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Jonathan Finlayson: Moving Still
by Dan Bilawsky
If the title of trumpeter-composer Jonathan Finlayson's sophomore outing doesn't fully express his keenness in balancing conceptual grounding and rigor with fly-to-the-outer-limits expressiveness, the music certainly does. Moving Still--the highly anticipated follow up to Moment And The Message (Pi Recordings, 2013)--finds Finlayson doing what he does best: offsetting intricate lines and latticework with episodes of openness, ...
Michael Moynihan Quartet: Chronicles
by Mark Sullivan
Tucson, Arizona is not the first place most people associate with jazz. But it's where saxophonist Michael Moynihan grew up, and the setting for his debut album Chronicles. He says “I try to incorporate the settings as an integral part of the music on Chronicles, and have selected all musicians who are based in Tucson or ...
Quinsin Nachoff: Flux
by Mark Corroto
Listening to Flux by saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff, it's easy to see in your mind's eye the DNA double helix beautifully spinning in the dark space of the human cell. That's because Nachoff composes tight, complex chamber pieces, seemingly delicate in structure, but able to withstand the attack of the jazz infantry. Nachoff's training and ...
Siena Jazz 2016
by Duncan Heining
Built around the city's Jazz University Summer School, the Siena Jazz Festival is unique. Each evening, tutors and students perform in a variety of gorgeous settings in this most beautiful of cities. One night it is a stage set against the 16th century backdrop of the Basilica Provenzano, another dwarfed by the mighty Basilica di. S. ...
Sebastian Noelle: Shelter
by Budd Kopman
Guitarist Sebastian Noelle is a very busy player, but just does not make many records, which seem to come about every five years: Across The River (2006), Koan (2011) and now the marvelous Shelter. Assembling a first rate band consisting of Marc Mommaas on tenor saxophone (heard most recently on Ballads And Standards), pianist ...
Greg Osby: Saxophone “Griot”
by Victor L. Schermer
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 ...
Torino Jazz Festival: le molteplici facce del jazz
by Libero Farnè
Torino Jazz Festival varie sedi 22.04-01.05.2016 Non è facile trovare in Italia manifestazioni jazzistiche paragonabili al Torino Jazz Festival. Il confronto più plausibile è quello con Umbria Jazz. Entrambi i festival infatti sono motivati da un intento promozionale e divulgativo, dalla volontà di far avvicinare a questa musica ...
Kind of Purple: Jazz Musicians On Prince
by Kurt Gottschalk
"Do you know who Prince kinda reminds me of, particularly as a pianist? Duke! Yeah, he's the Duke Ellington of the eighties to my way of thinking."--Miles Davis The tops of the pop charts isn't where we often expect to find genius. Brilliant performers sometimes, expert attention grabbers maybe more often, but it's not ...
Matt Mitchell: Vista Accumulation
by Vincenzo Roggero
L'elenco delle formazioni a cui ha prestato i propri servigi è da paura comprendendo, tra gli altri, Tim Berne's Snakeoil, Dave Douglas Quintet, Rudresh Mahanthappa Bird Calls, John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, ossia una bella fetta della scena avant jazz statunitense, ma come leader il pianista Matt Mitchell è solo alla seconda prova. Vista Accumulation, che giunge ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Bird Calls at The Wexner Center for The Arts
by Mark Corroto
Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa brought his quintet to the Wexner Center at The Ohio State University February 27, 2016, to play his book of original compositions precipitated by the music of Charlie Parker. The audience to this sold out show was left with the proverbial question: which came first, the chicken or the egg?
