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International Anthem: The Beat of the Past, Present and Future
by Jakob Baekgaard
Dis is da drum. Everything starts with a beat. A heartbeat. A rhythm. A language. Communication between people. Patterns in percussion. Tribal language. Rhythms reaching out. Since the beginning, rhythms have been an integral part of jazz. Swing is rhythm and rhythm is swing. The pace has changed. The patterns have changed. Acoustic ...
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2019
by Doug Collette
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Burlington, Vermont May 31-June 9, 2019 Prominent among the many of virtues the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival offers its hometown each year is a reminder of the energetic activity that permeates the Queen City of Vermont (and not just at this most wonderful time of the year). Witness ...
Sax Strike: The Sound of Jazz without Saxophones
by Ludovico Granvassu
Possibly, more than any other instrument, the saxophone defines the sound of jazz. Most jazz combos have at least one saxophonist on the front--and when you see that saxophone, you know it's going to be doing a LOT of soloing, even if the bandleader or composer plays another instrument. But what happens to the shape and ...
NYT Approved
by Patrick Burnette
Vegetation may die in December but best-of lists sprout like weeds. This episode, the boys examine four selections on the venerable New York Times' best-of list of 2018 jazz releases, and (by their cranky standards, at least) like what they find. Except for a certain passage of spoken-word optimism. Bastards can't abide optimism. The music ranges ...
Il meglio del 2018 secondo Vincenzo Roggero
by Vincenzo Roggero
Anche quest'anno tanti gli ascolti, tante le proposte interessanti, e come al solito, difficile sintetizzare il meglio in dodici dischi. Non necessariamente i migliori ma quelli che, in un modo o nell'altro, hanno lasciato un segno. In testa una conferma, Steve Coleman, eh sì ancora lui, per il disco certo, ma anche per i meravigliosi concerti ...
2019 Winter JazzFest: The Out of Towners
by Ludovico Granvassu
Read Winter JazzFest's Weekend Marathon: A Survival Guide while listening to this program. New York may have the highest density of daily jazz performances in the world, but they mostly feature the countless, and very busy, musicians that belong to the local scene. The Winter JazzFest has traditionally offered a very welcome opportunity to ...
2019 Winter JazzFest's Weekend Marathon: A Survival Guide
by Ludovico Granvassu
With each passing year, Winter JazzFest—New York's premiere jazz festival—has expanded the number of venues presenting an increasingly diverse array of musicians. There are several ways to approach a programme as dense and exciting as the 2019 edition of the two-day Marathon spanning January 11th and 12th. Thanks to an embarrassment of riches, festival goers face ...
Best of 2018: Il Mixtape
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il 2018 è stato un altro anno di grande rilievo per la musica che amiamo. Abbiamo chiesto ai nostri redattori di condividire le loro preferenze. Ecco che cosa ne è venuto fuori. Buon ascolto, con l'augurio che il 2019 ci porti almeno altrettanta musica di alto livello! Michael Leonhart “Music ...
Universal Beings
Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2018
Track listing: A Queen's Intro; Holy Lands; Young Genius; Black Lion; Tall Tales; Mantra; Pharaoh's Intro; Atlantic Black; Inner Flight; Wise Man, Wiser Woman; Prosperity's Fear; Flipped OUT; Voila; Suite Haus; The Newbies Lift Off; The Royal Outro; The Count Off; Butterss's; Turtle Tricks; The Fifth Monk; Brighter Days Beginning; Universal Beings.
Where We Come From (Chicago X London)
Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Released: 2018
Track listing: Side One: Halls; McCraven On The Mic; Ox Tales: Suite For Artis Gilmore; Jupiter Dawn; The Oracle. Side Two: The Bounce; King Drive / ’86 Cutlass / No Plates; Run Dem; Too Shy; Drums&Bruk&FeelTheVibe; Birthday Solo; TRC Thank You Outro: Where We Come From.
