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Article: Interview

Ada Montellanico: il jazz militante

by Daniele Vogrig
February 4, 2019

Jazz. Ma non solo jazz. Dentro e fuori la sua musica pulsa un impegno che negli ultimi anni ha rivoluzionato il modo di intendere e, soprattutto, il modo di vivere collettivamente la comunità jazzistica italiana. Perché intorno ad essa possa fiorire una nuova cultura, nel senso più lato e profondo del termine. Abbiamo ...

Article: Live Review

Somi at Dazzle

by Geoff Anderson
January 26, 2019

Somi Dazzle Denver, CO January 16, 2019 A case can be made that all Western popular music can trace its origins to Africa. Even if that's a bit of an exaggeration, it's not when it comes to vocalist/songwriter Somi. She was born in Illinois, but her parents were immigrants from Rwanda ...

Article: Year in Review

2018: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 3, 2019

The year 2018 was a busy one for the jazz world. The genre's version of the #MeToo movement resulted in a new Code of Conduct and other efforts to make the music workplace more equitable. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage to St. Petersburg, Russia. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which ran a high-profile ...

Album

Portraits

By Charles Mingus

Label: Portraits (2)
Released: 2018
Track listing: Charles Mingus; Pithecanthropus Erectus; Profile Of Jackie; East Coasting; Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting; Moanin; Better Git It In Your Soul; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Devil Woman; Mood Indigo; Bill Evans; Autumn Leaves; Spring Is Here; What Is This Thing Called Love; Nardis; I Wish I Knew; Sweet Lovely; Gloria's Step; Solar; All Of You; My Foolish Heart; Waltz For Debby; Nina Simone; Mood Indigo; My Baby Just Cares For Me; I Loves You, Porgy; Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair; The Other Woman; Summertime; Wild Is The Wind; It Might As Well Be Spring; You've Been Gone Too Long; Trouble In Mind (Single Version); Porgy; Forbidden Fruit; Work Song; Solitude; It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); House Of The Rising Sun; Just In Time; He Was Too Good To Me; Brown Baby; John Coltrane; Giant Steps; Syeeda's Song Flute; Naima; MR. P.C.; My Favorite Things; Mr Syms; Olè; Thelonious Monk; Blue Monk 1954; Reflections; Monk's Dream; Well You Needn't; Ruby My Dear; Epistrophy; Pannonica; Misterioso; Nutty; Round Midnight;

Article: Live Review

Bessie Smith Empress of the Blues Tribute at The Cabot

by Doug Hall
December 11, 2018

Bessie-Empress of the Blues Tribute The Cabot Beverly, MA December 4, 2018 In a wonderful coincidence of timing, The Cabot, in Beverly, Ma. celebrated and honored the great and legendary blues vocalist icon, The Empress of the Blues--Bessie Smith -at the very same time the beautiful newly renovated 1920's theater venue ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

A Conversation With Adi Meyerson

by UDEiGWE
October 7, 2018

On her new album, Where We Stand, bassist and composer, Adi Meyerson presents a classic yet personal interpretation of her original compositions. This albums features Adi Meyerson on bass; Camila Meza on voice and guitar; Joel Frahm on tenor & soprano saxophone; Freddie Hendrix on trumpet; Mike King on piano; and Kush Abadey on drums.

Article: Live Review

Shipp / Lowe / Baker / Ray at Le Poisson Rouge

by Karl Ackermann
August 13, 2018

Shipp / Lowe / Baker / Ray Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY August 11, 2018 Bring together Matthew Shipp, Newman Taylor Baker, Allen Lowe and Kevin Ray and you have more than an inspired music event; this is a living history that--by professional extension--covers the study of ...

Article: In Pictures

Sweet Soul Music and the Low Down Dirty Blues at the Montreal Jazz Festival

by Dave Kaufman
August 13, 2018

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4The marquee on Stax Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee reads “Soulsville U.S.A." Although “Soulsville of the North" may be a stretch, for 10 days in July, Montreal turns into a hotbed of Soul, R&B, Funk and the Blues. From the first years of the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jazz Is in the (H)air!

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 28, 2018

Inspired by Head Full of Hair, Heart of Full of Song, Pyeng Threadgill's investigation in music about the role of hair in her life, family, community and throughout the African diaspora, this episode of Mondo Jazz builds a narrative about hair, because --whether it's a braided bun or flowing tendrils --hair has always mirrored the cultural ...

Article: Interview

Lucia Cadotsch: Whispers Speak Louder than Screams

by Ludovico Granvassu
June 20, 2018

Speak Low (Enja Records, 2017), the debut release of her current Trio of the same name, catapulted Lucia Cadotsch among the new artists that promise to write original chapters of vocal jazz while showing deference to the artists that preceded them. Playing a compelling brand of music that has been aptly described as “acoustic retrofuturism" --think ...