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David Amram 87th Birthday Celebration at the Falcon

by Mike Jurkovic
December 6, 2017

David Amram Quartet The Falcon87th Birthday Celebration Marlboro, NY December 3, 2017 Ever a celebration of our true angel hearts and creative selves, David Amram's irrepressible spirit (he did turn 87 on November 17th) and margin-mashing musical journey (Phil Och's “When I'm Gone" as a sweet jazz standard anyone?) ...

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Cecile McLorin Salvant with the Aaron Diehl Trio at Dazzle

by Geoff Anderson
November 18, 2017

Cecile McLorin Salvant with the Aaron Diehl Trio Dazzle Denver, CO November 10, 2017 Cecile McLorin Salvant with the Aaron Diehl Trio. Two acts for the price of one? Two different artists welded together for the sake of a concert? Hardly. Salvant has been performing with Diehl and his trio for ...

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Jim Ridl: Project 142 at the DiMenna Center

by Victor L. Schermer
October 25, 2017

Jim Ridl Tones and Tomes in Tempo DiMenna Center New York, NY October 19, 2017 Jim Ridl is a brilliant and imaginative pianist whose music is true to his North Dakota origins while firmly rooted in the jazz tradition. Versatile and adaptive to almost any situation, he fronts his own ...

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Umbria Jazz 2017

by Libero Farnè
July 23, 2017

Umbria Jazz Perugia Varie sedi 7-16.7.2017 Mantenendosi fedele alla sua consolidata formula, Umbria Jazz si è protratta per dieci giorni su vari palcoscenici, con concerti gratuiti e a pagamento, cercando di adeguare stili e proposte differenti ai diversi contesti interessati e rivolgendosi quindi a diverse fasce di pubblico. In particolare, la ...

Article: Interview

Electric Coen

by Neri Pollastri
July 3, 2017

Era il 2008 quando intervistammo Gabriele Coen, allora interessante ma ancora poco noto sassofonista e compositore romano. Oggi, dieci anni dopo, Gabriele ha sviluppato e messo a frutto la sua ricerca nella tradizione musicale ebraica (già allora aveva pubblicato con la moglie Isotta Toso un libro sulla storia del klezmer, “Musica Errante," edito da Stampa Alternativa) ...

Article: Interview

Intervista a Enrico Pieranunzi

by Daniele Vogrig
April 10, 2017

Da Charlie Parker a Bruno Canino, da Chet Baker a Domenico Scarlatti, passando per George Gershwin e la musica folklorica romana. In occasione di un suo recente progetto dedicato alla figura di Gershwin, abbiamo avuto il piacere di incontrare Enrico Pieranunzi per una lunga e stimolante chiacchierata, ripercorrendo insieme la sua carriera ultra- quarantennale.

Article: Album Review

Vinnie Sperrazza: Juxtaposition

Read "Juxtaposition" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann
March 9, 2017

The most intriguing thing about Juxtaposition, Vinnie Sperrazza's recently released recording, is its loose grip on the jazz tradition. The disc's twelve tracks don't come with a set of standard, recognizable references. Not unlike many of today's leading young artists, Sperrazza has absorbed the lessons of the music's past, and is currently interested in doing things ...

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Dorian Devins Hits a Double in the Bleak Midwinter

by C. Michael Bailey
January 10, 2017

New York centered jazz singer and lyricist Dorian Devins first rocked my sensitive Southern Consciousness in 2013 with the release of The Procrastinator (Rain1 Jazz). Devins marked a return to that jazz step-child, vocalese: the application of lyrics to well-known wordless jazz compositions. The recording was a cornerstone of that year. Devins played a very large ...

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Nat Hentoff: The Never-Ending Ball

by Ian Patterson
January 9, 2017

This interview was first published at All About Jazz on June 23, 2010. Nat Hentoff was eleven years old when, walking down the road one day in Boston, he heard music so exciting that he shouted with pleasure and ran into the shop to learn that the music was of clarinetist Artie Shaw. In ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground Host: Aaron Seeber

by David A. Orthmann
November 16, 2016

Aaron Seeber The Falcon Underground Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground Marlboro, NY November 9, 2016 One of the benefits of jazz fandom is catching a live performance by talented young musicians at a particular phase in their personal and collective development. There's something intriguing about players who are ...