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Inntoene Festival: Diersbach, Austria, June 10-12, 2011
by Sebastian Scotney
Inntoene Festival 2011 Diersbach, Austria June 10-12, 2011 I overheard a conversation at the Inntoene Festival in Austria. In a mock-incredulous tone, one New York musician was asking another: “Straight up. You're telling me. That this whole farm place. Is owned. By a trombonist?!“ Cue laughter and the ...
Pianos in the Foreground: Six Modern Masters
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Because of its huge range, the piano might be the most expressive and adaptable instrument in western music. And since jazz is a product of western culture, it's no surprise that jazz pianists have been the genre's foremost creators, interpreters and stylists. This has been true since the days of ragtime, New Orleans, stride and swing, ...
Dexter Gordon: American Classic
by Chris May
Reissued as part of the Warner Jazz Elektra Masters series, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon's American Classic was originally released in 1982. It was part of a late-period American renaissance enjoyed by Gordon, who, after 15 years in Europe, had made a much lauded return to the New York club scene in the mid 1970s. Gordon's renaissance ...
Craig Handy: The Busiest Man In Jazz
by Robert Dugan
Saxophonist Craig Handy is a musician's musician. Those “in the know" know about him, which is why he's been a first call player in New York for over two decades. He is a careful, thoughtful improviser—expansive and precise. His solos build on a rich knowledge of the tradition at the same time as they often set ...
Copenhagen JazzHouse: The Evolution of a Jazz Club
by Nick Catalano
On a recent visit to Denmark I was able to spend a couple of evenings at the Copenhagen JazzHouse and digest some of the cutting edge ideas of the club's artistic director composer/ bassist Lennart Ginman. Years ago I had initially encountered the Danish jazz scene at Cafe Monmartre and found it thriving as Thad Jones ...
Estate
Label: Balance Point Acoustics
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Estate (B. Martino); 02. You And The Night And The Music (A. Schwarz); 03. Heaven Dance (K. Lightsey); 04. Infant Eyes (W.
Shortet); 05. One Finger Snap (H. Hancock); 06. Goodbye Mr. Evans (P. Woods); 07. Kutala (D. Moye/T. Elekes); 08.
Vappalia (K. Jarrett).
Lightsey - Moye - Elekes: Estate
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tre grandi, differenti, personalità musicali firmano questo bel disco, interagendo liberamente su due principali terreni d’elezione: la fervida inventiva ed un approccio estremamente mimetico, che porta i tre musicisti a riappropriarsi della sensibilità nonchè dei principi formali più cari ai compagni di viaggio. Ecco Don Moye piegarsi sinuosamente alle suadenti, morbide armonie di “Estate” con un ...
Kirk Lightsey
by Russ Musto
When Kirk Lightsey walked into Harlem's St. Mark's United Methodist Church in May, to attend funeral services for his friend John Hicks, it was the first time that most of the considerable cross section of the New York jazz community there had seen the once ubiquitous pianist in more than a dozen years. A native of ...
