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The (Jazz) Police

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 3, 2019

September 2019 will mark the 40th anniversary of “Message in a Bottle," an auspicious opportunity to look back at the seminal work of The Police, through a jazz lens. With both Sting and Andy Summers coming to The Police with jazz in their background and Stewart Copeland being a master of polyrhythmic drumming it's ...

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Rudy Royston's Flatbed Buggy

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 1, 2019

Rudy Royston's latest project, Flatbed Buggy (Greenleaf Music), is an expertly crafted, chamber-like jazz ensemble with musical influences that range from blues and Americana to rock and gospel. Featuring a stellar line-up with Hank Roberts on cello, John Ellis on woodwinds, Gary Versace on accordion and Joe Martin on bass, the music of this project is ...

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Michael Mwenso, Uri Caine, Nérija, Tenor Triage & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 29, 2019

Two hours of genre-defying, global, high-octane, music, with a special focus on socially engaged projects, Finnish bands, and charismatic artists whose music has a higher than average density of ideas, like Michael Mwenso and Frank Zappa (by way of the tribute paid to him by the Orchestre Franck Tortiller. It all starts with the much anticipated ...

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Dave Holland, Louis Moholo, Ben Van Gelder, Emma Frank & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 26, 2019

After three weeks of thematic episodes, we have to get back to checking what's new and what's coming up... The piles of new and upcoming releases have been building up and we could not wait any longer. So here's to a great episode with new, upcoming and reissued gems, featuring the music of Dave Holland, Zakir ...

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Dan Tepfer & Kirk Knuffke: Generous Versatility

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 23, 2019

Dan Tepfer and Kirk Knuffke are two musicians that, despite being being only in their thirties, have already become reference players on their respective instruments. Known for their versatility, which allows them to be equally at home with the repertoires of Johann Sebastian Bach or Erik Satie as well as with all-out improvisation, they have a ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz em Agosto 2019

by Stefano Merighi
August 14, 2019

Jazz em agosto Lisbona 1-4.8.2019 Resistenza e narrazioni. Questo in sintesi il filo conduttore dell'edizione 2019 di Jazz em Agosto, in corso di svolgimento come sempre presso la fondazione Gulbenkian a Lisbona. Un'edizione “militante," dunque, sebbene non così originale come in altre occasioni, vista la ripresa di ...

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All-Female Bands Are a Riot!

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 13, 2019

As much as we favor a complete integration of the jazz sexes, this week we feature twenty-four bands or projects with not a single man in sight, actually in hearing. After all, how much jazz radio have you listened to (not on Mondo Jazz) with playlists made exclusively of all male bands? Here's a small contribution ...

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On Miles' (not so) Silent Way

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 6, 2019

On 30 July 1969 Miles Davis released In a Silent Way. After influencing generations of musicians, its tracks continue to sound as modern 50 years later as when they were first recorded. This week we celebrate the musical trail blazed by that seminal album by focusing on musicians that have embraced Miles' electric ...

Article: Lyrics

Majel Connery, un talento da seguire

by Vic Albani
August 5, 2019

Allora, andiamo calmi per ordine e con calma perché questa signora merita davvero attenzione e quindi anche più spazio del solito. Di sicuro pochissimi ne hanno già sentito parlare. Si chiama Majel Connery e la sua vita è divisa da tempo fra la bay-area in California e New York. Delle due realtà respira da ...

Article: Album Review

Bobby Previte: Rhapsody

Read "Rhapsody" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi
August 2, 2019

Rhapsody è la seconda parte della trilogia che Bobby Previte ha dedicato al tema del viaggio e dello sradicamento, intitolata Terminals. Si tratta di un lavoro ardito e complesso che testimonia della sensibilità che il batterista e compositore americano ha maturato in questi anni e che lo colloca in una dimensione assai diversa rispetto al jazz ...