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Acclaimed Composer Maria Schneider And Her Orchestra Tour To 10 European Cities, November 6 – 20
“...this magnificent, nature-drunk masterpiece, one of the great jazz records period, not just one of the great recent jazz records.” –Jeff Simon, Buffalo News 5-stars. “...a sound world of rare eloquence… the singularly most beautiful record I’ve heard this year.” –Peter Quinn, The Arts Desk (London) “...an extravagant show of her strengths: precise, expressive harmony; ribbons ...
Oscar Del Barba featuring Dave Liebman: Two Suites for Jazz Orchestra
by Angelo Leonardi
Al suo debutto come bandleader, il pianista, fisarmonicista e compositore bresciano trae ispirazione da quell'universo di musiche popolari -lombarde ma non solo-che è stato oggetto di suoi lavori passati. Per l'esecuzione di queste due opere estese, “Cinque scene per big band" e “Variazioni sopra un canto popolare bresciano" Oscar Del Barba ha riunito un ...
Jazz Found Alive! Man In Blue Suede Shoes Wanted For Questioning.
by Duncan Heining
Colin Towns' Mask Orchestra LSO St. Lukes London October 17, 2015 The gap between the music that Colin Towns makes and much that currently passes for jazz grew even wider last weekend. Performing compositions from his new double CD Drama with his stellar Mask Orchestra, the composer-bandleader revealed the music's potential ...
Richard Nelson / Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: Deep River
by Budd Kopman
The inspiration for jazz composition and improvisation can come from almost anywhere. For guitarist/composer Richard Nelson it was American roots music that he played with his then 12-year-old son who had developed an intense connection to the old tunes and players. The jazz suite Deep River is the result of experiencing this music with ...
Philadelphia's Cutting Edge Big Band: Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound
by Victor L. Schermer
Anyone familiar with the music business can tell you that it's hard enough to get a big band together for an occasional gig, let alone sustain it over an extended period of time. The time and effort involved in composing and arranging new charts, covering the cost of twelve or more musicians, and meshing their complicated ...
Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra: Blues for Tahrir
by Angelo Leonardi
Che il jazz sia una musica sorprendente lo sappiamo bene ma spesso le sorprese ti piombano dal cielo (o per meglio dire, dal web) quando meno te le aspetti. E sono varie ed eccitanti. Il leader di questo medio organico è un clarinettista (basso) statunitense con radici familiari egiziane ed è stato scelto tra i ...
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer
by Angelo Leonardi
Questo disco ci è giunto con un po' di ritardo ma va assolutamente segnalato. È infatti uno dei migliori dischi dell'anno nonchè un omaggio al genio orchestrale di Bob Brookmeyer. Forse non tutti sanno che lo storico trombonista, partner negli anni cinquanta di Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan e Jimmy Giuffre, è stato uno di massimi orchestratori ...
Maria Schneider Orchestra: The Thompson Fields
by Karl Ackermann
At the time Maria Schneider released Evanescence (Enja, 1994), big band jazz--especially in the US--was overly predictable and indecisively hanging on like ballroom music in a ghost town. Schneider, while embracing the best practices of earlier legendary big band leaders and her mentors, Gil Evans and Bob Brookmeyer, had added unconventional elements to her own compositions. ...
John Yao: Flip-Flop
by Karl Ackermann
On his 2012 debut, trombonist John Yao navigated multiple complex territories ranging from the experimental to traditional balladry. A regular presence on the New York scene, Yao has worked with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. Having absorbed those big band sensibilities, Yao graduates from his inaugural quintet to a seventeen-piece ensemble. ...
Listening Tip: Maria Schneider
Patrick Goodhope reports that on this evening’s broadcast of his program Avenue C his guest will be Maria Schneider. He will talk with her at 9:00 pm EDT about her recent album The Thompson Fields. To hear the discussion, go to University of Delaware Public Radio here (that’s a link) and choose one of the “Listen ...
