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Article: Interview

Stefano Bollani: And Now For Something Completely Different

Read "Stefano Bollani: And Now For Something Completely Different" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Impersonating singer Paolo Conte and other Italian cultural icons comes as naturally to pianist Stefano Bollani as interpreting the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Michael Jackson, Brian Wilson, or Maurice Ravel--or indeed, writing novels. To say that Bollani is multitalented is a bit like saying Art Tatum could play the piano a bit. Oh, and Bollani ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Westchester Jazz Orchestra / Sandvika Storband / Band of Bones

Read "Westchester Jazz Orchestra / Sandvika Storband / Band of Bones" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Westchester Jazz OrchestraMaiden Voyage Suite WJO2010 The heavy-hitting Westchester Jazz Orchestra, one of whose ambitions under artistic director Mike Holober is to broaden its musical horizons, devotes its second album to renovating for a sixteen-member ensemble the music of pianist Herbie Hancock's classic recording Maiden Voyage (Blue Note, ...

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Article: Album Review

Ricardo Villalobos / Max Loderbauer: Re: ECM

Read "Re: ECM" reviewed by David McLean

by David McLean

Over the past decade or so, the ECM label has been flirting with elements of electronic music in varying degrees. Evan Parker's Towards The Margins (1997) introduced electronic manipulation in the live processing of sound as a new improvisational tool, embellishing the saxophonist's already avant-garde collection of instrumentation. Since then, subtle machinations have crept into other ...

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Article: Live Review

Bollani Per Tre, Lacco Ameno (Ischia), 25-27 de agosto 2011

Read "Bollani Per Tre, Lacco Ameno (Ischia), 25-27 de agosto 2011" reviewed by Joan A. Cararach

by Joan A. Cararach

Bollani Per TreDel 25 al 27 de agosto, 2011Lacco Ameno, Ischia, Italia Así como los wagnerianos tienen Bayreuth y los schubertianos tienen su Schubertiade en Schwarzenberg, así como los jazzistas tienen su Newport y su New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival como lugares de peregrinación musical, añadan por favor a la lista ...

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Article: Live Review

The Garana Jazz Festival: Garana, Romania, July 21-24, 2011

Read "The Garana Jazz Festival: Garana, Romania, July 21-24, 2011" reviewed by Adriana Carcu

by Adriana Carcu

The Garana Jazz Festival Garana, Romania July 21-24, 2011 Hidden in the heart of the Western Carpathians, the small village of Garana, --also called Wolfsberg by the Bohemian colonists who have inhabited it until some 30 years ago--has developed, during the last decades, into an international artist colony--hosting, for the 15th time this ...

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Article: Live Review

Christian Jacob: On Respect and Knowledge of Jazz in Japan

Read "Christian Jacob: On Respect and Knowledge of Jazz in Japan" reviewed by Wayne Zade

by Wayne Zade

Christian Jacob was born in Lorraine, France, and began classical piano studies at the age of four. His early musical influences included Debussy and Ravel, as well as Oscar Peterson, whose approaches to improvisation impressed him the most. Having won First Prize in a piano competition at the Paris Conservatory, Jacob studied and then later ...

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News: Recording

Laszlo Gardony - Signature Time (2011)

Laszlo Gardony - Signature Time (2011)

Hungarian-born pianist Laszlo Gardony is an accomplished musician and composer, having graduated from Berklee and serving as a professor there for a number of years. He's mingled with many of the best jazz has to offer: Dave Holland, Miroslav Vitous, David “Fathead" Newman, Randy Brecker, Dave Liebman and John Blake are all name artists he's worked ...

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Article: Album Review

Laszlo Gardony: Signature Time

Read "Signature Time" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

According to his liner notes, pianist Laszlo Gardony's Signature Time is “a tribute to all African-inspired sound." It's a tribute that recognizes the centrality of African music in so many contemporary genres, showing this recognition in the creation of some fine original music and the reworking of some classic songs. Gardony was born ...

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Article: Interview

Chick Corea: Creative Giant

Read "Chick Corea: Creative Giant" reviewed by Esther Berlanga-Ryan

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan

Virtuosity is a beautiful thing. One would somehow like to believe that anybody can learn how to play any given instrument with delicate, enchanting energy; but truth be told, some are simply born with a gift that most can only dream of. The ability to amaze others through music, enriching the hearts and widening the creative ...

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Article: Album Review

Ratko Zjaca / Simone Zanchini: The Way We Walk

Read "The Way We Walk" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello

Jazz musicians are, in essence and practice, explorers and high-wire artists. The finest improvising players use their instruments to mine the dimensions of sound, rhythm and emotional perception, doing so without a safety net. Like its keyboard cousin the piano, the accordion as an instrument that challenges its players to explore the technical and harmonic universes ...


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