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Kiril Djaikovski: West Meets East
by Nenad Georgievski
The career of composer and keyboardist Kiril Djaikovski, with a span of over 30 years, literally splits in two distinguished categories- soundtrack and dance/electronic music. The output in both categories suggests there are almost no meeting points to indicate that this is the work of the same person. Except for the use of Macedonian traditional instruments ...
The Year of the Trio: Fred Hersch and Masabumi Kikuchi
by Hrayr Attarian
The grouping of piano, bass and drums is perhaps the most popular combo in jazz and hence 2012, like most years, has seen its share of sessions in that format. It is, however, not because of the quantity of the output but because of the issuance of two exceptional albums that it should be known as ...
Luther Dickinson & The Wandering
by Doug Collette
The independent streak Luther Dickinson's been nurturing in the last eighteen months is inextricably tied to his prolific output. Completing a prolonged stint with The Black Crowes, he returned to The North Mississippi Allstars and, even as he continues to work with that trio (and on occasion as the NMA Duo with brother drummer Cody Dickinson), ...
Duke Ellington: My People - The Complete Show and The Treasury Shows, Volume 16
by Chris Mosey
Duke Ellington stood aloof from the Civil Rights movement. As a self proclaimed patriot he was extremely uneasy about the street protests and civil disobedience sweeping America the 1960s. He didn't participate in Martin Luther King's 1963 Great March on Washington. He would deal with the issue his way, he said, and went ...
Two Sides of Fred Frith
by John Eyles
From the very start of his musical career, guitarist Fred Frith has been equally at home as an improviser, a songwriter or a combination of the two. His first group, the legendary Henry Cow, always featured a balance between songs that were used as a springboard for improvisation and free improvisations. In contrast, his debut solo ...
Los Lobos: Kiko @ 20 (x3)
by Doug Collette
In the twenty years since the release of Kiko, Los Lobos has made albums equally brilliant--The Town and The City (Mammoth, 2006) for instance--but it has never made one better. This eighth album from the East Los Angeles band, in fact, stands as a template for all subsequent Los Lobos albums (hear 2011's Tin Can Trust) ...
Los Lobos: Kiko @ 20 (x3)
by John Kelman
With a career now well into its fourth decade, and with a discography heavy on hits and light on misses, there are still sure to be certain recordings that stand out amidst a growing catalog. Yet, when Los Lobos released Kiko (Warner Bros.) in 1992, it had an album that not only stood out--if for no ...
Jazz and Poetry: Impacted Gems
by Gordon Marshall
The poetry of the Beats, the New York school and the Black Mountain school, as well as the jazz poets, all share a particularly heavy rhythmic feel and an earthy, gritty imagery that creates a kind of syncopation within itself. The scenes dance and bump up against each other, cutting and rubbing up against the beat. ...
Van Dyke Parks: First three solo albums reissued
by John Eyles
Songwriter, singer and pianist Van Dyke Parks has so many claims to fame that together they would form the basis of an excellent “true or false" quiz. Consider the following: as a child actor, he appeared with such legendary figures as Lillian Gish, Grace Kelly and Alec Guinness; his first arranging job was “The Bare Necessities" ...
Michael Moore Quartet - Quintet / Amsterdam - Rotterdam
by AAJ Italy Staff
Michael Moore è uno di quei musicisti che ha trovato in Olanda l'ambiente ideale per vivere e prosperare artisticamente. Trasferitosi ad Amsterdam nei primi anni ottanta ha portato avanti fertili sodalizi con Ernst Reijseger e Han Bennink (Clusone Trio) e con altri musicisti europei (Tobias Delius, Frank Gratkowski) senza tralasciare i connazionali. Con questi ha inciso, ...
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