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Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet: Desertico

Read "Desertico" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 24, 2013

Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu has always been more angel than devil, though he's fronted quartets that name check both of those respectively heavenly and hellish entities. His horn work is coolly lyrical and spellbinding, regardless of the setting it's found in, but Fresu also has an impish side to his personality that takes over at certain ...

News: Recording

Whaling Ciy Sound Releases "Lineage" by Dave Liebman and Michael Stephans

July 7, 2013

Since he began to seriously pursue a career as a jazz artist back in the 1960s, Dave Liebman has been on a transformative journey towards becoming a true original in the genre. After assuming sideman slots with the likes of Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, and Chick Corea, to name but a few, he has certainly earned ...

Article: Live Review

Top Italian Jazz at Birdland: New York, NY, June 4-9, 2013

by Thomas Conrad
June 18, 2013

Top Italian Jazz at BirdlandBirdlandNew York, NYJune 4-9, 2013 Birdland is at 315 West 44th Street in Manhattan. Taxis can drop you at the door. But if you come by subway, you pass through Times Square, that outrageous canyon where night is bright as day, with its teeming, dazed multitudes. ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Trilok Gurtu: Spellbound

by John Kelman
June 13, 2013

In a 35-year career that's stretched from Oregon and saxophonists Jan Garbarek and Charlie Mariano, to violinist Shankar and guitarists John McLaughlin and Nguyên Lê, Trilok Gurtu has established a very specific talent. Few kit drummers are as adept as Gurtu on tabla and the Indian konnakol vocal percussion tradition; conversely, few tablaists/konnakol experts are as ...

Article: Live Review

ELBJazz Festival 2013: Hamburg, Germany, May 24-25, 2013

by John Kelman
June 3, 2013

ELBJazz FestivalHamburg, GermanyMay 24-25, 2013Attending a multitude of festivals each year, there's always the challenge of finding the hook--the thing that makes a festival different from any other. When it comes to Hamburg's ELBJazz Festival, now only in its fourth year, it's easy. A harbor town on the Elbe River, located just 70 ...

Article: Album Review

Paolo Fresu Devil Quartet: Desertico

Read "Desertico" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 18, 2013

Il Devil Quartet offre a Paolo Fresu una dimensione di piena libertà espressiva, nella quale riesce a dare ampio spazio alla sua diversità di linguaggio, dialogando meno con il silenzio e mettendo più note sullo spartito. È per lui un luogo dove poter incontrare degli ottimi compagni di ventura, con i quali intraprendere itinerari capaci di ...

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Meet Dan Bilawsky

by AAJ Staff
April 25, 2013

I currently live in: Northport, NY I joined All About Jazz in: 2010 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I started writing for Jazz Improv/Jazz Inside Magazine in 2005 and continued writing for that publication until the summer of 2009. At that point, I took some time off ...

Article: Live Review

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu Duo: New York, NY, January 24, 2013

by Dan Bilawsky
February 4, 2013

Omar Sosa & Paolo Fresu DuoBlue NoteNew York, NYJanuary 24, 2013 Some musicians settle into a club and simply play a set of music, but that's never the case with Omar Sosa. The pianist treats every performance as a musical séance and an opportunity to bare his soul. It's hard ...

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