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Jeremy Rose: on new music, collaborations and running a label

by Friedrich Kunzmann
On top of the highly praised 2017 release The Vampires meet Lionel Loueke (Earshift Music 2017) with his bandmates from The Vampires, Australian saxophonist Jeremy Rose unleashed his, somewhat overlooked, solo effort Within and Without (Earshift Music 2017) in June that same year. Featuring the unique language of American guitar innovator Kurt Rosenwinkel, the album demonstrates ...
Close Your Eyes

Label: Newvelle Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Side A: Footprints; It Might As Well Be Spring; Moon River; Solar. Side B: Blue Monk; Body and Soul; Close Your Eyes; Naima.
The Journey

Label: Aparté
Released: 2018
Track listing: Bouriyan; Molika; Bawo; Vi Gnin; Mandé; Kába, Dark Lighnting, Vivi; Hope; Gbê, Gbêdetemin, Guida, Okagbé, Reflections on
Vi Gnin, The Healing
Chinese Butterfly

By Chick Corea
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2018
Track listing: Disc - Chick's Chums; Serenity; Like I Was Sayin'; A Spanish Song; Chinese Butterfly. Disc 2 - Return To Forever; Wake-Up Call; Gadd-zooks.
Friedrich Kunzmann's 2018 Top 5: A fine year for the ECM catalogue

by Friedrich Kunzmann
When looking back at the year one won't find more peace or joy than on the musical side of things. For in this realm there are nor real losers. Here, disappointment is relative and success is all over the place because everyone is trying to be their best possible selves, constantly on a path of self-improvement ...
Michael League: Snarky Puppy's Jazz-Schooled, Grassroots Visionary

by Mike Jacobs
Bassist, composer, bandleader, sideman, producer, record label owner, festival head... These are some of the many hats Michael League has acquired since embarking on his musical odyssey at the University of North Texas with a little" band named Snarky Puppy in 2003. With its Jazz-but-not-Jazz / Music for Brain and Booty ethos, multiple poll ...
Lionel Loueke Group Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
Lionel Loueke has gone a long way, from playing to cassette tapes in his native Cotonou, Benin, to performing for president Obama at the White House. He is part of the bands of Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea and collaborates with the greatest talents of his generation, including Esperanza Spalding and Robert Glasper.
Francisco Mela: Ancestros

by Karl Ackermann
One of the many fine musicians coming out of Cuba, Francisco Mela is an accomplished drummer/percussionist and composer. On Ancestros, his debut on the vinyl-only subscription label Newvelle, he has contributed seven original compositions to a collection that includes covers from Andrew Hill and Paul Motian. The album name--and its title track--are appropriated from Mela's prior ...
JazzMI 2018 - III Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
JazzMI 2018--Terza Edizione Milano 1.-13.11.2018 Terza edizione di JazzMI, festival che si impone all'attenzione della città con la forza dei grandi numeri. Oltre 200 eventi, 500 artisti, 100 location sparse per tutta la città (periferie comprese, è bene sottolinearlo), tra mostre fotografiche, dibattiti, interviste pubbliche, proiezioni cinematografiche e ovviamente concerti, tra ...
Marcus Miller: America's AmBASSadoor

by Jim Worsley
Marcus Miller is most often described as a jazz, funk, soul, fusion, and R&B bassist. As much as that is accurate, it is a description that falls well short of the mark. Miller is a high-end musical sponge who manages to incorporate today's cultures and rhythms into his compositions, layered within the framework of sound he ...