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Komeda Project: Requiem
by Stuart Broomer
Krzysztof Komeda is a figure of immense significance in Polish jazz, in effect the musician who both gave it its original authentic voice and marked its place in the world. In the 15 years before his death in 1969, Komeda was active as bandleader and film composer, scoring films by Roman Polanski like Two Men and ...
Take Five With Yvonnick Prene
by AAJ Staff
Meet Yvonnick Prene:Yvonnick is a freelance chromatic harmonica player based in New York. Since 2007 Yvonnick has obtained a Master degree in music from Sorbonne Paris IV University, recorded and performed around the world with internationally acclaimed artist such as Alexandre Tassel, Laurent de Wilde, Manu Katche, Romain Pilon, Art Hirahara, Dan Aran, Itai ...
Chris Jentsch: Cycles and Reflecting on the Journey
by Ludwig vanTrikt
John Coltrane once said, “Let the music speak for itself." The guitarist/composer and band leader Christopher Jentsch adds an interesting twist on that subject by opting to describe himself when asked about the broader subject of how to capture his music in his own words. “I think of myself as a composer/guitarist working with contemporary improvisational ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Kenny Wheeler
All About Jazz is celebrating Kenny Wheeler's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Kenny WheelerAlthough resident in England since 1952 and often thought to be an English musician, Kenny Wheeler was born in Canada in 1930. He began playing in his hometown of St. Catherines, encouraged by his ...
Kenny Wheeler, 80 anni in musica
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il 14 Gennaio 2010 ricorre l'ottantesimo compleanno di Kenny Wheeler, trombettista e compositore di origine canadese, ma da tempo residente in Inghilterra. E' un traguardo importante per chiunque; a maggior ragione per un artista che nei tanti decenni di attività (tuttora in corso) ha lasciato la sua impronta indelebile nella storia del Jazz, evidenziata da svariate ...
Intervista a Kenny Wheeler
by AAJ Italy Staff
All About Jazz: Ci puoi parlare dei tuoi inizi professionali? Kenny Wheeler: Ho cominciato a suonare la tromba quando avevo 11-12 anni perché mio padre, che era un suonatore di trombone semiprofessionista, un giorno è tornato a casa con una cornetta per me, e così ho cominciato a suonare. All'epoca vivevo in un posto chiamato Owen ...
Kenny Wheeler & Colours Jazz Orchestra: Nineteen Plus One
by AAJ Italy Staff
La carriera artistica di Kenny Wheeler si è sviluppata in gran parte sotto il segno della big band, sia da leader che da sideman, fin dai suoi esordi. La serie si allunga ora con questo suo ultimo lavoro, realizzato in Italia a fianco della nostrana Colours Jazz Orchestra con la vocalist Diana Torto e il direttore/trombonista ...
The Winterfold Collection 1978-1986
By Bill Bruford
Label: KOCH Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Back To The Beginning; Seems Like A Lifetime Ago Pt.1; Seems Like A
Lifetime Ago Pt.2; Hell's Bells; Travels With Myself, And Someone Else; Age
Of Information; The Sliding Floor; Symmetry; Blue Brains; Flags; Everything
You've Heard Is True; Sample And Hold; Adios A La Pasada.
Ralph Towner / Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro
by David McLean
Continuing his long and fruitful relationship with Manfred Eicher's ECM Records--yielding a slew of successful solo records and concerts, acclaimed group work with Oregon and Solstice (also featuring Jan Garbarek), and duo work with John Abercrombie, Gary Peacock and Gary Burton--guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner has become something of an icon for the German label. Chiaroscuro marks another ...
Anthony Braxton: Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978
by Troy Collins
The 1970s were an exceedingly fertile time period for composer Anthony Braxton, whose considerable output was primarily documented by Arista Records, including his Creative Orchestra Music, which encapsulated the entire history of jazz--from Scott Joplin to Albert Ayler. One of these albums, the seminal Creative Orchestra Music 1976, was recently reissued as part of Mosaic Records' ...
