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News: Book / Magazine

Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian American Experience

March 26, 2015

A book by Bill Dal Cerro and David Anthony Witter. Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Louie Bellson, Lennie Tristano, Tony Bennett, Buddy DeFranco, Flip Phillips, and Joe Lovano: These are just some of the hundreds of musicians of Italian descent whose talents have enriched jazz. Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica is more than just a book about ...

Article: Album Review

Fabio Selvafiorita: Fleurs d’X – Quaderni I-II-III

Read "Fleurs d’X – Quaderni I-II-III" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
March 19, 2015

Quarantaquattro microbrani, svarianti dai 23" ai 2'50," compongono questo album firmato dal quarantaduenne autore milanese Fabio Selvafiorita e affidato alla chitarrista Elena Casoli. I tre quaderni che li comprendono coprono il quinquennio 2007/2012, mentre l'incisione risale al marzo 2013. L'approccio alla materia è volutamente (almeno così ci fa sapere Selvafiorita, in altre circostanze ...

Article: Profile

Jakob Bro: A Happy Unintended Consequence with Kenny Wheeler

by Henning Bolte
January 7, 2015

A while ago a group of Danish musicians recorded an album entitled “Unintended Consequences." It was an enterprise to play music in a non-intentional way which demanded dealing with the paradox of intending something unintended. Sometimes however unintended consequences can “just happen" due to circumstances. That is what Danish guitarist Jakob Bro experienced a time ago. ...

News: Recording

Lennie Tristano: Chicago 1951

December 11, 2014

One of the most important live recordings of the Lennie Tristano Sextet with Lee Kontiz and Warne Marsh has just been released. The material has never before been issued, and the sound is superb, capturing the group's cool sound at its peak and at a critical moment in jazz history, just a year before Lee Konitz ...

Article: Jazz Near Me

All-Star Trio at Philly’s Hip Square on the Square

by Gloria Krolak
November 26, 2014

Ever since Lennie Tristano recorded his landmark album Live at the Confucius Restaurant in 1955, Chinese food and jazz have teamed up. The All-Star Trio continues the tradition at Philadelphia's Square on the Square, a Chinese restaurant on 19th and Chestnut. It's a regular Wednesday night gig for the spirited trio of pianist Andy ...

Article: Book Review

Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan

by Ian Patterson
November 12, 2014

Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan Ellen Johnson 234 pages ISBN: 978-0-8108-8836-4 Rowman & Littlefield 2014 That Ellen Johnson's revealing portrait of Sheila Jordan is the first full biography of the eighty five-year old Pennsylvanian-born singer reaffirms the notion that the dominant jazz narrative has always lionized ...

Article: Interview

Sheila Jordan: Now's The Time

by Ian Patterson
November 12, 2014

Sheila Jordan, one of the last great jazz vocalists from the bebop era turns eighty six on 18 November. Happy Birthday Sheila! There's much to celebrate. The Pennsylvanian-born singer's remarkable life story has just been published--the first complete biography to cover Jordan's life and career in detail. Written by Ellen Johnson over seven years, Jazz Child: ...

News: Book / Magazine

Jazz Child: A Portrait Of Sheila Jordan Biography By Ellen Johnson Released By Rowman And Littlefield

October 7, 2014

When Sheila Jordan dropped a nickel in the jukebox of a Detroit diner in the 1940s and heard “Now’s The Time” by Charlie Parker, she was instantly hooked—and so began a seventy-year jazz journey. With Jordan’s full cooperation, author Ellen Johnson documents the fascinating career of the 85-year-old NEA Jazz Master who stands today as one ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Marcin Wasilewski Trio w/ Joakim Milder: Spark of Life

by John Kelman
September 30, 2014

What do you do when you've released three albums as a trio (more, if you include albums released in Poland, prior to coming to the label) for a producer who traditionally seems to like shaking things up after that magic number? For Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski and his longstanding trio--first coming together in their teens, they've ...

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Alberto Tacchini e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
August 27, 2014

All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Alberto Tacchini Sono una persona eclettica e alcuni vedono questo come un'immaturità, come il non avere ancora fatto una scelta. Invece ci sono tante cose, che ho scoperto ascoltando dischi in cui mi riconosco, tra le quali non voglio scegliere. Ho sempre invidiato quelli che ...