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Terell Stafford Quintet: Tempe, AZ, May 10, 2013
by Patricia Myers
Terell Stafford QuintetTempe Center for the ArtsTempe, AZMay 10, 2013Trumpeter Terell Stafford and his East Coast quintet delivered dynamic ensemble work and memorable solos in a concert on the theme, This Side of Strayhorn. A third of the evening's repertoire came from the leader's 2011 MAXJAZZ album of the same name, ...
GuitarNow! 2013, Day Two: Ottawa, Canada, May 4, 2013
by John Kelman
First Annual GuitarNow! Festival, Day TwoKailash Mital TheatreCarleton UniversityOttawa, CanadaMay 4, 2013When local guitarist Roddy Ellias--the recipient, that very week, of one of the Jazz Journalist Association's Jazz Hero awards for 2013 (the only Canadian on the list)--created the concept of the first annual GuitarNow! Festival with Carleton University, ...
The Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell at Jazz Standard
by Dan Bilawsky
The Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan TruesdellJazz StandardNew York, NYMay 17, 2013 Somewhere along the way, the centennial of a notable jazz figure's birth became a major cause for celebration and reflection. Unfortunately, these celebrations have occasionally become last hurrahs for the dearly departed, as their life's work fades ...
International Jazz Day: Istanbul, Turkey April 30, 2013
by Josef Woodard
International Jazz DayIstanbul, TurkeyApril 30, 2013At a morning press conference opening the 10th annual Panama Jazz Festival in January, 2013, a long table was peopled by dignitaries and musical dignitaries. Festival highlight, saxophonist Wayne Shorter sat in the center (almost like Jesus in the Last Supper configuration), flanked by the ambitious and outspokenly ...
Salso Jazz
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un periodaccio! ...E non se ne vede nemmeno lontanamente la fine. La crisi economica non risparmia certo il settore del jazz italiano: ne sanno qualcosa tanti musicisti, più o meno noti, che vedono ridursi le occasioni di lavoro ed anche tanti festival storici (Clusone, Fano...) costretti a comprimersi ai minimi termini, pur di proclamare caparbiamente di ...
Vicenza Jazz 2013
by AAJ Italy Staff
Vicenza Jazz New Conversations 10 -18 maggio Quest'anno il sottotitolo programmatico di Vicenza Jazz New Conversations, festival giunto alla diciottesima edizione, era “Nel fuoco dei mari dell'Ovest - West Coast and the Spanish Tinge"; tematiche che però sono state in buona parte disattese, trovando solo una parziale e debole traduzione dimostrativa in alcune delle proposte musicali ...
Larry Ochs - Don Robinson
by AAJ Italy Staff
Area Sismica - Forlì - 28.4.2013 A un paio di settimane di distanza dal duo di Peter Brötzmann e Paal Nilssen-Love, la stagione concertistica 2012-2013 dell'Area Sismica si è chiusa con un altro duo di sax e batteria, e ancora una volta sono stati protagonisti due fuori classe della “new music" degli ultimi decenni: Larry Ochs ...
Bray Jazz Festival 2013
by Ian Patterson
Bray Jazz FestivalBray, County WicklowIrelandMay 3-5, 2013 For many years, the picturesque town of Bray's main claim to fame has been that it's the oldest inhabited seaside town in Ireland. That is, it was the main claim to fame until Bray local lass Katie Taylor won boxing gold at the 2012 ...
Doc Severinsen and the San Miguel 5: Phoenix, AZ, May 1, 2013
by Patricia Myers
Doc Severinsen and the San Miguel 5Musical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZMay 1, 2013Octogenarian bandleader Doc Severinsen has somehow added new fire to his legendary power and vibrancy in a sizzling coalition that melds Latin gusto with jazz zest. The trumpeter, who will be 86 on July 7, 2013, delivered pyrotechnical proficiency and ...
Daniel Meron Quartet: New York, NY, Saturday May 4, 2013
by Daniel Lehner
Daniel Meron QuartetMetropolitan RoomNew York, NYMay 4, 2013After debuting his first album, Directions, when first moving to New York from Berklee in 2010, Israeli-born pianist Daniel Meron has moved on to new avenues relatively quickly. One of these is focusing on more song-based material (complete with lyrics), which has regained popularity ...
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