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Oregon: Family Tree
by AAJ Italy Staff
All'uscita dell'ennesimo disco degli Oregon (quello precedente era stato In Stride quello che stupisce di più è non tanto la longevità del gruppo (in attività da più di 40 anni con i tre quarti della formazione attuale) quanto la freschezza e la vitalità che la loro musica ancora esprime. Ad ascoltarla ben difficilmente si riuscirebbe ad ...
Burghausen Jazz Festival 2013
by John Kelman
Burghausen Jazz Festival Burghausen, Germany March 12-17, 2013 Located almost exactly halfway along the border of the province of Bavaria (located in Germany's southeast) and Austria, the town of Burghausen might seem an odd place for a jazz festival, especially one now celebrating its 44th year. But this town of just 18,000 people, ...
Scott Hamilton at the PDX Festival
When Scott Hamilton came to prominence in the 1970s he was a jazz wunderkind unlike any other saxophonist of his generation. He was twenty-two years old when he arrived in New York from Providence, Rhode Island in 1976. Most of his saxophone contemporaries wanted to be John Coltrane, blazing trails through the post-bebop era. Hamilton wanted ...
John McLaughlin: Risk, Magic And Mystery
by Ian Patterson
Shortly after completing a successful European tour with the 4th Dimension, guitarist John McLaughlin has some time to put his well-traveled feet up at his home in Monaco and reflect on the evolution of this band, its second CD, Now Here This (Abstract Logix, 2012), and the mysteries of live performance. Yet, just two days before ...
ECM: A Cultural Archeology
by John Kelman
ECM: A Cultural ArcheologyHaus der KunstMünchen, GermanyNovember 23, 2012-February 10, 2013A trip to München (Munich) is a bit like a pilgrimage for fans of Germany's ECM label, especially right now, with the city's Haus der Kunst hosting a three-month exhibition, ECM: A Cultural Archeology, celebrating the music of this nearly 44 ...
Xenat-Ra Releases Debut Studio Album, Science For The Soundman
Jazz/hip-hop/progressive rock collective Xenat-Ra are pleased to announce the release of their debut studio album Science for the Soundman. While many bands claim to be eclectic, Xenat-Ra truly lives it. Based in Corvallis, OR, Xenat-Ra is the result of years of shared musical experiences and a rich sonic vocabulary. Xenat-Ra owes allegiance to no particular genre, ...
Oregon: Family Tree
By Oregon
Label: CAM Jazz
Released: 2012
Track listing: Bibo Babo; Tern; The Hexagram; Creeper; Jurassic; Family Tree; Stritch; Mirror Pond; Moot; Julian; Max Alert; Carnival Express.
Oregon: Family Tree
by John Kelman
OregonFamily TreeCam Jazz2012Some things change; some things stay the same. As Oregon celebrates its 42nd year of existence with the release of Family Tree, it also reaches another milestone: its longest period of stability. Of course, the group already trumps any other contemporary jazz group, with three of ...
Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2012: October 5-6, 2012
by John Kelman
Dutch Jazz & World Meeting Amsterdam, The NetherlandsOctober 5-6, 2012With Jazzahead! 2012--the annual European jazz trade fair--demonstrating that jazz is, if not exactly big business, then certainly bigish business, it's no surprise to find that The Netherlands' biannual Dutch Jazz & World Meeting is making the same salient point, albeit more narrowly ...
