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2020 Winter JazzFest Marathons: A Survival Guide
by Ludovico Granvassu
Believe it or not, it is that time of the year again! The holidaze are barely over and a new edition of Winter JazzFest is upon us. Knowing a jazz marathon is the perfect antidote to the holiday shopping and social marathons, producer Brice Rosenbloom and his cohorts have put together a program of gargantuan proportions. ...
Mike Jurkovic's Best Releases of 2019
by Mike Jurkovic
It was this dozen plus of recordings, among many that deserve mention, that gratefully, again and again and again, pulled my attention away from binge watching the destruction of our cherished, yet all too vulnerable democracy. These are the recordings of 2019 that made it evident that we all need to remain vigilant and engaged, or ...
Charlie Rauh: Hiraeth
by Jim Olin
Charlie Rauh is a musician with a very diverse background. He is also an incredibly skilled guitarist who knows how to use the instrument to capture all the different nuances of his compositions. His music defies the average expectation which the audience imposes on guitar players. He knows how to embrace melody but, perhaps, one of ...
Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
by Vincenzo Roggero
Dieci il numero di musicisti coinvolti, dieci le composizioni (tutte di Kris Davis tranne “The Very Thing" di Michael Attias e la conclusiva Reflections di Julius Hemphill, dieci il voto che assegniamo senza tentennamenti all'ultimo progetto della pianista/compostrice canadese. Grazie anche al sapiente lavoro di Ron Saint Germain -ingegnere del suono, tra gli altri, di Sonic ...
Troy Dostert's Best Releases of 2019
by Troy Dostert
Is it jazz? Perhaps not in the narrowest sense, but each of the releases below arguably retains enough of a foothold in the tradition to justify that description. Maybe we've finally reached the point where the question no longer matters. In any case, what these artists have in common is a commitment to venturing outward in ...
Get Theyself to the Garden Party
by Patrick Burnette
A couple of catalog items, a couple of brand new releases—hey, you've got yourself a podcast! Talk ranges from a little-known seventies progressive jazz outing to a classic ECM eighties joint and then turns to two releases so hot off the presses the internet is still sizzling. In pop matters, Mike breaks down a Rudresh Mahanthappa ...
Michael Leonhart: Suite Extracts Vol. 1
by Angelo Leonardi
Credo proprio di non esagerare ma è dall'uscita di There Comes a Time di Gil Evans che non ascoltavo un album orchestrale così eclettico nella sintesi di materiali diversi. Il nuovo disco di Michael Leonhart segue il debutto di The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside 2018), il maestoso affresco musicale che evocava l'impressionismo del primo Evans, con ...
Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
by Troy Dostert
To call pianist Kris Davis stylistically omnivorous would seem to be an understatement. While she started her career solidly in the avant-garde circles that brought her into projects with stalwarts of the genre like Ingrid Laubrock, Tyshawn Sorey, Tom Rainey and Tony Malaby, that hasn't stopped her from forging connections with other musicians not typically included ...
Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
by John Sharpe
Cross fertilization has been at the heart of jazz since its inception when African rhythms met European instrumentation. That stylistic melange is taken to another level in the cultural melting pot of New York City. Being based in the city since 2001, it's little surprise that Canadian pianist Kris Davis has developed an ever-expanding list of ...
Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
by Karl Ackermann
The virtuoso pianist and composer Kris Davis has been ubiquitous in 2019. Her projects with Nate Wooley, Ken Vandermark, and Craig Taborn have been complemented by her appointment to the faculty of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. Davis will serve as associate director of creative development and teach composition and improvisation courses. The ...
