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Majel Connery, un talento da seguire

Read "Majel Connery, un talento da seguire" reviewed by Vic Albani


Allora, andiamo calmi per ordine e con calma perché questa signora merita davvero attenzione e quindi anche più spazio del solito. Di sicuro pochissimi ne hanno già sentito parlare. Si chiama Majel Connery e la sua vita è divisa da tempo fra la bay-area in California e New York. Delle due realtà respira da ...

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Article: Album Review

Shahzad Ismaily: sea legs / hum back

Read "sea legs / hum back" reviewed by Mark Sullivan


A split album with the first ever solo release by American multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily (who has played with artists like guitarist Marc Ribot, singer/songwriter Tom Waits and experimentalist Laurie Anderson), plus a solo euphonium program by Belgian Niels Van Heertum: one side each in the LP version. Ismaily begins the set with a single ...

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Article: Live Review

Brussels Jazz Weekend 2019

Read "Brussels Jazz Weekend 2019" reviewed by Martin Longley


Brussels Jazz Weekend Brussels, Belgium May 24-25, 2019 The annual Brussels Jazz Weekend fills up multiple venues across multiple zones, completely colonising this Belgian city with jazz, never asking for entrance fees, and even embracing other musical areas, such as global, roots, rock and electronica. It presents well over a ...

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Article: Live Review

The 2019 Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert

Read "The 2019 Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante


The 2019 Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert Carnegie Hall New York, NY February 7, 2019On Thursday, February 7, 2019, New York City's Carnegie Hall was alive with the essence of Tibet as it hosted the 2019 Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert featuring an all-star lineup of artists. Philip ...

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Landfall

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: CNN Predicts a Monster Storm; Wind Whistles Through the Dark City; The Water Rises; Our Street Is a Black River; Galaxies; Darkness Falls; Dreams; Dreams Translated; The Dark Side; Built You a Mountain; The Electricity Goes out and We Move to a Hotel; We Learn to Speak yet Another Language; Dawn of the World; The Wind Lifted the Boats and Left Them on the Highway; It Twisted the Street Signs; Then It Receded; The Nineteen Stars of Heaven; Nothing Left but Their Names; All the Extinct Animals; Galaxies II; Never What You Think It Will Be; Thunder Continues in the Aftermath; We Blame Each Other for Losing the Way; Another Long Evening; Riding Bicycles Through the Muddy Streets; Helicopters Hang Over Downtown; We Head Out; Everything Is Floating; Gongs and Bells Sing; Old Motors and Helicopters

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Article: Profile

SFJAZZ: Decades After, Five Years In

Read "SFJAZZ: Decades After, Five Years In" reviewed by Arthur R George


Five years after the San Francisco, California organization SFJAZZ created its own building, the SFJAZZ Center, it has proved a raving, even rampaging, success, unrelenting in programming, sales, education, and music production. Its number of concerts has doubled from 248 to more than 500. Its membership has increased by almost 200% to more than 14,000. It ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

WEWANTSOUNDS: A Forgotten Don Cherry and Other Gems

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A forgotten gem from the extensive and multi-colored discography of Don Cherry is available again, courtesy of the French label WEWANTSOUNDS [yes, their name is uppercase only!]. Home Boy, Sister Out, produced by Ramuntcho Matta, was originally released in 1985 on Barclay Records. It was distributed in France and Germany only and was never ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Frisell: Music IS

Read "Music IS" reviewed by John Kelman


The tradition of solo jazz guitar recordings is a long one, with guitarists like Johnny Smith, Al Viola, George Van Eps, Lenny Breau and Joe Pass demonstrating just how far a mere six (in some cases, seven) strings could be taken on their own as far back as the 1950s. Subsequent guitar soloists like John Abercrombie ...

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Article: Album Review

Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet: Landfall

Read "Landfall" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Laurie Anderson has always been many things to many people: an enigmatic singer, an underrated visionary, sonic adventurer, composer, a charming storyteller, and so on. Blessed with a fertile imagination, a gift for vivid and enchanting storytelling and drama, compositional prowess, during her expansive five-decade career, she has released several adventurous albums that have showcased her ...

Article: Live Review

PunktFestival 2017

Read "PunktFestival 2017" reviewed by Luca Vitali


Punkt Festival Kristiansand, Norvegia Varie sedi 31.8-2.9.2017 Come sempre Punkt è un festival fuori dall'ordinario e all'insegna dell'imprevisto e dell'imprevedibile. Una sorta di Industria 4.0 della musica: fuori dal “circolo" dei tour estivi, tipico dei festival jazz, e poco interessato a fotografare il passato e il presente, è invece molto attento ...


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