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Ferner/ Juliusson: Undertowed
by Eyal Hareuveni
The duo of Norwegian guitarist Per-Arner Ferner and Swedish pianist Per Gunnar Juliusson was established in 2008 and already in 2010 was awarded the title Young Jazz Musicians of the Year in the JazzIntro competition in Molde Jazz Festival. This award led to a series of promoted performances in the next two years, culminated in this ...
Dave Liebman: What It Is - The Life of a Jazz Artist
by John Kelman
What It Is: The Life of a Jazz Artist Dave Liebman In Conversation with Lewis Porter 386 Pages ISBN: 978-0810882034 Scarecrow Press 2012 In life, there's them that are aware and them's that ain't. Them's that are aware are not necessarily better than them's that ain't; but in being ...
Longwood Gardens' Wine and Jazz Festival: Kennett Square, PA, June 2, 2012
by Victor L. Schermer
Longwood Gardens' Wine and Jazz FestivalThe Meadows at Longwood GardensKennett Square, PAJune 2, 2012After a night of thunderstorms and tornado warnings, the weather cleared at Longwood Gardens, a horticultural conservancy spread over a wide swath of countryside in Kennett Square, Chester County, PA. The day turned out sunny and mild, perfect ...
Marzio Scholten: Voids, Echoes and Whispers
by John Kelman
For his third release, Marzio Scholten capitalizes on the unexpectedly impressive sophomore effort, World of Thought (OAP, 2010)--a sleeper hit from a then-up and coming guitarist who continues on an upward trajectory--by focusing on chemistry and consistency. Only drummer Bob Roos is gone, replaced by Mark Schilders, while World of Thought guest saxophonist Yaniv Nachum is ...
Take Five With Gavin Barras
by AAJ Staff
Meet Gavin Barras: Born in Kendal, Cumbria in the UK, bassist Gavin Barras studied music at the University of Manchester, receiving private tuition from Roberto Carillo-Garcia and Corin Long. Whist studying classical music, Gavin continued developing his love for jazz and received lessons from Steve Berry in jazz bass. Gavin is a busy working ...
Nonesuch Releases New Pat Metheny Unity Band Record, June 12
Saxophonist Chris Potter, Drummer Antonio Sanchez, and Bassist Ben Williams Join Guitarist Metheny First Metheny-led band in 30 years to feature sax also embarks on 39-city summer & fall tour See upcoming tour dates For the first time since his 1980 release 80/81, guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity ...
Unity Band
by John Kelman
In a time when compressed music is the norm—often removing the details an artist has worked so hard to capture in recording—it's great to have someone like guitarist Pat Metheny still paying attention to the very minutiae that can make a very, very good record great. Unity Band would be a very, very good record under ...
Kuala Lumpur International Jazz Festival: 19-20 May, 2012
by Ian Patterson
KL International Jazz Festival Kuala Lumpur Convention CenterKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaMay 19-20, 2012The 19th and 20th of May, 2012 will long be remembered by jazz lovers in Kuala Lumpur as the day jazz came to town. The 13 acts that performed on the stage of the KL Convention Center made history by ...
Take Five With Michael McNeill
by AAJ Staff
Meet Michael McNeill: Michael McNeill has become an integral part of Buffalo, NY's thriving jazz and improvised music scene, performing with bands led by Kelly Bucheger and Ravi Padmanabha, and co-leading a quartet with John Bacon. He's also collaborated with trumpet legend Paul Smoker on projects of standards and of original compositions. McNeill also ...
Year of the Snake
by John Kelman
When a group of musicians works together more often in extracurricular configurations with other leaders, what do they do when they come together for their own project? In the case of saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard-- who, individually and collectively, have worked with everyone from pianist Brad Mehldau and guitarist Kurt ...
