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Mark Lomax, II and Edwin Bayard - Ogún Meji Duo: Freedom Suite

by Karl Ackermann
More than half a century after Sonny Rollins' civil rights statement Freedom Suite (Riverside, 1958), we have not advanced enough as a species to lay such sentiments to rest. The Ogún Meji Duodrummer Mark Lomax, II and saxophonist Edwin Bayardhonor Rollins and the suite, with a new and different interpretation of his seminal work. This is ...
Jamie Krents: Hardcore Jazz Fan And New President Of Impulse!

by Chris May
For jazz lovers in general, and Impulse! devotees in particular, the future just got brighter, more orange and more black. Jamie Krents, a longtime Impulse! aficionado, has been appointed the label's president. In his previous role as executive vice president, Krents played a determining role in recent signings such as The Comet Is Coming (pictured), The ...
Sean Nelson's New London Big Band: Social Hour

by Chris M. Slawecki
"For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to have my own big band--an epic jazz orchestra of 17+ musicians," writes trombonist Sean Nelson in the liner notes to this set named for the 17-piece New London Big Band's home base, The Social Bar + Kitchen in New London, Connecticut. Nelson, also a ...
JazzMI 2022 - VII Edizione

by Paolo Peviani
JazzMI Milano 29.09-9.10.2022 Fine settembre: cadono tutte le restrizioni anti-Covid che ci hanno accompagnato per oltre due anni, ed inizia il festival JazzMI. Non potevamo immaginare modo migliore per festeggiare il ritorno alla vita normale. Milano che si riscopre, sia pure per solo una decina di giorni, città del jazz! Uno status ...
Freaks in Mayberry & the Boney Oscar Stomp

by Chris M. Slawecki
Giuseppe Paradiso & Meridian 71 Parallel Dimensions Ubuntu Music 2022 Parallel Dimensions steers the listener's imagination through a luxurious multicultural tapestry woven in music by drummer, vocalist, composer, arranger and producer Giuseppe Paradiso and his sextet. It explores broad musical horizons that can sound radiantly bright ...
Michael A. Levy: From Piano to iPad

by Jakob Baekgaard
It is a common perception that artists do their most innovative work when they are young and then gradually lose the spark of innovation in favor of a refinement of an already established artistic expression. There are, however, many artists who remain curious all their life and never stop being interested in the interplay between emerging ...
A Different Drummer, Pt. 8: Ustad Zakir Hussain Talks Tabla

by Karl Ackermann
Origins of the Tabla The twin hand drum was developed in its current form about 300 years ago on the Indian subcontinent but the roots of the tabla may date to pre-Muslim, Arabia. The name comes from tabl," the Arabic word for drum, and temple carvings of tabla-like double-hand drums date to 500 BCE. Tabla is ...
Cheryl Richards: Another Spring, Another Song

by Jakob Baekgaard
It can be hard to find new things to say in old songs, but after many years of singing the standards, some singers are still able to discover the secret of a song. Cheryl Richards is a shining example of a singer who has been able to prove the relevance of the standards for a modern ...
Nate Smith: A Drummer's Life

by Mark Robbins
Nate Smith can't sit down! After headlining with two of his bands at the 2022 Newport Jazz Festival, The Fearless Flyers and Nate Smith + Kinfolk he is off to New York for a one week run at the Blue Note followed by Los Angeles, Europe and then back to the United States where he is ...
Fano Jazz by the Sea 2022

by Libero Farnè
Fano Varie sedi 2231.7.2022 Fano Jazz by the Sea, giunto al traguardo della trentesima edizione, ha confermato un impianto organizzativo ormai collaudato, messo a punto negli anni dal suo storico direttore artistico Adriano Pedini. Concentrato nel centro storico della cittadina marchigiana, il festival ha ruotato soprattutto attorno al nucleo formato dal main ...