex
by John Eyles
Foxes Fox--Evan Parker on tenor saxophone, Steve Beresford on piano, John Edwards on bass and Louis Moholo-Moholo on percussion--first came together as a quartet in 1998. Live at the Vortex is, however, only their third album, following Foxes Fox (Emanem, 1999) and Naan Tso (Psi, 2005). Unlike its predecessors, this release--captured in February, 2007--was recorded live ...
Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davies Big Band
by Chris May
Jack Davies Big BandThe Jack Davies Big BandV&V Music2012With its debut album, trumpeter and composer Jack Davies' big band has joined an elite strand of British orchestras--Loose Tubes, flugelhornist Kenny Wheeler's outfits and Colin Towns' Mask Orchestra prominent among them--which have enriched and expanded the original big band ...
Enter the "Kenny Wheeler - The Long Waiting" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the CAM Jazz “Kenny Wheeler - The Long Waiting“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 14th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Kenny Wheeler at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ...
Nikki Iles: Hush
by Bruce Lindsay
The transatlantic band that created Hush--British pianist Nikki Iles, and American bassist Rufus Reid and drummer Jeff Williams--had never played together as a trio before their single rehearsal session on the night prior to recording at Dave Bennett's New Jersey studio in September 2010. That the album sounds like the product of years of collaboration is ...
Nikki Iles: Meditation and Collaboration
by Bruce Lindsay
Pianist and composer Nikki Iles describes herself as one of the “not- so-young-anymore generation" of British jazz musicians--a fair comment, in chronological terms, from a musician born in the mid-'60s. But more importantly, she's a musician of experience, expertise and talent, viewed with great respect by players across the world. Iles' self-description does seem to be ...
Kenny Wheeler Big Band: The Long Waiting
by John Kelman
Kenny Wheeler Big Band The Long Waiting Cam Jazz 2012 While likely not the reason behind its title, The Long Waiting could easily fit for fans of the Canadian expat trumpeter who has lived in England since the 1950s. Since coming to Cam Jazz in 2004 with his duo recording with ...
