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Article: Live Review

Jazz & Wine of Peace 2014

Read "Jazz & Wine of Peace 2014" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Jazz & Wine of Peace 2014 Cormons: 18-26.10.2014 Giunto alla 17ma edizione, il Jazz & Wine of Peace di Cormons si colloca tra i migliori festival nazionali, coniugando ricercate scelte musicali con la valorizzazione del territorio: in primis la rinomata produzione enologica del Collio. Organizzato dal Comune e dal ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Max Johnson: Big Eyed Rabbit

Read "Max Johnson: Big Eyed Rabbit" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Bassist Max Johnson is one of the most prolific and versatile musician/composers in music today and likely on the verge of a major breakthrough. Barely past the year's mid-point Johnson has offered three fine releases with different groups and distinctly different styles. Recording with Kirk Knuffke on cornet on Johnson's namesake trio release The Invisible Trio ...

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Article: Album Review

Max Johnson: The Prisoner

Read "The Prisoner" reviewed by John Sharpe


NYC-based bassist Max Johnson already boasts an impressively strong discography, after just two entries: Quartet (Not Two, 2013) and Elevated Vegetation (FMR, 2012). With a new crew on board for The Prisoner, he tackles that hoary chestnut the concept album. Except of course that in the medium of jazz, this doesn't mean a string of banal ...

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Article: Album Review

Max Johnson Quartet: The Prisoner

Read "The Prisoner" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Double bassist Max Johnson's new suite The Prisoner is inspired by the futuristic British cult TV series from the end of the sixties by the same name. This series was a source of inspiration for many artists, among them The Clash, Iron Maiden, and avant-garde sound artist David Shea. New York-based Johnson assembled a quartet of ...

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Article: Album Review

Max Johnson Trio: The Invisible Trio

Read "The Invisible Trio" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The sophomore release of New York-based Max Johnson Trio, after Elevated Vegetation (FMR 2012), finds this highly versatile acoustic trio focusing more on written compositions and less on free improvisation. The trio--Johnson on double bass, prolific Kirk Knuffke on cornet and Ziv Ravitz on the drums--enjoys stretching Johnson's compositions in surprising ways. ...

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Article: Album Review

Max Johnson Trio: The Invisible Trio

Read "The Invisible Trio" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


The musical lineage within the small circle of bassist Max Johnson's trio is unquestionably among the finest in cutting-edge jazz. The leader has played with bassist William Parker, alto legend Anthony Braxton, trombonist Steve Swell and drummer Tyshawn Sorey. In the case of Johnson's current trio, his drummer, Ziv Ravitz, is also a member of the ...

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News: Festival

Monday Night Jazz Sessions @ Quinn’s In Beacon, NY Announces Its Schedule For 2014

Monday Night Jazz Sessions @ Quinn’s In Beacon, NY Announces Its Schedule For 2014

The Monday night jazz sessions that began this past October at the new Beacon, NY venue Quinn's have been enormously well-received both by audiences (many of whom by no means jazz fans) and musicians, locally and worldwide. By showcasing some of the most acclaimed, uncompromising artists covering a very wide spectrum of the music in a ...

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Take Five With Cheryl Pyle

Read "Take Five With Cheryl Pyle" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Cheryl Pyle:The versatile flutist Cheryl Pyle received her BA in Music from the University of California at Berkeley in 1976, having received her Associates Degree from Mesa College in 1974. Her teachers included Merrill Jordan, Janet Maestre, Francis Watson, and Jayn Rosenfeld. She took Master classes with Jean-Pierre Rampal, Julius Baker, and James ...

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Article: Album Review

Federico Ughi Quartet: Federico Ughi Quartet

Read "Federico Ughi Quartet" reviewed by Florence Wetzel


The Federico Ughi Quartet is part of the lineage that continues to emerge from saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Ughi's work embodies a range of disparate influences, including classical music and Italian folk tunes, but in the quartet's eponymous release Ughi pays homage to Coleman's spiritual, philosophical, and musical influence. The quartet even mirrors Coleman's archetypal two-horn-bass-drums lineup, ...

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News: Event

Arts For Art / Vision Presents Music Is Mine At Campos Plaza Outdoors And Free

Arts For Art / Vision Presents  Music Is Mine At Campos Plaza Outdoors And Free

A Musical Celebration, Acknowledging The Children of Campos Plaza. Due to Sequester Cuts, federally funded NYCHA Children, Senior & Health Centers are threatened with closing.Our event is not only a celebration for the children, it is to bring attention to the importance of these programs. Music is Mine will be performing original music under the direction ...


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