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Nobu Stowe: Beyond Free
by Glenn Astarita
The music of NS (Nobu) Stowe is synonymous with the musical storytelling characterized with spontaneity and melodic romanticism--a true rarity in the field of fully improvised music. Stowe has not only mastered the art of total improvisation--a method of fully improvised music that embraces song-like melody, tonal harmony and rhythmic propulsion as well as more commonly ...
Jean-Michel Pilc: True Story
by Karl Ackermann
Jean-Michel Pilc has yet to achieve a US prominence that compares to his fellow French jazz pianists, the late Michel Petrucciani and Algerian-born Martial Solal. While both of the latter musicians are frequently cited for their lightning-fast delivery, Pilc shares their agility as well as a finely honed ear for lyricism. But ultimately, Pilc is a ...
Francis Dreyfus: 1940 - 2010
Music publisher and record producer Francis Dreyfus died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at the age of 70. Through his labels Disques Motors and Dreyfus Records, Francis Dreyfus launched the careers of prominent artists, including Christophe and Jean Michel Jarre. His love of jazz led to the creation of the Dreyfus Jazz label which brought together such ...
Bassists Anthony Jackson and Yiorgos Fakanas Interviewed at AAJ
It may come as a surprise to anyone wading through bass guitar giant Anthony Jackson's discography, which mind bogglingly totals over three thousand recordings, that he has never recorded a solo album. The legendary bassist--who has played with an astonishing variety of artists of the caliber of Chick Corea, Roberta Flack, the O'Jays, Buddy Rich, Paul ...
Anthony Jackson and Yiorgos Fakanas: Interspirits
by Ian Patterson
It may come as a surprise to anyone wading through bass guitar giant Anthony Jackson's discography, which mind bogglingly totals over three thousand recordings, that he has never recorded a solo album. The legendary bassist--who has played with an astonishing variety of artists of the caliber of Chick Corea, Roberta Flack, the O'Jays, Buddy Rich, Paul ...
Take Five With Mathias Claus
by AAJ Staff
Meet Mathias Claus:Jazz pianist Mathias Claus, born 1956 in Waiblingen nearby Stuttgart, Germany. Education as jazz pianist at Musikhochschule Hamburg, diploma with excellence in 1989. Further studies at the famous Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA, plus classical studies with Shigeko Takeya and others. Mathias Claus started collaborating on recordings with ...
John Geggie: Unexpected Conversations
by John Kelman
Most cities have them: musicians who act like a lightning rod, focusing and driving their jazz scenes. In Ottawa, Canada, bassist John Geggie has been one of those significant focal points for two decades, but in particular over the past ten years. He's one of the founding organizers and faculty members of Jazzworks which, amongst other ...
Petrucciani NHOP 10th Anniversary
Label: Dreyfus Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD 1: 01. All the Things You Are; 02. I Can't Get Started; 03. Oleo;04. All Blues; 05. Beautiful
Love; 06. Someday My Prince Will Come; 07. Billie's Bounce; 08. Autumn Leaves. CD 2: 01. St Thomas; 02. These Foolish Things; 03. Stella By Starlight; 04. Blues In The
Closet; 05. Round Midnight; 06. Future Child; 07. My Funny Valentine.
Marian Petrescu Quartet at the Jazz Standard (NYC) on June 16th
Some may call it hubris to introduce Marian Petrescu with an album in which he is asked to step into the shoes of a uniquely accomplished and intimidating virtuoso. But that assumption evaporates in an instant, once the music of Resonance Big Band Plays the Legacy of Oscar Peterson begins. That's all it takes to make ...
Michel Petrucciani - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: Petrucciani NHOP 10th Anniversary
by AAJ Italy Staff
Di Michel Petrucciani, scomparso prematuramente nel 1999, se ne parla ormai poco o nulla. La pubblicazione di questo doppio disco è l'occasione giusta per ricordarne l'immenso talento, fatto di poesia, lirismo, incisività ritmica. Una stella del firmamento jazzistico europeo, che nelle incisioni francesi ha lasciato forse il più significativo testamento musicale. Un gigante del pianismo jazz, ...
