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European Jazz Network General Assembly 2013

by Henning Bolte
October 7, 2013

Dokkhuset Trondheim Europe Jazz Network's General Assembly 2013 + Young Nordic Jazz Comets + Norwegian Jazz Nights Trondheim, Norway September 12-15, 2013 Europe Jazz Network (EJN), founded 26 years ago in Ravenna, Italy, is a pan-European association of producers, presenters, and supporting organizations engaged in presenting and promoting the creative art ...

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Chicago Jazz Festival 2013

by Mark Corroto
September 14, 2013

Chicago Jazz FestivalChicago, ILAugust 29-September 1, 2013Chicago is...You get the feeling it is a jazz city when, waiting in line at the airport, you overhear a conversation about Anthony Braxton's first meeting with Derek Bailey. Then, your suspicions are confirmed in the taxi, on the drive to the 2013 Chicago Jazz ...

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Molde International Jazz Festival 2013

by John Kelman
July 29, 2013

Molde International Jazz Festival Molde, Norway July 15-20, 2013It may have been his last year as festival director, but Jan Ole Otnæs sure went out on a high, not just because his programming was as impeccable as ever, but because he made it a year with a very specific philosophy. ...

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Suoni Per Il Popolo, Montreal, Canada, June 5-22, 2013

by Mike Chamberlain
July 3, 2013

Suoni per Il PopoloCasa del Popolo/Sala Rossa Montreal, CanadaJune 5-22, 2013The Casa del Popolo and Sala Rossa mini-empire that Mauro Pezzente and Kiva Stimac started on upper St-Laurent Boulevard in September, 1990 boasts a high-level eclectic program throughout the year, but the annual Suoni per Il Popolo festival concentrates special events ...

Article: Album Review

Rodrigo Amado Motion Trio + Jeb Bishop: The Flame Alphabet

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by Eyal Hareuveni
May 6, 2013

The collaboration between the prolific Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado and his Motion Trio with Chicagoan trombonist Jeb Bishop, has produced two albums so far. The live recording, Burning Live At Jazz AO Centro (JACC Records, 2012) and the 2011 studio recording The Flame Alphabet. The addition of Bishop to Amado's trio was organic. Both are experienced ...

Article: Film Review

The Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: Concert For Fukushima Wels 2011

by Eyal Hareuveni
April 28, 2013

The Peter Brötzmann Chicago TentetConcert For Fukushima Wels 2011PanRec/Trost Records2013 In 2011 the Music Unlimited Festival in Wels, Austria, celebrated Peter Brötzmann's 70th birthday (as well as the festival's 25th year edition), under the title Long Story Short. Brötzmann was asked to curate the program and after ...

Article: We Travel the Spaceways

Jazz: A Blessed Obsession

by Mark Corroto
April 2, 2013

Jazz listeners travel some strange and beautiful paths. It might have all begun with collectors trying to find a legendary Edison cylinder that New Orleans trumpeter Buddy Bolden--some believe to be the very first jazz musician--may (or may not) have recorded in 1904. Fast forward to modern times, a quick scan of eBay and the exorbitant ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Particular Recordings: Hammond Dialogues

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 21, 2013

In recent years, Norway has produced a generation of young, innovative musicians, sonic explorers who are redefining the roles of their instruments--guitarists Stian Westerhus, Kim Myhr and Petter Vågan, trumpeter Eivind Lønning and tuba players Martin Taxt and Kristoffer Lo. Organ player Daniel Formo, member of the avant-pop trio Kobert and mainstream jazz ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Peter Brotzmann: Long Story Short

by Mark Corroto
February 11, 2013

Whether you have no experience with the Godfather of free jazz or you measure your Peter Brötzmann CD and LP collection in linear feet, this 5CD box curated by the German saxophonist is either a great introduction to or an affirmation of his music and influence.Organized on the occasion of his 70th birthday, these ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Sten Standell: Music Inside The Language

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 3, 2013

Swedish pianist Sten Sandell is one of the key figures in the Scandinavian free jazz and improvisation scene: a visionary and experienced musician who has developed a profound musical language. He is a member of the Gush trio, with saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and drummer Raymond Strid, celebrating this year its 20th year of activity, and leads ...