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Barbara Bruckmüller Jazz Orchestra, feat. Aruán Ortiz: A Chain of Moments
by Artur Moral
Julio Cortázar's Rayuela (1963), Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves (2000) and Chris Ware's Building Stories (2012) are novels--both written and graphic--that stand out, not just for their literary merit, but also for the various ways readers can engage with them. A similar phenomenon occurs on the listening level with A Chain Of Moments: Suite in ...
Rodney Whitaker, Julia Hulsmann, Jeremy Pelt and Amina Claudine Myers
by Hobart Taylor
New music from bassist Rodney Whitaker and from his proteges Kasan Belgrave and Nanami Haruta... Also Julia Hulsmann, Jeremy Pelt and Peter Lenz.Playlist Kasan Belgrave “Down 4 the Count" from Dual Citizen (Tribe) 0:00 Nanami Haruta “ Sister Tosa" from The Vibe (Origin) 7:38 Rodney Whitaker “Mosaic" from Mosaic (Origin) 14:17 Yulia Musayelyan “ ...
Edition Redux: Broadcast Transformer
by Mark Corroto
Ken Vandermark has long made it a priority to dedicate nearly all of his compositions to other artists. From painters and photographers to writers, poets and fellow musicians, his influences span a wide artistic spectrum. Film, in particular, has been a significant source of inspiration for this long-time Chicago resident. While Vandermark has composed two commissioned ...
Emi Vernizzi's Human Touch in Electronic Jazz
by Lawrence Peryer
Emiliano Vernizzi plays saxophone in Berlin jazz clubs one week and fills stadiums with rock star Ligabue the next. His work with Pericopes+1 has helped establish the group as one of Europe's notable contemporary jazz voices, with masters Dave Liebman and Enrico Rava championing their music. Their album Good Morning World! (Losen Records, 2014) ...
Jimi Hendrix - A Jazz Experience, Part 3
by Ludovico Granvassu
Yes, Jimi Hendrix was a rock guitar god, but he inspired scores of jazz players, and fans. After all, he is the first non-jazz musician to enter the DownBeat Hall of Fame, back in 1970 (the year of his passing). Enjoy our third and final segment of this week's tribute to Jimi Hendrix, and yet more ...
Lester Bowie, Hayoung Lyou, and Bill Warfield
by Jerome Wilson
This particular show features recent music by Hayoung Lyou and Bill Warfield's Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra. It also has older work by Sheila Jordan and Roy Campbell and a pair of selections by Lester Bowie. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of ...
Jazz on Soul, Pop, Rock, Folk, and other intangible territories - Part 2
by Artur Moral
Part 1 | Part 2 James Carter soloing on a song by Sting? A prolific French guitarist and producer, approaching his thousandth album, deconstructing one of Billy Joel's most candid love songs? A Spanish trumpeter translating the Bee Gees into the jazz language? Yes, all this will happen in this second installment of a ...
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre: Live From Studio Rivbea
by John Sharpe
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre is in some ways the forgotten man of Chicago's pioneering Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). He appears on two of the first albums to come out of the collective: Roscoe Mitchell's Sound (Delmark, 1966) and Muhal Richard Abrams' Levels And Degrees Of Light (Delmark, 1968); and was the leader of ...
My Conversation with Anthony Braxton
by AAJ Staff
This article first appeared on All About Jazz in September 2001. In Puccini's Tosca, the lead heroine sings “Vissi d'arte" in the second act. It is with passion and anguish then that the audience understands the opera singer Floria Tosca is asking the heavens why she has suffered so much for her art when ...
Wadada Leo Smith - Amina Claudine Myers: Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths and Gardens
by Mike Jurkovic
Sacred music for what many consider a very sacred place, Central Park's Mosaics of Reservoir, Lake, Paths, and Gardens unites two natural forces- -the trumpeted truth of Wadada Leo Smith and the open air church of pianist & organist Amina Claudine Myers--for their first collaboration since their early years as active members of the Association for ...
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