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Article: Jazz Raconteurs

Bill Evans on meeting Miles

Read "Bill Evans on meeting Miles" reviewed by Nenette Evans

by Nenette Evans

Excerpt from Nenette Evans's untitled reflections of Bill Evans, October 3, 2012.Miles Davis said: “Bill left the band in 1958 and went down to Louisiana to live with his brother. Then he came back after a while and formed his own group. After a while he got Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian ...

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Article: Album Review

Jerome Sabbagh, Simon Jermyn, Allison Miller: Lean

Read "Lean" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

Jerome Sabbagh fa parte di quella folta schiera di musicisti non usi alle luci dei riflettori mediatici o alle prime pagine, ma particolarmente stimati dai colleghi (non a caso Paul Motian lo volle fortemente nel nuovo trio messo in piedi poco prima della sua scomparsa). Se il suo biglietto da visita come leader è il quartetto ...

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Article: Album Review

Ingrid and Christine Jensen: Infinitude

Read "Infinitude" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

While they've often recorded together over the years--from the collective Nordic Connect quintet and trumpeter Ingrid Jensen's early albums including Now as Then (Justin Time, 2003), to many of saxophonist Christine's recordings, from her two much-lauded Jazz Orchestra albums (most recently Habitat (Justin Time, 2014)) to earlier, small group dates including Look Left (Effendi, 2006)--the two ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Adam Schneit

Read "Take Five with Adam Schneit" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Adam Schneit: Saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer Adam Schneit grew up in Portland, Maine, and has made Brooklyn his home since 2006. He earned a Master's degree in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with esteemed artists including Steve Lacy and Bob Brookmeyer. Since moving to New York, ...

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Article: Album Review

Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra: Time / Life

Read "Time / Life" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala

Due anni dopo la scomparsa di Charlie Haden si pubblica questo ultimo documento della sua Liberation Music Orchestra, un lavoro che il compianto contrabbassista progettò ma che non ebbe modo di portare a compiuta realizzazione. Vessillo del suo impegno civile e umano, l'orchestra era nata nel 1969 raccogliendo una pletora di musicisti straordinari, molti dei quali ...

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Article: Album Review

Frank Kimbrough: Solstice

Read "Solstice" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan

Pianist/composer Frank Kimbrough presents a trio album with only one of his originals, a reversal of his usual approach. He was a student of the late Paul Bley, and although there is no formal dedication the program has an air of homage about it. Kimbrough first heard three of the selections played by Bley's mid-60's trio. ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Underpool 3 - Underpool 4

Read "Underpool 3 - Underpool 4" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Questi due dischi sono prodotti dall'etichetta indipendente di Barcellona Underpool, nata nel 2013 e specializzata nel valorizzare i giovani musicisti catalani. Alcuni di essi iniziano ad essere noti, come il trombettista Pol Omedes, il pianista Marco Mezquida o il contrabbassista Martin Leiton mentre altri sono al loro debutto. AA.VV. Underpool 3

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Article: Album Review

Frank Kimbrough: Solstice

Read "Solstice" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

Frank Kimbrough is a veteran New York pianist known best for playing with Maria Schneider's orchestra and leading his own small groups. On his new CD, Solstice, he pays tribute to several people who have inspired him in his career and life. Most of the people he tips his hat to such as Paul ...

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Article: Album Review

Frank Kimbrough: Solstice

Read "Solstice" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

A stellar interlude of three-way instrumental interplay can be found on composer/conductor Maria Schneider's first masterpiece, Concert In The Garden (ArtistShare, 2004), on the set's title tune, beginning about five and a half minutes in. Ben Monder lays down a ghostly guitar solo that climbs to an eerie climax, as a handoff to pianist Frank Kimbrough, ...

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Article: Lyrics

"A Multitude of Angels" di Keith Jarrett Secondo Stefano Battaglia

Read ""A Multitude of Angels" di Keith Jarrett Secondo Stefano Battaglia" reviewed by Stefano Battaglia

by Stefano Battaglia

La ECM ha appena pubblicato A Moltitude of Angels, un cofanetto di quattro dischi che documentano altrettante staordinarie performance solistiche di Keith Jarrett registrate in Italia nel 1996. Ne abbiamo approfittato per chiedere ad uno dei principali pianisti italiani, Stefano Battaglia, una riflessione su questo ambizioso progetto discografico. Quello che Battaglia ci ha inviato, ...


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