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Malta Jazz Festival 2017

by Angelo Leonardi
July 30, 2017

Malta Jazz Festival 2017 La Valletta -Malta Varie Sedi 20-22.07.2017 Giunto alla 27ma edizione, il Malta Jazz Festival è uno dei più longevi appuntamenti europei di musica afro-americana, particolarmente suggestivo per il connubio tra la bellezza dei luoghi e l'alto livello di programmazione. Anche quest'anno le scelte del direttore artistico ...

Article: Live Review

Alfa Jazz Fest 2017

by Thomas Conrad
July 11, 2017

Alfa Jazz Fest 2017 Lviv, Ukraine June 23-27, 2017 Jazz festivals are different in Europe. There are more of them, and they are crucial to the economic viability, social solidarity and creative evolution of the jazz art form. Many European towns that host their own annual jazz events seem like ...

Article: Album Review

Alex Sipiagin: Moments Captured

Read "Moments Captured" reviewed by Andrew Luhn

by Andrew Luhn
May 12, 2017

Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin's 12th outing as a leader for the esteemed Criss Cross label finds him returning to the three-horn front line format that he previously explored on the masterful “Destinations Unknown" (Criss Cross, 2011). Returning from that date are tenor giant Chris Potter and the unrelentingly groovy Eric Harland on drums. David Binney is Sipiagin's ...

Album

Unspoken

By Matt Brewer

Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2016
Track listing: Juno; Unspoken; Twenty Years; Lunar; Evil Song; Cheryl; Anthem; Aspiring to Normalcy; Tesuque

Article: Album Review

Dave Douglas, Frank Woeste: Dada People

Read "Dada People" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
October 13, 2016

Secondo quanto dichiarato dai due musicisti, la suggestione di Man Ray e del suo ruolo nel movimento Dada è alla base dell'incontro tra Dave Douglas e Frank Woeste, da cui nasce Dada People, titolo quanto mai esplicito del CD realizzato in quartetto dal trombettista statunitense e dal pianista francese insieme al contrabbassista Matt Brewer e al ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Brewer: Unspoken

by Andrew Luhn
October 9, 2016

Bassist Matt Brewer first revealed his talents as a bandleader and a composer on his 2014 Criss Cross debut Mythology. Brewer returns to the Criss Cross label for his sophomore effort with a completely new quintet to explore seven new original compositions, a Bill Frisell cover, and one Charlie Parker tune. Joining him this time around ...

Article: Interview

Greg Osby: Saxophone “Griot”

by Victor L. Schermer
May 17, 2016

The griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician, a repository of oral tradition who is often seen as a societal leader. Saxophonist Greg Osby recently was excited to meet some griots on his travels. While he is originally from St. Louis, he himself is a griot in many senses of the ...

Article: Live Review

Aaron Parks Group and Joel Ross at the SOUTH Jazz Kitchen

by Asher Wolf
May 9, 2016

Aaron Parks Group SOUTH Jazz Kitchen Philadelphia, PA May 4, 2016 I apologize in advance if the following descriptions come off as grandiose. But regarding the Aaron Parks Group, anything that doesn't walk the line of hyperbole feels like an undersell. They were one of the most exciting acts ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Antonio Sanchez: Three Times Three & The Meridian Suite

by Luigi Sforza
February 26, 2016

Antonio Sanchez Three Times Three # CamJazz 2015 Tra vari modi di intendere un trio jazz, Antonio Sanchez ne ha scelti tre. Per il suo eccellente doppio album Three Time Three, il batterista messicano ha radunato attorno a sè sei importanti musicisti; con loro ha dato vita a tre trii: ...

News: Video / DVD

Ben Wendel - The Seasons Project: August with Mark Turner + NPR + Concerts + ACT II

September 2, 2015

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Journalists, DJs & PDs, Ben Wendel is incredibly happy to announce the next installment of his video art project, The Seasons. Previous guests on The Seasons include Julian Lage, Shai Maestro, Matt Brewer, Joshua Redman and others. This month features a duet with the great saxophonist and composer, Mark Turner, “someone who has ...