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Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2017

by Stefano Merighi
September 3, 2017

Fotografare lo stato dell'arte nell'ambito del jazz e delle musiche limitrofe è compito che il festival di Saalfelden svolge assai bene ormai da decenni. Non solo la rassegna austriaca non rinuncia ad alcuna delle sue prerogative estetiche (apertura massima rispetto agli stili contemporanei, volontà di anticipare tendenze, capacità di realizzare prime esecuzioni mondiali), ma anzi, trova ...

Article: Album Review

John Butcher/John Edwards/Mark Sanders: Last Dream of the Morning

Read "Last Dream of the Morning" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 28, 2017

For good free improvisation three things are required. First, musicians who are masters of their instruments, next, players who have created their own language, and, finally, performers who are simpatico. The first prerequisite is obvious, unless of course you were able to appreciate Ornette Coleman when he took up the violin without first learning the instrument. ...

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James Blood Ulmer: Baby Talk

Read "Baby Talk" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 14, 2017

It was a predestined meeting. This collaboration between the legendary guitarist James Blood Ulmer and the band The Thing. Ulmer, who cut his teeth with the soul jazz organists Hank Marr, Larry Young and Big John Patton before collaborating with Ornette Coleman's electric free jazz/funk harmolodic music, expanded upon Coleman's ideas, incorporating rock music with players ...

Article: Album Review

Bryant / Fabian / Marsalis: Do For You?

Read "Do For You?" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
August 5, 2017

Lance Bryant and Christian Fabian (both alumni of Berklee College) met when playing in the Lionel Hampton Big Band. Jason Marsalis, a younger member of the famous jazz dynasty, subsequently joined the Hampton band to replace its late leader on vibes. There are several strands to this intriguing recording. The blues is overtly featured in the ...

Article: Interview

Richie Cole: Blue Collar Bebopper

by Rob Rosenblum
August 1, 2017

Jazz alto saxophonist Richie Cole wants to reach out to you, whether you are the mayor of a highly popular tourist city or just a guy dropping over for a couple of beers. “I play for people," says Cole. “People are all the same. If they understand or want to understand jazz, I welcome ...

Article: Interview

Stefano "Cocco" Cantini: direttore artistico del Grey Cat Jazz Festival

by Neri Pollastri
July 27, 2017

Musicista assai apprezzato, grande interprete del sax tenore e, soprattutto, soprano, Stefano “Cocco" Cantini è nato e vissuto a Follonica, sulla costa maremmana, dove fin da giovane si è distinto per l'insegnamento e per la promozione della cultura musicale. In quest'ultimo campo la sua creatura più importante e duratura è il Grey Cat Festival, la principale ...

Article: Album Review

The Master Musicians Of Jajouka & Material: Apocalypse Live

Read "Apocalypse Live" reviewed by Martin Longley

by Martin Longley
July 13, 2017

This is another entry for M.O.D.'s new download-only Digital Incunabula series, which concentrates on live recordings from the Bill Laswell vaults. Here's a Jajouka/Material set from 2015's Gent Jazz Festival in Belgium, a performance actually witnessed by your scribe. The five-piece Jajouka Sufi trance contingent (from the eponymous mountain village in Morocco) are led by Bachir ...

Article: Interview

Steve Swell: Appreciating the Avant Garde Today

by Victor L. Schermer
July 10, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [This is the third of an All About Jazz series of interviews and articles on “The Many Faces of Jazz Today: Critical Dialogues" in which we explore the current state of jazz around the world with musicians, journalists, and entrepreneurs who give us their own unique ...

Article: Live From New York

Creative Music Studio Spring Workshop 2017

by Martin Longley
July 2, 2017

Creative Music Studio Spring Workshop 2017 Full Moon Resort Big Indian, NY June 12-15, 2017 There are multiple facets to the lengthy, imaginative musical journey of Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso. Together with Ornette Coleman, they founded the Creative Music Studio and Foundation in 1971. Their old Woodstock ...

Article: Book Review

The Art of Conduction

by Riccardo Brazzale
June 30, 2017

The Art of Conduction. A conduction Workbook Lawrence “Butch" Morris (Daniela Veronesi -ed.) Karma 224 pages ISBN-13: 978-1942607427 Lawrence Douglas “Butch" Morris was undoubtedly one of the most unusual and, at the same time, influential figures on the “New Jazz" scene of the last decades. Born on ...