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Article: Live Review

Jazzkaar 2019

Read "Jazzkaar 2019" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley

Jazzkaar Tallinn, Estonia April 23-28, 2019 Towards the second half of Jazzkaar, there was an invasion of starry Americans, overwhelming the normally quite striking wealth of indigenous Estonian talent. As ever, the fundamental structure of this 10-dayer revolved around its two main stages in the Telliskivi Creative City, Vaba Lava ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Hal Willner, Nino Rota & Beyond

Read "Hal Willner, Nino Rota & Beyond" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu

For Today's episode we go back in time to 1981, the year in which Amarcord Nino Rota by producer Hal Willner was released. 37 years later it remains a reference record and one of the greatest tribute albums ever produced, and recently remastered and re-released by Corbett vs. Dempsey. We take a look back at the ...

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Article: Interview

Michael Leonhart: Surfing on an Orchestral Wave

Read "Michael Leonhart: Surfing on an Orchestral Wave" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu

If one were to find an answer to the age-old “nature or nurture" debate, s/he would have to look no further than The Painted Lady Suite [Sunnyside Records]. Listening to the stunning debut album by the Michael Leonhart Orchestra makes it clear that major achievements are only possible when nature and nurture are well integrated and ...

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Novara Jazz 2018

Read "Novara Jazz 2018" reviewed by Henning Bolte

by Henning Bolte

Broletto Novara Jazz 2018 Novara, Italy May 31 to June 3, 2018 Novara Jazz is a three-week festival in Northern Italian town of Novara situated in the Piedmont region and the Po plain. It is a young and dynamic scion in the festival landscape with a strong spirit ...

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Article: Album Review

Onyx Brass: Onyx Noir - Jazz Works For Brass Quintet

Read "Onyx Noir - Jazz Works For Brass Quintet" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson

Jazz has often been described as America's classical music, so hearing a British classical group tackling jazz is bound to intrigue. Even more so when it's a brass quintet and we recognise the key role of brass bands in the birth of jazz. Onyx Brass trombonist Amos Miller was at the Banff International Jazz ...

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Article: Album Review

Sexmob: Cultural Capital

Read "Cultural Capital" reviewed by Nicola Negri

by Nicola Negri

Vent'anni di Sexmob. Un gruppo nato quasi per caso, a metà anni 90, in occasione di un lungo ingaggio alla Knitting Factory di New York. Steven Bernstein lo aveva pensato come palestra personale per praticare uno strumento improbo come la slide trumpet, e per affinare le doti già significative di arrangiatore, oltre che per divertirsi con ...

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Nino Rota

By Mark Soskin

Label: Kind of Blue Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: La Strada; Juliet of the Spirits--Rugiada Sui Ranocchi; Juliet of the Spirits--Teatrino Delle Suore; The Godfather--Theme; The Godfather--Waltz; Nights of Cabiria; La Dolce Vita--Suite 1; Romeo and Juliet--A Time for Us; I Vitelloni; Amarcord; La Dolce Vita--Suite 2; The Acrobat (From 7 Pieces for Children).

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Nino Rota: Collector Nino Rota

By Nino Rota

Label: Warner Bros.
Released: 2012
Track listing: Melodia Per Fortunella; La Sceicco Bianco; I Vittelloni; La Strada (theme); La Strada (Gelsomina); Il Bidone; Le Notti Di Cabria; Plein Soleil; La Dolce Vita (finale); La Dolce Vita (theme); Terra Lontana; Otto E Mezzo; Giulietta Degli Spiriti; Amarcord; Casanova; Valse Del Commiato.

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Article: Album Review

Mark Soskin: Nino Rota

Read "Nino Rota" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Mark Soskin is probably best known for his work with saxophone legend Sonny Rollins. As Rollins' pianist from 1978 to 1991, he contributed to a string of several marvelous CD releases on the Milestone label. These included Dancing in the Dark (1987), which opened with a masterfully straightforward cover of the pop song, “Just Once," that ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Nino Rota: Collector Nino Rota

Read "Nino Rota: Collector Nino Rota" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May

Nino Rota was a composer who stretched the imagination, though he was not, by any stretch of the imagination, a jazz composer. Classically trained, at the Milan conservatoire and Rome's Santa Cecilia academy, Rota composed ten operas, five ballets and a great amount of orchestral and chamber music. He counted Igor Stravinsky and Arturo Toscanini among ...


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