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Article: Catching Up With

David Crosby: A Revitalized Creativity

by Mike Jacobs
January 19, 2019

David Crosby has had--and is still having--quite a long and storied career. While many musicians obviously have had those too, music doesn't always come out on top for many at this late stage of the game. It has though for Mr. Crosby--quite conspicuously. All About Jazz had a conversation with the seemingly unstoppable music ...

Album

Empire Central

By Snarky Puppy

Label: GroundUP Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Keep It on Your Mind; East Bay; Bet; Cliroy; Take It!; Portal; Broken Arrow; RL's; Mean Green; Fuel City; Free Fall; Belmont; Pineapple; Honiara; Coney Bear; Trinity.

Article: Album Review

Snarky Puppy: Empire Central

Read "Empire Central" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 3, 2022

A diciotto anni dalla nascita, gli Snarky Puppy sono tornati a Dallas —luogo d'origine della formazione— per registrare un nuovo album scegliendo l'approccio preferito: quel “live in the studio" con pubblico in sala che ha caratterizzato le loro opere migliori. Quindi otto notti alla Deep Ellum Art Company per mettere a punto 16 ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz At Juan-Les-Pins Festival 2022

by Martin McFie
July 27, 2022

Pinède Gould Jazz à Juan Festival Juan les Pins, South of France July 6-19 2022 Juan-les-Pins is an elegant beach town near Antibes, in the South of France. The stage is set on the Mediterranean sea shore, surrounded by pine trees and sandy beaches. There is no backdrop, so the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Hermeto Pascoal, Somi, Leo Genovese, Melissa Aldana & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
April 23, 2022

Somi's tribute to Miriam Makeba and a previously unreleased wild live recording by Hermeto Pascoal bookend an episode replete with beautiful new albums, with a special focus on Latin America, Caribbean and European artists.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Somi “House of the Rising Sun" ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Mareille Merck

by AAJ Staff
October 23, 2021

Meet Mareille Merck Mareille Merck is a guitarist and composer who was born in Germany and lives in Zurich, Switzerland. She studied with Frank Möbus, Lionel Loueke, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Roberto Bossard and Kalle Kalima. At the young age of 25 she has already shared the stage with John McLaughlin and Michael League from Snarky Puppy. Mareille ...

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz 2021

by Libero Farnè
July 22, 2021

Perugia Varie sedi 09--18/07/2021 Fra i molti festival jazz che si sono affollati e sovrapposti nei mesi di giugno e luglio, probabilmente Umbria Jazz è quello che più ha sofferto della situazione pandemica. L'impossibilità di organizzare i concerti gratuiti nel centro storico, la mancanza di turismo, la defezione, anche all'ultimo minuto, di ...

Article: Contributor News

Rinascita di primavera: una panoramica sui prossimi festival

by Libero Farnè
May 31, 2021

Alla fine di aprile finalmente il via è arrivato. Gli organizzatori di festival e rassegne da tempo si erano rimboccati le maniche in fiduciosa attesa della ripartenza, affrontando gradualmente tutti gli aspetti organizzativi, economici, promozionali relativi alla loro programmazione. Sono stati sei i mesi di silenzio, di sosta forzata della musica dal vivo. Gli ultimi concerti ...

Article: BackTracks

Live, Eclectic, And Electrifying

by Mike Jacobs
April 30, 2021

Live albums. Love them, hate them, they are definitely a different animal from the studio album. It may be argued--especially with all of the tools available currently--that the “studio" recording is the means by which music can be crafted and honed into the most accurate representation of the artist's vision. And yes, live albums can be ...

Article: Live Review

Montreux Jazz Artists Autumn of Music

by Martin McFie
October 26, 2020

The Montreux Palace Autumn of Music Montreux Switzerland 12-17 October 2020 The obvious, burning question for Montreux Jazz Festival press officer Marc Zendrini, concerned plans for the Festival in 2021. He replied “We have safe possibilities for outside performance next summer, all along the lakefront. But for which artists, on what ...