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Article: Live Review

Montreux Jazz Festival 2016

by Ian Patterson
July 20, 2016

Montreux Jazz Festival 2016 Various Venues Montreux, Switzerland July 9-12, 2016 No matter at what point, or for how long you dipped into the Montreux Jazz Festival during the seventeen days of its 50th edition, the sense of history was palpable. Charles Lloyd was present, just as he was ...

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Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2016

by John Kelman
July 19, 2016

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada July 3-7, 2016 In many ways, the front of one of the festival's new T-Shirt designs said it all: swing blues soul improvisation latin gospel R 'n' B crossroads silence groove world ...

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Umbria Jazz 2016

by Libero Farnè
July 19, 2016

Umbria Jazz 2016 Perugia, varie sedi 8-17.07.2016 Sul numero di maggio di Downbeat vengono riportati in sintesi i calendari dei più importanti jazz festival estivi dell'intero globo. È facile constatare che i programmi degli appuntamenti europei di maggior richiamo sono spesso analoghi a quello di Umbria Jazz, basandosi su una serie ...

News: Recording

Ricardo Bacelar’s new CD, "Concerto para Moviola," captures an exciting live performance by the dynamic Brazilian Pianist/Composer/Arranger

July 15, 2016

Concerto para Moviola, the new CD from Brazilian pianist, composer, and arranger Ricardo Bacelar, puts jazz fusion of the 1970s and 1980s in the spotlight with tunes by Weather Report, Pat Metheny, Yellowjackets, Antonio Carlos Jobim and other greats. The new recording documents a performance specially produced for the traditional Guaramiranga Jazz and Blues Festival, held ...

Article: Album Review

Beledo: Dreamland Mechanism

Read "Dreamland Mechanism" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
July 10, 2016

Hailing from Montevideo, Uruguay but now resident in New York City, prodigiously talented multi-instrumentalist Beledo signed to MoonJune Records in 2013. The result of this signing is a stunningly good album sporting some of jazz fusion's most talented exponents including the redoubtable British drummer Gary Husband and in-demand NYC bassist Lincoln Goines. Beledo won his spurs ...

Article: Live Review

Udin&Jazz 2016

by Neri Pollastri
July 7, 2016

Udin&Jazz Corte Morpurgo 18-23.6.2016 Come al solito preceduta da un prologo (il quartetto di Daniele Sepe a Cervignano) e seguita da una coda (Ezio Bosso), la ventiseiesima edizione di Udin&Jazz si è tenuta nella settimana tra il 18 e il 23 giugno, inaugurata dal nuovo progetto “Eros" di Omar Sosa e Paolo ...

Article: Album Review

Marco Giongrandi Soares Quartet: Departures

Read "Departures" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi
July 6, 2016

Dedicato alla figura e alla poetica di Antonio Tabucchi (che si specchia in quella di Pessoa o del suo eteronimo, Soares, nome del gruppo), questo esordio discografico parla già un linguaggio maturo e racconta di un affiatamento umano ed artistico sicuramente palpabile. Al di là dei riferimenti letterari e dell'obiettivo di plasmare le atmosfere ...

Article: Interview

Donatello D'Attoma Story

by Claudio Bonomi
July 5, 2016

A tu per tu con Donatello D'Attoma, classe 1983, e astro pianistico “crescente" e vitale del nostro jazz d'autore. Lo abbiamo incontrato due volte: la prima l'anno scorso, in occasione del Fasano Jazz, dove ha diviso il palco con il chitarrista norvegese Bjorn Solli (si trattava di una delle tappe estive del Watchdog Tour) e, recentemente, ...

Article: Film Review

Eberhard Weber: The Jubilee Concert

by Mark Sullivan
July 4, 2016

Eberhard Weber Eberhard Weber: The Jubilee Concert Naxos 2015 German bassist Eberhard Weber's 75th birthday celebration has already been documented in audio form on Hommage à Eberhard Weber (ECM, 2015). This video document more fully captures the celebratory tone of the event, includes a bit of bonus material, and perhaps ...

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TD Ottawa Jazz Festival 2016

by John Kelman
July 3, 2016

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 22 -July 3, 2016 It's hard to believe, with seasons that move quickly from spring into summer, that it was time, once again, for the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival. Now in its 36th year, the festival has grown from a weekend event into a full-blown, ...