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Article: Live Review

Trio Da Paz al Teatro Franco Parenti di Milano

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by Claudio Bonomi

Musica Jazz al Parenti Teatro Franco Parenti -Milano -06.03.2016 Riparte a Milano rassegna musicale che ha l'ambizione di incrociare i mondi dell'improvvisazione e del jazz. A cura di Gianni Gualberto Morelenbaum, Musica Jazz al Parenti intende quest'anno approfondire, come si legge nella presentazione dell'iniziativa, “la trasversalità che oggi caratterizza tali linguaggi." ...

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Article: Year in Review

Jeff Dayton-Johnson's 2015 Mixtape

Read "Jeff Dayton-Johnson's 2015 Mixtape" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

The narrator of Jean-Jacques Schuhl's 2002 novel Ingrid Caven muses, “I like the connection, the splice, not the things themselves; what's between them, their rapport. Two ideas, images, the bridge between two harmonies for the jazz musician..." It's an interesting esthetic statement regarding jazz: that part of the music's appeal lies not in its components, but ...

Album

Artifacts

By Nicole Mitchell

Label: 482 Music
Released: 2015
Track listing: Composition 23B; Jo Jar; Bernice / Days Fly By with Ruby; Clowns; Have Mercy on Us; BK; I'll Be Right Here Waiting; Munkt Munk; Light On The Path.

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Article: Album Review

Tomeka Reid: Tomeka Reid Quartet

Read "Tomeka Reid Quartet" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

As an accomplished composer and improviser, cellist Tomeka Reid, is an integral part of Chicago's creative music scene. In addition to being an educator, Reid is a versatile and tireless performer both in her hometown and beyond. Moreover her unique style graces the works of such luminaries as flutist Nicole Mitchell, multireed player Anthony Braxton as ...

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Article: Album Review

Nicole Mitchell/Tomeka Reid/Mike Reed: Artifacts

Read "Artifacts" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Flutist Nicole Mitchell, cellist Tomeka Reid and drummer Mike Reed are three of the most prominent members of the third generation of Association for Advancement of Creative Music (AACM). Each one is a consummate musician; equally adept at composing and improvising. Each one of them has forged their boldly unique artistic path with an instantly recognizable ...

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Article: Book Review

Giving Birth to Sound: Women in Creative Music

Read "Giving Birth to Sound: Women in Creative Music" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard

Giving Birth to Sound: Women in Creative Music Renate Da Rin (ed.) and William Parker (coed.) 294 Pages ISBN: 978-3-00-049279-2 Buddy's Knife 2015 Every time a book about music is written, the history of music is also rewritten and musicians are included or left out, and old and ...

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Article: Album Review

Harris Eisenstadt: Golden State II

Read "Golden State II" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi

Harris Eisenstadt si è inserito da tempo in quel significativo drappello di batteristi-compositori in grado di dire una parola nuova nel jazz acustico di oggi. Lo fa in diversi contesti e, accanto a gruppi quali Canada Day e September Trio, svetta ora questo Golden State, originalissimo organico che affianca alle percussioni del leader il fagotto di ...

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Article: Album Review

Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Galactic Parables: Volume 1

Read "Galactic Parables: Volume 1" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann

In the past twelve-month period, composer, electronic artist and cornet virtuoso Rob Mazurek has lead on a half-dozen or so different releases. For the most part, each has featured different line ups and formations from solo efforts to large ensembles and each has garnered enough superlatives to tax the thesaurus. And yet again, Mazurek has raised ...

Article: Album Review

Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra: Galactic Parables: Volume 1

Read "Galactic Parables: Volume 1" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Quello di Galactic Parables: Volume 1 è uno dei progetti più ambiziosi del “cosmo" (il termine è quanto mai pertinente) di Rob Mazurek. Opera complessa e sfaccettata di argomento fantascientifico (i testi sono del poliedrico Damon Locks dei The Eternals), questo lavoro consente alla Exploding Star Orchestra di dare spazio a tutte le sue ...

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News: Award / Grant

2015 JJA Jazz Awards Honor Musical Excellence Randy Weston Praised For Lifetime Achievement

2015 JJA Jazz Awards Honor Musical Excellence Randy Weston Praised For Lifetime Achievement

NEW YORK – The Jazz Journalists Association has announced winners of its 2015 JJA Jazz Awards for musical excellence in calendar year 2014 (see winners below), and released details about its annual public Jazz Awards party, at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 W. 3rd St., NYC, on June 16, from 3 pm to 5:30 pm. ...


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