Results for "Paolo Fresu"

New Releases And A Tribute To Ralph Towner

by Bob Osborne
February 19, 2026

A show in two parts. The first part examines some of the exciting new releases that have just been released or are due soon. The second part is a tribute to the legendary guitarist Ralph Towner. Playlist Nicholas Mycio “Siny" from Please Plant Flowers (Self Released) 00:00 Shai Maestro “The Time Bender" from The ...

Ralph Towner: The Accidental Guitarist

by Mario Calvitti
January 20, 2026

This article was first published on All About Jazz on May 16, 2017. Ralph Towner is a rather atypical figure in the vast world of jazz guitar. His instruments of choice are the classical guitar, which when he started, in the '60s, was played almost exclusively by guitarists related to Brazilian music like Charlie ...

Ralph Towner, 1940-2026

January 20, 2026

Ralph Towner, guitarist of unique sensibility, writer of highly original compositions, and an ECM artist for more than fifty years, has died, aged 85. Towner, who once described himself as an improvising “raconteur of the abstract” was born into a musical family in the small town of Chehalis, Washington. He started playing music at the age ...

Mare Nostrum IV

Label: ACT Music
Released: 2025

Paolo Fresu's Heroes, a tribute to David Bowie, at Ponchielli Theater in Cremona

by Danilo Codazzi
December 11, 2025

Bologna Jazz Festival 2025

by Libero Farnè
November 19, 2025

Bologna Jazz Festival 2025 Varie sedi Bologna e Ferrara 9 ottobre--16 novembre 2025 C'è da domandarsi se si possa definire festival una manifestazione musicale che si protrae per una quarantina di giorni. A Bologna una ragione giustificativa la si può trovare nel volersi ricollegare idealmente al memorabile festival storico, nato alla fine ...

Gianni Coscia: Sigla 1950

by Ludovico Granvassu
November 16, 2025

If Gianni Coscia were Korean, he would have been declared a “Human Cultural Asset," the title bestowed upon individuals recognized for their mastery and role in preserving national culture. But he's not Korean, so he may be more accurately described as an Italian living national treasure--a poet laureate trapped in the body of an accordionist.

Zé Ibarra, Paolo Fresu, Timo Vollbrecht, Robin Holcomb, Peggy Lee & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 18, 2025

Here is another week-worth of sifting through the flood of new music to bring you the gems you'd never find on shuffle on streaming services.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Zé Ibarra “Transe" AFIM (Mr Bongo) 0:16 Host talks 3:25 The Charlie Rouse Band ...

Antonio Cicoria: Unisonus

by Angelo Leonardi
October 8, 2025

Batterista con esperienza ultradecennale in gruppi rock ed ensemble jazzistici di area pugliese, Antonio Cicoria presenta il suo primo disco da leader in cui evidenzia le sue doti di autore e arrangiatore. La sua sensibilità jazzistica s'incarna in sei brani accomunati da un ricco gusto melodico, pur nelle differenti sfaccettature stilistiche. Paolo Fresu, nelle note di ...

Francesco Bigoni: A Long Love Affair with Siena Jazz

by Paolo Peviani
August 20, 2025

On the occasion of the fifty-fifth edition of the Siena Jazz summer seminars, we met with saxophonist Francesco Bigoni, the new artistic and didactic director of the National Jazz Academy of Siena. With a long trajectory as both student and educator at Siena Jazz, Bigoni reflects on the institution's evolution, its unique approach to jazz training, ...