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Davy Knowles and Jorma Kaukonen at The Essex Experience Summer Concert Series
by Doug Collette
As serendipitous as was the confluence of circumstances that brought Davy Knowles and Jorma Kaukonen to The Essex Experience Summer Music Series, it was all the more providential that both men gave solo performances on two late summer night dates so close to each other. For the former, this first stop in Vermont since just prior ...
More OJC Goodies: Red Garland and Kenny Burrell with John Coltrane
by C. Andrew Hovan
Once the vinyl renaissance proved the adage that “there is gold in them there hills," labels began scouring their vaults to put out an ongoing stream of products. Owning the rights to over 1.2 million songs, Concord Records was perfectly poised to take advantage of a huge cash cow through vinyl reissues. Their Craft Recordings subsidiary ...
The Continuing Adventures of Janel & Anthony
by Jerome Wilson
Cellist Janel Leppin and guitarist Anthony Pirog are both sturdy pillars of Washington, DC's creative music scene. Musical and life partners for over twenty years, the couple have spent a long time working together as a duo as well as pursuing individual projects. The universe of their combined work encompasses spiritual jazz, folk song, surf rock, ...
Two Very Different Composers On Another Timbre
by John Eyles
The musicians who have featured on Another Timbre (AT) album releases more than anyone else are the ensemble Apartment House who have been on a quarter of the label's last hundred releases, usually performing works by other composers. The label has a penchant for promoting composers, be they young or older, male or female, ...
Canned Heat and The Fabulous Thunderbirds: All Blues
by Doug Collette
Legitimate practitioners of the blues realize full well their vocation is a life-long enterprise, neither a passing fad to be followed nor a mere whim to be pursued. It is thus simple to recognize the authentic figures in the field in contrast to the posers: the histories of the former encompass decades, not just years or ...
2024 Jazz Vocalists
by Jerome Wilson
Here are five notable vocal jazz releases that have come out in the first half of 2024. Jacqui Naylor Treasures of the Heart Ruby Star Records 2024 Jacqui Naylor is a veteran singer with a distinctive husky voice. Her 12th album is a warm combination of original ...
Charles Lloyd Trios: Chapel, Ocean
by Stefano Merighi
Cosa deve ancora dimostrare Charles Lloyd, dopo oltre 60 anni di carriera al vertice del jazz (con le dovute pause)? Nulla, è chiaro. E allora in questi ultimi anni, il sassofonista di Memphis si abbandona ad un intimismo che scava nelle pieghe di una vita che ne ha viste passare tante, pacificata infine nella ...
Two New Composers on Elsewhere
by John Eyles
Of the twenty-nine Elsewhere albums that had been released before the two discussed below, well over sixty percent of them have focused on compositions for piano played by the composer themselves, such as Melaine Dalibert, or by other pianists, such as Reinier van Houdt and Dante Boon playing Jurg Frey's pieces for two pianos. (If double ...
Hammonds Abound: Koppel Blade Koppel and The Bobby Broom Organ-isation
by Doug Collette
Is there an organ trio revival underway in the jazz universe? Boston has bequeathed the Tim Carman Organ Trio, while western New York state has bestowed Organ Fairchild upon us. Meanwhile, the Tony Monaco Trio continues to wend its way along the golden road of seemingly unlimited devotion. Now, guitarist Bobby Broom has deigned to revisit ...
Giulia Cianca: quattro album in pochi mesi
by Neri Pollastri
Proveniente dal pop e folgorata dall'improvvisazione dopo la quasi casuale esperienza a Siena Jazz, la giovane artista romana Giulia Cianca ha realizzato negli ultimi anni un cospicuo numero di album, di alcuni dei quali ci occuperemo in quest'articolo. La cantante, che ci racconta quest'esperienza nell'intervista appena pubblicata, vi sperimenta molteplici modalità espressive per improvvisare vocalmente, in ...
