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News: Education

Summer Jazz Sicily: 8-Day Workshop in Polizzi Generoso - Applications Due April 15, 2010

New York, NY - Summer Jazz Sicily is pleased to announce openings for our 2010 jazz workshop in Polizzi Generoso, Sicily, led by NYC jazz drummer and director of percussion at the Fieldston School, Scott Latzky. Aspiring jazz musicians of all levels are invited to join us for this intensive 8-day workshop which includes private lessons, ...

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Article: Interview

Chris Jentsch: Cycles and Reflecting on the Journey

Read "Chris Jentsch: Cycles and Reflecting on the Journey" reviewed by Ludwig vanTrikt


John Coltrane once said, “Let the music speak for itself." The guitarist/composer and band leader Christopher Jentsch adds an interesting twist on that subject by opting to describe himself when asked about the broader subject of how to capture his music in his own words. “I think of myself as a composer/guitarist working with contemporary improvisational ...

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Lunch Special

Label: Three P's Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Track Listing: Circolazione; Happy Hour; Chopping Mall; Pula Paradise; Nothing Could Be; School's Out (intro); School's Out; Chicken Soup Dance (intro); Chicken Soup Dance; Lunch Special.

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News: Interview

Reedman/Composer Matt Renzi Interviewed at AAJ

Reedman/Composer Matt Renzi Interviewed at AAJ

Matt Renzi is a multi-reedist, best known for his tenor sax playing and clarinet (his two main horns), but who has a knack for picking up other instruments as needed such as oboe, piccolo and flute. His New York City-based trio has been well-recognized for its group improv and composition and has recorded several CDs. Performing ...

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Article: Interview

Matt Renzi: Between the Lines

Read "Matt Renzi: Between the Lines" reviewed by Blaine Fallis


Matt Renzi is a multi-reedist, best known for his tenor sax playing and clarinet (his two main horns), but who has a knack for picking up other instruments as needed such as oboe, piccolo and flute. His New York City-based trio has been well-recognized for its group improv and composition and has recorded several CDs. Also ...

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Article: Album Review

Matt Renzi: Lunch Special

Read "Lunch Special" reviewed by Blaine Fallis


Lunch Special should win a marketing award for having the freshest CD design concept, although the actual photo of linguine with oysters used as the CD imprint may not be as fresh as the music itself. At least the designer was nice enough to reveal a relatively clean plate inside the tray card once the CD ...

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Article: Album Review

Matt Renzi: Lunch Special

Read "Lunch Special" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


This Brooklyn, NY-based progressive jazz trio brings memorable compositional frameworks and intriguing improvisational endeavors to the proverbial table. Saxophonist Matt Renzi is a well-schooled musician who possesses a fertile imagination. The evidence lies within the buoyant works that are partly devised upon subtle tension and release statements and pulsating flows, abetted by his trio's democratic mode ...

Album

Lo schiavo

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Cheap (E.Bracco) - 05:39; 2. Bisteccone (A.Sciommeri) - 05:22; 3. Lo schiavo (A.Sciommeri) - 09:46; 4. G.S. (A.Sciommeri) - 06:36; 5. Rick (E.Bracco) - 06:42; 6. Quarantena (E.Bracco) - 06:52; 7. Six and Four (O.Nelson) - 04:10.

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Article: Album Review

Armando Sciommeri: Lo schiavo

Read "Lo schiavo" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Il batterista Armando Sciommeri si è affermato nell’ambiente romano per un ottimo senso del tempo, un modo originale di accompagnare ed un grande istinto, virtù che lo hanno portato a collaborare con musicisti affermati come Mario Raja e Pietro Lussu, o - nell'ambito teatrale - Giorgio Albertazzi. Dopo tanto lavoro come side-man ha deciso di pubblicare ...

Album

The Cave

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Poison Ivy; The Rice Shed; Stand Clear(of the closing doors); Stones For Sand; In Circles; Faces and Places; To The Cave; Three Stories.


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