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Film Noir, a Jazz Investigation

By LUDOVICO GRANVASSU

In search of clues about the key components that make it possible to build the mood, the suspense, the intrigue, the build-up of tension, the adrenaline rush and the release in a good film noir with a jazz soundtrack, or in the jazz soundtrack of an imaginary film noir. Plus an interview with German-born, ...

2016: The Year in Jazz

By KEN FRANCKLING

The year 2016 bubbled with events and initiatives to strengthen jazz's place in American and world culture, as well as a variety of venue openings, closings and cancellations. Jazz hit the silver screen in many ways throughout the year, and International Jazz Day continued to thrive--complete with a major all-star concert at the White House. Pop ...

Le Boeuf Brothers + JACK Quartet: Imaginist

By MIKE JACOBS

If one were to reference the Le Boeuf Brothers previous recordings for what to expect from their latest effort with the JACK Quartet, Imaginist, they might indeed find a pattern of fine musicianship and compositional ability that would not mislead. But clear evidence would also be shown of the Le Boeuf's tendencies toward eclecticism and unpredictability. ...

Perfect Vision - The Esquivel Sound

By METROPOLE ORCHESTRA

Label: Basta
Released: 2014
Track listing: Mini Skirt; Poinciana; Sentimental Journey; Estrellita; Bye Bye Blues; All of Me; Solamente une Vez; Time on My Hands; My Blue Heaven; Cachito; Third Man Theme; So Rare; La Raspa; Take the A Train; Jalousie; Spellbound; Cherokee; Lullaby of Birdland; Magic Is the Moonlight; La Paloma; Who's Sorry Now?

Metropole Orkest: Perfect Vision - The Esquivel Sound

By ANGELO LEONARDI

Gli universi paralleli esistono, perlomeno in musica. Negli anni dal 1958 al 1962 il jazz statunitense ha vissuto una fase innovativa così ricca e variegata da assorbire totalmente gli appassionati (fino a oggi), portandoli a tralasciare quanto coesisteva nel vicino universo della pop music. In quegli anni l'industria discografica aveva scoperto il potenziale suggestivo ...

Martin Wind: Appreciating Bill Evans

By R.J. DELUKE

Bassist Martin Wind had already gigged with American jazz musicians prior to moving to New York City in 1996 to advance his musical studies. Though classically trained, Wind is highly versatile, having played in orchestras, small jazz groups, crossing genres on the electric bass prior to departing his native Germany. Now, years later, he ...

Better Get Hit In Your Soul: A Tribute To The Music Of Charles Mingus

By METROPOLE ORCHESTRA

Label: EMI
Released: 2012

Lee Konitz: What True Improvising Is

By BOB KENSELAAR

Lee Konitz is legendary as one of the great individualists in jazz, an art form that has always placed an extraordinary high value on individualism and unique forms of expression. “I've pretty much dedicated myself to trying to figure out what true improvising is," he says, “as opposed to playing what you know and getting loose ...