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Miguel Zenon: Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera
by Mark Corroto
It is not possible to listen to Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera by alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón without triggering thoughts of another altoist, Charlie Parker. Like Parker, Zenón has that quicksilver processing of thought and expression, but more relevant is that both artists can render any style of music into the jazz idiom. Where Parker ...
David Sanchez: Carib
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Puerto Rican Saxophonist David Sanchez belongs to the most prolific jazz musicians of the past twenty to thirty years. Not that the quality of his output suffers from the frequency of publications. Beyond his own highly praised recordings, he is recognized for his contributions to groups led by the likes of Kenny Barron, Pat Metheny and ...
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2019
by John Kelman
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Various Venues Montréal, Canada June 27 -July 1, 2019 Forty years. Not a lifetime, perhaps, but a remarkably long time for any festival to not only continue to exist but, despite increasing challenges, to thrive. An even greater achievement when it's the Festival International de ...
Fran Vielma: Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective: Tendencias
by Angelo Leonardi
Il latin jazz continua a rinnovarsi, alimentato da nuove sintesi col folklore sudamericano. Venezuelano di nascita e formazione (studi ed esperienze in gruppi folk del suo Paese, perfezionamento dal 2010 al Berklee College e al New England Conservatory), il percussionista Fran Vielma debutta da leader con la formazione Venezuelan Jazz Collective. L'album è il ...
JAZZTOPAD 2018
by Henning Bolte
Jazztopad Festival Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music National Forum of Music, Club Mleczarnia November 21-25, 2018 Jazztopad is the annual Jazz Festival of Poland's Witold Lutoslawski National Forum of Music in Wroclaw. Wroclaw, a vibrant, hip, internationally oriented city that never sleeps, has character, lots of peculiar neighborhoods, populated by ...
Fran Vielma: Fran Vielma & Venezuelan Jazz Collective: Tendencias
by Troy Dostert
Continuing the long, fruitful history of jazz's intermingling with Afro-Caribbean music, percussionist Fran Vielma brings his considerable talents to bear in offering a distinctive melding of jazz with Latin forms--but with a special focus on his native Venezuela. Joined by some outstanding instrumentalists, such as trumpeter Mike Rodriguez and alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, Vielma sketches a ...
Jon Irabagon Quartet: Dr. Quixotic’s Traveling Exotics
by Mark Corroto
It's easy imagine Hollywood producers putting together a comic book superhero movie when listening to a recording by the saxophonist Jon Irabagon. We know that after joining Moppa Elliott's Mostly Other People Do The Killing and winning the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition, he decided to use his super powers for good instead of evil. Like ...
The Way I Hear
By Sandy Eldred
Label: LabelWhoAble
Released: 2017
Track listing: #1 Peaceful Neighbors
#2 Spring Song
#3 Convenient Circumstances
#4 The Way I Hear
#5 They Can't Dance Those Changes
#6 Twelve Is Hip
#7 A Moment
#8 The Story of a Warrior
Jazz Jantar 2017
by Martin Longley
Jazz Jantar Klub Zak Gdańsk, Poland November 9-12, 2017 Jazz Jantar is one of the less well-known Polish festivals (outside of Poland), but it has been running in the northern port of Gdańsk for two decades, and is housed by Klub Zak, an arts centre that has roots ...
Miguel Zenon: Tipico
by Mark Corroto
The saying “like butta" comes to mind when listening to the alto of saxophonist Miguel Zenón. His tone has the consistency of velvety cream, with nary a sour note. Hearing him in the context of his long-standing quartet, we get something like the voguish bulletproof coffee, which consists of butter, whipped into your favorite cup of ...
