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Article: Extended Analysis

Light of the Supreme: Carlos Santana’s Devadip Trilogy

by Rob Caldwell
August 15, 2015

To the casual music fan in 1971 Carlos Santana appeared as if he was on top of the world. His band's appearance at Woodstock two short years earlier, plus their cover of Fleetwood Mac's “Black Magic Woman" had catapulted him to stardom. Yet, behind the scenes, his band was splintering. Different musical and personal objectives, plus ...

Article: Album Review

Mitchel Forman Trio: Puzzle

by Dan Bilawsky
August 12, 2015

Any good band, and this trio in particular, can be likened to a puzzle, with the players complementing one another and coming together to form a full picture. According to pianist Mitchel Forman, the listener is the final piece of that puzzle, completing the entire idea and experience behind creating and sharing music. After hearing this ...

Article: Take Five With...

Michel Reis il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
August 12, 2015

All About Jazz Italia: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Michel Reis: Cerco di fare una musica che sia piuttosto melodica e con armonie ricche. Cerco di avere delle idee precise, ma di lasciare comunque ai miei musicisti molta libertà di esprimersi. Quando suoniamo dal vivo abbiamo anche dei momenti veramente free. Un po' ...

Article: Catching Up With

Joe Magnarelli: On Three On Two

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 11, 2015

Trumpeter Joe Magnarelli is and has been one of the most respected jazz players on the jazz scene for years. A native of Syracuse, New York, “Mags" has recently returned from a critically well-received European tour and has just announced release of Three On Two for Posi-Tone Records. All About Jazz: Joe, on ...

Article: Drum Addiction

Less Is More? Really?

by Mat Marucci
August 11, 2015

There have been popular views by certain so-called experts that seem to have been accepted as dogma, the term “less is more" being one of them. However, as in any subject from sports to politics to science to religion, every pundit has an equal who has a contrary opinion. I, for one, am bothered by some ...

Article: Guitarist's Rendezvous

Mark Kleinhaut, Nat Janoff, Guillermo Bazzola, and Shan Arsenault

by Dom Minasi
August 10, 2015

Welcome back to Guitarists Rendezvous, our second installment in a series that introduces readers to emerging or established guitarists who fly just under the radar of public recognition. Each will field the same four questions and we've included audio and video so you can sample their music. This installment includes a diverse group ...

Article: Live Review

Paris Jazz Diary: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap

by Patricia Myers
August 10, 2015

Paris Jazz Diary 2015: Pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern, Bill Charlap Duc des Lombards, Sunside-Sunset Jazz Clubs Paris, France July 3, July 4, July 14, 2015 New York City pianists Kenny Barron, Harold Mabern and Bill Charlap led trios in three separate concerts as part of a pair of annual summer-season ...

Article: Album Review

Dusko Goykovich: Latin Haze

Read "Latin Haze" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
August 9, 2015

Reaching back deep into the memory bag, big band jazz aficionados might remember a brilliant, young Yugoslavian jazz trumpeter who graced the horn sections of Maynard Ferguson's, Woody Herman's and Clark Terry's 1960s ensembles. Shortly thereafter, Dusko Goykovich returned to Europe and, over the decades, has become one of the continent's most celebrated and beloved jazz ...

Article: Live Review

Mark Hagan, Bill Mobley, Danny Walsh, Bob DeVos, Andy Watson At The Old '76 House

by David A. Orthmann
August 7, 2015

Mark Hagan, Bill Mobley, Danny Walsh, Bob DeVos, Andy Watson The Old '76 House Mark Hagan's Jazz Salon Tappan, NY July 29, 2015 Over the last four years, bassist Mark Hagan has presided over a Jazz Salon at The Old '76 House in Tappan, NY. The Wednesday night series ...

Article: Album Review

Matt Criscuolo: Headin’ Out

Read "Headin’ Out" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
August 5, 2015

Un ben amalgamato, efficiente quartetto con la chitarra di Tony Purrone (suoi anche due dei nove temi in scaletta, “Karma at Dharma" e “R 510 Select") come strumento armonico, firma questo nuovo album (dovrebbe trattarsi del sesto) di Matt Criscuolo. Non aspettatevi novità sconvolgenti, o tratti di particolare originalità, ma una musica del tutto onesta suonata ...