Results for "pat metheny"

Montreal Jazz Festival, Days 4-6, July 2-4, 2011

by John Kelman
July 7, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada June 25-July 4, 2011 Montréal is a city in transition, and in a move that's absolutely uncharacteristic of other Canadian cities, is planning a downtown renovation driven, in no small part, by the arts. Place des ...

Pat Metheny - What's It All About (Nonesuch, 2011)

July 7, 2011

I must admit that I wax and wane with my appreciation for the music of guitarist Pat Metheny. While his talent as an instrumentalist is beyond reproach, the eclecticism of his album releases can be head-spinning. IMHO, his best music is made with colleagues that really perform at a high level: his collaboration with Ornette Coleman ...

Marius Neset Golden Xplosion: Golden Xplosion

by Ian Patterson
July 6, 2011

Norwegian tenor saxophonist Marius Neset burst onto the jazz scene with JazzKamikaze while still a teenager, its debut--Mission 1 (Stunt, 2006)--revealing a saxophonist of remarkable maturity and imagination. He shook the life out of simple musical ideas, and in that respect his playing was reminiscent, even then, of the great tenor explorer Sonny Rollins. Traveling at ...

Undead Jazz Festival: Day 3, June 25, 2011

by Daniel Lehner
July 5, 2011

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Undead Jazz FestivalNew York, New YorkJune 23-26, 2011 Most jazz festivals in their later incarnations look for fancier, more illustrious places to play than they did at inception. The third night of the Undead Jazz festival momentarily ...

Guitarist T.C. Ortberg embodies free-form spirit of Minnesota music scene with eclectic jazz-fusion CD

July 4, 2011

Once upon a time Purple Rain drenched the Minnesota music scene. What many outsiders didn't realize was that during regional hero Prince's '80s heyday, Minneapolis cooked quite a diverse rhythmic stew. From the synth-popped R&B of Prince and his Paisley Park cohorts to the pioneering underground rock & ruckus of Hüsker Dü and the Replacements. It ...

Ottawa Jazz Festival, Days 4-6: June 26-28, 2011

by John Kelman
June 30, 2011

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 T D Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 23-July 3, 2011 Well, the numbers are in, and the opening weekend of the 2011 TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival has broken all previous records, despite a day of heavy rain severely impacting attendance for ...

Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman - Song X (1986; Reissue)

June 29, 2011

By Mark Saleski Sorta like Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, Pat Metheny and Ornette Coleman's Song X has long been a strange attractor for all sorts of hyperbole, rumor-mongering and dismissal. Yeah, Song X was nothing but a slap in Geffen's face (despite it being Pat's first release on that label) or ... it's the best ...

Take Five With Rhinoceri Trio

by AAJ Staff
June 22, 2011

Meet Rhinoceri Trio: The Rhinoceri trio, named for the most ponderous and terrifying beast of the primeval forest, both ponders and terrifies. Firmly rooted in the jazz tradition, the group's repertoire spans and blends a tapestry of influences from Duke Ellington's jungle jazz, Eastern European folk music, Ornette Coleman, Bach, Wagner ...

Take Five With Edward Simon

by AAJ Staff
June 21, 2011

Meet Edward Simon: The process by which Simon became an internationally regarded jazz musician began in the small coastal town of Cardon, Venezuela, where he grew up surrounded by the sounds of Latin and Caribbean music. Born in 1969, Simon credits his father, Hadsy, for developing his passion for music and supporting him and ...

Pat Metheny Introduces What's It All About

Featuring the music of Pat Metheny
Duration: 5:55
June 20, 2011