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Article: Interview

Steve Swell: Unlimited Musical Possibilities

Read "Steve Swell: Unlimited Musical Possibilities" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

"Free Jazz" and “Avant-Garde Jazz" are catch phrases often associated with musical pioneers such as Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor but more broadly refer to music that goes outside of the mainstream of melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure. When that happens, opinions and emotions abound. Reactions vary from disgust to excitement and enthusiasm, and it is ...

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News: Advocacy

Miles Davis Memorial Project Launches Indiegogo Campaign

Miles Davis Memorial Project Launches Indiegogo Campaign

Hoping to accelerate the pace of raising money to put a statue of legendary trumpeter Miles Davis in downtown Alton, the Miles Davis Memorial Project has turned to online crowd-funding via an IndieGoGo campaign. Funding levels for potential supporters range from $1 up to $5,000, with rewards including various sorts of imprinted swag (buttons, T-shirts, can ...

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Article: Interview

John Riley: Inspiring Innovation

Read "John Riley: Inspiring Innovation" reviewed by Ben Scholz

by Ben Scholz

Foremost an innovator, John Riley has always been a “drummer's drummer" in the world of straight-ahead jazz. With nearly a hundred recordings, a dozen videos, and five books under his belt, Riley is a veritable font of knowledge in the bebop realm. In this article, we take a look back at some of his musical endeavors ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Michael Feinberg's Humblebrag: Live at 800 East

Read "Michael Feinberg's Humblebrag: Live at 800 East" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne

Blending modern jazz with any aspect of funk or R&B is a risky proposition for a young jazz musician. No matter how personal one's concept may be, or how artfully executed, a segment of the jazz- listening population is going to yell “sellout!" at the first electric bass slap. Though he doesn't do slap bass, Michael ...

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Article: Album Review

The Snobs: Ekho’s Wheeling in Thespiae

Read "Ekho’s Wheeling in Thespiae" reviewed by Florence Wetzel

by Florence Wetzel

The Snobs are a wildly talented art-rock duo hailing from France. Mad Rabbit and Duck Feeling are brothers who have released ten innovative recordings, including the excellent Massive Liquidity (Bam Balam, 2011), which features the poetry and performance of the peerless Steve Dalachinsky. On their release Ekho's Wheeling in Thespiae, their music is, as always, a ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Jon Hassell: City: Works of Fiction (Expanded Edition)

Read "Jon Hassell: City: Works of Fiction (Expanded Edition)" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Originally released in 1990 on Brian Eno's forward-thinking Opal Records and reissued again, two years later, on All Saints Records, Jon Hassell's City: Works of Fiction was the trumpeter/keyboardist/conceptualist's fourth “official" installment in the Fourth World series that began with Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics (EG, 1980), followed by Fourth World Vol. 2: Dream Theory ...

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Article: Album Review

Peter Brotzmann/Sonny Sharrock: WHATTHEFUCKDOYOUWANT

Read "WHATTHEFUCKDOYOUWANT" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

Gone, now more than twenty years ago, guitarist Sonny Sharrock passing in 1994 seems like just yesterday. Maybe it is because his inexhaustible larger-than-life sound still permeates the music of today's free jazz community. This recording, from 1987 is a hidden gem and treasured fragment, perhaps another Rosetta Stone that allows listeners to appreciate how the ...

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Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Luca Dell'Anna

Read "I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Luca Dell'Anna" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

01. Clifford Brown--Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings (Verve -1989). A mio parere il punto più alto fra i giganti che stanno alla radice del jazz moderno è rappresentato da Clifford Brown. Ogni sua frase nasce già scolpita nella pietra, un'aderenza perfetta fra pensiero e azione. Ascoltando Clifford Brown mi ritorna chiara ogni volta l'importanza della ...

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Article: Live Review

Roberto Gatto Quintet al Soresina Jazz Fest 2014

Read "Roberto Gatto Quintet al Soresina Jazz Fest 2014" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Soresina Jazz Festival 2014 03.07.2014 Nell'ambito della seconda edizione del Soresina Jazz Fest--organizzato con il solito entusiasmo e competenza da White Bird, associazione che da tempo opera sul territorio per la promozione della musica jazz--abbiamo assistito all'esibizione del Roberto Gatto Quintet Tribute to Miles Davis, nella splendida cornice di Palazzo Ponzini. ...

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Article: Live Review

Dave Holland’s Prism at Copenhagen Jazzhouse

Read "Dave Holland’s Prism at Copenhagen Jazzhouse" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

Dave Holland's Prism Copenhagen Jazzhouse Copenhagen, Denmark July 10, 2014 In jazz, forming a new group gives the possibility of finding a new musical expression, but it can also be a way of returning to one's musical roots. In the case of bassist Dave Holland's group Prism, it is actually ...


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