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Alessandro Balossino: Keith Jarrett - Improvvisazioni dall'anima
by Mario Calvitti
Keith Jarrett—Improvvisazioni dall'anima Alessandro Balossino 160 pagine ISBN: 978-88-99759-57-5 Chinaski 2019 Nonostante sia universalmente riconosciuto come uno dei musicisti più importanti e significativi degli ultimi 50 anni, la letteratura ufficiale su Keith Jarrett è ancora decisamente troppo scarna. Escludendo i lavori di stampo accademico, limitati sia nella diffusione che ...
Woodstock—Back to the Garden: 50th Anniversary Experience
by John Kelman
First things first. For all but the most committed of fans, knowledge of what transpired, how it transpired and when it transpired at the now-legendary 1969 Woodstock Music & Arts Fair has, despite a variety of initial, 25th and 40th Anniversary audio and video releases, been severely limited. As engaging, entertaining and well-constructed as these various ...
Satoko Fujii/Ramon Lopez: Confluence
by Dan McClenaghan
Pianist Satoko Fujii has collected a lot of musical soul mates over her twenty-plus year, eighty-plus album career: pianist Paul Bley, her early mentor; trumpeter (and husband) Natsuki Tamura; electronics wizard/keyboardfisit Alister Spence, to name a few notables. All three have teamed with Fujii for at least one extraordinary duo album apiece, showcasing deep connections and ...
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2019: Week 2
by Mark Sullivan
Various Venues Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Montréal, Canada July 2-6, 2019 The festival celebrated its 40th anniversary this year with the usual dazzling array of musical offerings. And a few that were unusual: including concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of ECM Records (founder Manfred Eicher was awarded the Bruce ...
Paul Bley, Yazz Ahmed, Gianluigi Trovesi, Matthieu Michel and tons of great new releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Accordion players, saxophonists, clarinet and trombone players as well as compelling singers are at the heart of this week's focus on new releases. Give a listen and then make sure to support the musicians and the labels that put out this amazing music so that the prolific jazz phase we live in can go on, and ...
Jakob Dinesen: Keys & Strings
by Jakob Baekgaard
In the liner essay for Jakob Dinesen's double album, Keys & Strings, writer Eddie Michel Azoulay mentions the tenor saxophonist's quest for truth and beauty. The romantic poet John Keats is not mentioned directly, but his lines from the famous poem “Ode on a Gracian Urn" immediately come to mind: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty, that ...
Take Five with Amir Segall
by AAJ Staff
About Amir Segall Amir Segall is a distinctively accomplished pianist, composer and bandleader from the Israeli, and more recently the New York modern and avant-garde jazz scene. Since arriving in New York City, Amir has gained recognition as one of today's most exciting and influential artists. Amir has played and studied classical ...
Paul Bley: When Will The Blues Leave
by John Ephland
Ornette Coleman recorded “When Will The Blues Leave" in early 1958, released the next year on Something Else!!!! (Contemporary). Paul Bley played Coleman's blues four years later on The Floater Syndrome (Savoy Records), a trio recording with bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Pete La Roca. Both versions--Coleman's in a quintet with trumpeter Don Cherry, bassist Don ...
Floors al Lagarina Jazz Festival
by Paolo Peviani
Floors Lagarina Jazz Festival-XIII Edizione Cortile Palazzo Probizer Isera 20.6.2019 L'apertura della tredicesima edizione del Lagarina Jazz Festival è stata affidata a Floors, trio formato da alcuni tra i più interessanti musicisti italiani emersi negli ultimi anni: Filippo Vignato al trombone, Francesco Diodati alla chitarra, Francesco Ponticelli al contrabbasso. ...
Ben Allison, Ron Horton, Frank Kimbrough: A Collective Trio
by Ludovico Granvassu
Ben Allison, Ron Horton and Frank Kimbrough have been collaborating for more than a quarter century, including as members of the influential Jazz Composers Collective. During these years they have established themselves as stalwarts of the New York jazz scene and developed their own instantly identifiable sounds, solidifying their international reputations as leading voices ...
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