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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2024

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by Mark Sullivan

Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 30 to July 4, 2024 This year's official announcement of the headliners of the 44th edition of the festival included André 3000, Norah Jones, Hiatus Kaiyote, Laufey, Robert Glasper, and Orville Peck. This diverse group is notable for departing from ...

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Article: Album Review

Alex Sipiagin: Horizons

Read "Horizons" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello

Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin has always been a deeply devoted musical explorer. From early bop origins to more modern forays, he has ventured far and wide, developing both improvisationally and compositionally. With Horizons this fine artist continues his path, delivering--along with frequent sidekick Chris Potter and a superior rhythm section--yet another breakthrough album. It is possibly Sipiagin's ...

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Article: Live Review

Whiplash In Concert At Barbican Hall

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by Chris May

Multiquarium Big Band Barbican Hall Whiplash in ConcertLondon July 4, 2024 Studying at a music conservatoire can stifle an aspiring young jazz musician, and to inhabit for a moment the world of the Whiplash baddie Professor Terence Fletcher, there are times when one might wish it stifled more of ...

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Article: Album Review

Michele Fattori, Marcello Sebastiani: Gavagai

Read "Gavagai" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Erano più di vent'anni che non ascoltavo un lavoro di Marcello Sebastiani, uno dei molti artisti italiani che, pur non avendo mai “bucato lo schermo," coltivano con cura e qualità il loro amore per la musica, dedicandosi anche alla didattica. A distanza di tanto tempo ho conservato il bel ricordo di un suo disco, Duets, nel ...

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Article: Album Review

Jack Walrath: Live At Smalls

Read "Live At Smalls" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux

Live At Smalls is trumpeter Jack Walrath's vibrant exploration of contemporary jazz, showcasing his deft leadership and inventive compositions. He is surrounded by an ensemble of stellar musicians including tenor saxophonist Abraham Burton, pianist George Burton, acoustic bassist Boris Kozlov and drummer Donald Edwards. The album opens with “Roadkill," one of the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Leigh Pilzer, Patricia Brennan, and Mark Masters

Read "Leigh Pilzer, Patricia Brennan, and Mark Masters" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

This episode features recent releases by Leigh Pilzer and the duo of Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy. It also includes older music by Patricia Brennan, Michael Gibbs, and the Mark Masters Ensemble. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Free Form 45 Format + Davis, Rollins & Hill

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by David Brown

This week, for our first hour, we'll present a free-from 45 format. Spinning singles from this box of mini platters I have right here. Reading the recently released book titled “In with the In crowd, Popular Jazz in 1960s Black America" by Mike Smith, I was reminded that jazz artists in the mid-century were part of ...

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Article: Album Review

Gianfranco Menzella: Dedicated To Bob Berg

Read "Dedicated To Bob Berg" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan

The name of tenor and soprano saxophonist Bob Berg seems to be mentioned less frequently over time, but he was one of the most gifted saxophonists in the generation that followed in the wake of John Coltrane. His passion, timing and technique were among the best. In some ways, his style was similar to Michael Brecker; ...

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Article: Readers Poll Results

Your Favorite Jazz Vibraphonists

Read "Your Favorite Jazz Vibraphonists" reviewed by Michael Ricci

by Michael Ricci

Member votes were tabulated and this list represents our favorite jazz vibraphonists. Fully transparent and easily verifiable, All About Jazz's favorite vibraphonists poll was conducted during the 2023-2024 calendar year and ran up through June 27, 2024. We want to thank every member who participated in creating this impressive list (100 total!) for the next generation ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon De Lucia: The Brubeck Octet Project

Read "The Brubeck Octet Project" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

Synchronicity is a wondrous thing. Item: At around the same time that Albert Ayler was developing his sound in the U.S.A., the Ethiopian tenor saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya was forging a strikingly similar one in Addis Ababa. Neither player had heard the other, and Mekurya had never heard any jazz at all. Feel the Force?


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