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Article: The Jazz Life

Growing Older Jazzfully

by Peter Rubie
August 22, 2018

So there I was the other day, taking a yoga lesson, trying to loosen my aching muscles. I'm at that age where it aches if I do exercise, and I stiffen if I don't. The instructor was a young woman with the flexibility of a baby who can suck her own toes. She asked us to ...

Article: Interview

Andreas Varady: Guitar Wizard On The Rise

by R.J. DeLuke
June 18, 2018

Listening to Andreas Varady play guitar, it's difficult to guess his age. Its not just the fleet fingers across the fret board, the subtle bending of notes and the dexterity. Many young players display those features. He possesses a warm tone, a mature style with free-flowing ideas that go to interesting places. His style is mature ...

Article: Album Review

Larry Goldings / Peter Bernstein / Bill Stewart: Toy Tunes

Read "Toy Tunes" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 16, 2018

Just look at the cover art--the swirl of colors, the bodies drawn to the eye as misshapen designs, the beauteous blotches, the sturdy rhythms of angularity. In some ways it's almost inconceivable to imagine all of that acting as one, yet these images form a perfectly perceivable whole--a picture that feels like home yet sits in ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Live @ BIMHUIS

by BIMHUIS
June 4, 2018

For the second installment of BIMHUIS Radio on All About Jazz we present the full recording of the recent concert by Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein & Bill Stewart held at BIMHUIS, in Amsterdam, on 31 May 2018. You'll hear a brilliant melting pot of groove, melody and swing by three phenomenal jazz heavyweights ...

Article: The Jazz Life

Getting Past (E)Go

by Peter Rubie
March 21, 2018

I like to play squash, and the best advice a pro ever gave me was this: “Hit the ball in the middle of the racquet." Do you have any idea how difficult that simple piece of advice is to master? Not so long ago, a friend (Brent Vaartstra) posted a great podcast about overcoming ...

Article: In Pictures

Enzo Zirilli's "Radio London" project with Peter Bernstein at Folkclub

by Antonio Baiano
March 20, 2018

The London-based Italian drummer Enzo Zirilli is a regular guest at Folkclub, one of the main music venues in Turin, Italy. With his “Radio London" project, he regularly brings talented musicians that perform in bands he leads of co-leads to Folkclub. To celebrate the tenth year of this curated concert series, Zirilli invited acclaimed guitar master ...

Article: Interview

Dan Monaghan: The Man Behind The Swing

by Victor L. Schermer
February 16, 2018

Dan Monaghan is a working drummer who makes an indispensable contribution to the music by being the one who provides the swing and support that allows the other musicians to achieve their diverse objectives. He performs so often in the Philadelphia area that if you go to a jazz show, there's a fair chance he'll be ...

Article: Album Review

ECV: Sticks and Stones

Read "Sticks and Stones" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 3, 2018

While a somewhat common secondary instrument for primarily electric guitarists including Vic Juris, Pat Metheny and Adam Rogers, there are but a handful of jazz six-stringers alive today who make the nylon-string acoustic guitar their main axe. Despite being known to pick up a warm-toned hollow body electric guitar when the need arises, Ottawa, Canada-based Roddy ...

Article: Live Review

Kurt Rosenwinkel at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
January 2, 2018

Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet featuring Peter Bernstein Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA December 30, 2017 As the New Year approached in frigid weather, venturing out in the cold to Chris' Jazz Café to hear two of the finest jazz guitarists close up proved to be a great way to warm up ...

Article: Year in Review

C. Andrew Hovan's Best Releases of 2017

by C. Andrew Hovan
December 30, 2017

The landscape is constantly changing when it comes to the viability of jazz recordings in our world of free downloads and pervasive internet exposure. Add to that a propensity these days for media to tout anything that is a bit off-center and right wing as the next greatest thing. Much of what passes for jazz these ...