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Matt Mitchell: Phalanx Ambassadors
by Troy Dostert
Pianist Matt Mitchell's music can be appreciated on a number of levels. It's remarkably cerebral, on the one hand, with a conceptual apparatus that sometimes verges on the impenetrable; yet there are also moments in which the many moving parts of his compositions come together in ways that are quite emotionally powerful. And then there's simply ...
Asian-American Jazz & Improv
by Ludovico Granvassu
As jazz was born where cultures converged, it's not a surprise that it is the most adaptable form of music. An art form permeable since its very inception to musical traditions from other continents. This week we focus on the contribution of musicians that approached jazz and improvised music benefiting from the wider perspective afforded to ...
Trondheim Jazzfest 2019: Part 2-2
by Henning Bolte
Part 1 | Part 2 Trondheim JazzfestSylvie Courvoisier Trio Trondheim, Norway May 10, 2019 Trondheim, Norway's third largest city and the country's center of intelligence in science, engineering and technology, holds a key-place in Norwegian history and identity in general, and in jazz/music specifically. The six-day Trondheim Jazzfest starts ...
Mary Halvorson / Joe Morris: Traversing Orbits
by John Sharpe
Birds of a feather flock together might be the motto of acclaimed guitarist Mary Halvorson as she has made a habit of teaming up with fellow pickers on a series of dates. Prominent among them is The Maid With The Flaxen Hair: A Tribute to Johnny Smith (Tzadik Records, 2018) with Bill Frisell, but among others ...
Thelonious Monk Revisited
by Ludovico Granvassu
Thelonious Monk once said “play what you want and let the public pick up on what you are doing even if it does take them 15, 20 years." Luckily, he lived long enough to become fully embraced and celebrated before his passing. However, it's after his death that his music has really become central to the ...
Il Meglio Del 2018 Secondo Giuseppe Segala
by Giuseppe Segala
La produzione del 2018 è stata copiosa e alcuni grandi protagonisti, come Henry Threadgill e Steve Coleman, hanno pubblicato documenti significativi della propria attività. Ha fatto giustamente scalpore il ritrovamento delle registrazioni di John Coltrane, pubblicate con il titolo Both Directions at Once, che aggiungono motivi di riflessione e piacere a chi non si stanca di ...
2019 Winter JazzFest's Weekend Marathon: A Survival Guide
by Ludovico Granvassu
With each passing year, Winter JazzFest—New York's premiere jazz festival—has expanded the number of venues presenting an increasingly diverse array of musicians. There are several ways to approach a programme as dense and exciting as the 2019 edition of the two-day Marathon spanning January 11th and 12th. Thanks to an embarrassment of riches, festival goers face ...
Work: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Monk
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Locomotive; Brilliant Corners; Gallop’s Gallop; Light Blue; Evidence; Crepuscule With Nellie; San Francisco Holiday; Monk’s Point;
Shuffle Boil; Jackie-ing; Criss Cross; Introspection; Functional; We See; Sixteen; Misterioso; Humph; Teo; Horning In; Raise Four;
Skippy; Pannonica; Think Of One; Well You Needn’t; Bolivar Blues; Monk’s Dream; Little Rootie Tootie; Eronel; Thelonious; Ruby, My
Dear; Four In One; Blue Hawk; Stuffy Turkey; A Merrier Christmas; Played Twice; Bemsha Swing; Blues Five Spot; Bye-Ya; Who
Knows; Green Chimneys; Blue Sphere; Ugly Beauty; Oska T; Hackensack; Ask Me Now; I Mean You; 52nd St. Theme; Something In
Blue; Nutty; Off Minor; Two Timer; In Walked Bud; Monk’s Mood; Let’s Call This; Let’s Cool One; Children’s Song; Boo Boo’s Birthday;
Rhythm-a-ning; North Of The Sunset; Epistrophy; Bright Mississippi; Coming On The Hudson; Trinkle Tinkle; Reflections; Brake’s
Sake; Straight no Chaser; Friday The 13th; ‘Round Midnight; Work; Blue Monk.
Mark Corroto's Top Ten (Ok Fifteen) of 2018
by Mark Corroto
Another trip around the sun. In the AllAboutJazz universe, the stars were especially bright this year. Which is a good thing, unless you are like me, trying to pare down a huge list of favorites to just ten. At that task, I've failed once again. So here are my 15 favorite recordings of 2018 in no ...
Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2018
by Troy Dostert
2018 was a terrific year for imaginative, well-executed recordings that cover the spectrum of instrumental configurations in creative jazz and freely improvised music. From Susana Santos Silva's mesmerizing solo trumpet to Ingrid Laubrock's formidable orchestra (and everything in between), the following choices are a cross-section of some of the best the year had to offer. Something ...
