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Article: Big Band in the Sky

Sonny Rollins Blows His Last At 95

Read "Sonny Rollins Blows His Last At 95" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Sonny Rollins, the world-renowned tenor saxophonist who lit up the jazz world for nearly seven decades, has died at the age of 95. Hailed in many quarters as the greatest improvising musician in jazz, his passing feels like the end of an era. In a career that began in the 1940s, Rollins played with ...

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Article: Album Review

Abbey Lincoln: That's Him

Read "That's Him" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

An intriguing byproduct of the current vinyl renaissance, Record Store Day has become a proving ground for labels looking to balance archival reverence with commercial opportunity. Craft Recordings has carved out a particularly compelling niche, frequently issuing mono editions of classic titles from its catalog. Following previous releases featuring Gerry Mulligan, Bill Evans, Max Roach, and ...

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Article: Interview

Johnathan Blake: 'My Life Matters'—Genesis of a Small Masterpiece

Read "Johnathan Blake: 'My Life Matters'—Genesis of a Small Masterpiece" reviewed by Marco Iacoboni

by Marco Iacoboni

Johnathan Blake is among the most authoritative drummers on today's international jazz scene. His playing embodies the energy, sophistication and restless curiosity of contemporary New York jazz, shaped through collaborations with artists such as Kenny Barron, Bill Frisell, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Tom Harrell. At the helm of a quintet of remarkable depth and sensitivity, Blake ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, Jake Baxendale, Fie Schouten, Samuel Torres

Read "Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, Jake Baxendale, Fie Schouten, Samuel Torres" reviewed by Cheryl K.

by Cheryl K.

During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music--selections from new releases by trumpeter Brian Lynch; Greenhouse Ensemble; vocalist Julia Keefe and her Indigenous Big Band; pianist Elan Mehler; saxophonist Jake Baxendale; Emie R Roussel Trio; clarinetist Fie Schouten; WaSaBi Trio; and percussionist Samuel Torres.Playlist Frank Carlberg “International Man of Mystery" from Monk ...

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Article: Interview

David Ambrosio Honors The Spirit of the '60s With Civil Disobedience

Read "David Ambrosio Honors The Spirit of the '60s With Civil Disobedience" reviewed by John Chacona

by John Chacona

Social activism and jazz have a long mutual history that arguably reached an apex with the resistance music of the '60s. On record, that music found a home at labels such as Impulse! and ESP-Disk. At the same time, artists in the Blue Note Records stable were assembling a body of work that was inspired by ...

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Article: Album Review

Charles Tolliver: Right Now... And Then

Read "Right Now... And Then" reviewed by Andrew Schinder

by Andrew Schinder

While jazz fusion dominated the commercial jazz scene during the 1970s, beneath the surface many musicians eschewed current market trends, and continued to develop and push forward the hard bop, modal, and spiritual sounds established during the previous decade. Many of those artists recorded for Strata-East Records, the now-seminal label co-founded by trumpeter Charles Tolliver and pianist ...

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Article: Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey: Members... Don't!

Read "Members... Don't!" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic

Pulitzer Prize-winning, MacArthur Fellow Dr. Tyshawn Sorey may not remember 1968 directly, since he was born in 1980, but he most certainly and unapologetically understands how angry that year was. And he has captured that fiery time with an epic reimagining? rethinking?  rebooting? double take of Max Roach's epic telling of that year after the Summer ...

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Article: Profile

Carlos Nathaniel Ward: libertà, spiritualità e rigore

Read "Carlos Nathaniel Ward: libertà, spiritualità e rigore" reviewed by Gaetano Fiore

by Gaetano Fiore

“Arte e Jazz? Non facile e acritica gestualità ma concentrato di analitica ponderatezza". In occasione di un mio omaggio pittorico espositivo a Bill Dixon a San Vincenzo (LI) nel 2010, Libero Farnè scrive la suddetta frase che ben fa riflettere su quanto sia importante procedere con “lentezza" per tradurre i concetti di libertà, spiritualità ...

Article: Album Review

James Newton Quartet: Live in Willisau

Read "Live in Willisau" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Ecco una pubblicazione molto opportuna, a favore di un musicista il cui lavoro è assai poco documentato. Ne fotografa un momento iniziale, immerso nel campo del jazz, dentro un percorso che, nell'arco di oltre cinquant'anni, ha successivamente toccato tappe di molteplice orientamento, sviluppandosi nella musica accademica contemporanea, per orchestra e da camera, per balletto e danza ...

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Article: Live Review

Jens Düppe Quintet feat. Francesco Bearzatti a Crossroads

Read "Jens Düppe Quintet feat. Francesco Bearzatti a Crossroads" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè

Jens Düppe Quintet feat. Francesco Bearzatti Cassero Teatro Comunale Crossroads Castel San Pietro Terme 10 aprile 2026 Dal 3 marzo al 31 luglio, vale a dire dalla fine dell'inverno all'estate piena, si protrae la 27^ edizione di Crossroads--Jazz e altro in Emilia-Romagna, che tocca una miriade di località con una ...


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