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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Peter Erskine

June 5, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Peter Erskine's birthday today! Peter Erskine - drums Peter Erskine began playing the drums at the age of four, and has now been at the forefront of world-class jazz ensembles for thirty years. His first major professional work was with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, which he joined in 1972. After a ...

News: Video / DVD

Weekend Extra: Steps Ahead, Still Ahead

May 31, 2015

The modern jazz sub-genre called jazz fusion emerged in the 1960s, attracted a wide audience and received extensive radio air play through the second half of the twentieth century. The music combined elements of rhythm and blues, jazz, rock, funk and, often, time signatures that were challenging for both musicians and listeners. Fusion came in for ...

Article: Interview

Pat Petrillo: Performance, Education, and Groovalution

by Ben Scholz
May 13, 2015

Recognized as one of the first instructional video producers, drummer Pat Petrillo set a standard for educational media with his landmark 1987 recording Snare Drum Rudiments. Since then he has developed a remarkable career as a performer and educator. Pat and I sat down at the APAP convention in New York City to discuss his history, ...

Article: Interview

A dialogo con Alessandro Galati

by Neri Pollastri
April 20, 2015

Alessandro Galati è un pianista fiorentino che può vantare una carriera estremamente ricca di esperienze in direzioni anche molto diverse -come testimoniato dai nomi di alcuni dei più noti musicisti con cui ha collaborato in modo continuativo: Kenny Wheeler, Arild Andersen, Dave Liebman. Oggi è possibile racchiudere idealmente la sua esperienza artistica nel ...

Article: Album Review

Alessandro Galati Trio: Seals

by Neri Pollastri
April 20, 2015

Dopo aver esordito giusto vent'anni fa con un piano trio che lo vedeva affiancato nientemeno che da Palle Danielsson e Peter Erskine e aver lavorato continuativamente in trio con altri due “mostri sacri" come Arild Andersen e Paolo Vinaccia, il pianista fiorentino Alessandro Galati ha stavolta messo assieme un trio del quale è pienamente leader, con ...

Article: Interview

Marshall Gilkes: Relishing Big Band Success

by R.J. DeLuke
February 23, 2015

Marshall Gilkes is a trombonist of monster chops and great taste whenever he puts the brass to his lips in any performance. He's seen sitting in the trombone section of the Maria Schneider Orchestra in recent years, and has associations with other big bands, either subbing in, or as a member of the WDR Big Band ...

Article: Album Review

Mike Collins: And Suddenly, Evening

Read "And Suddenly, Evening" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
February 5, 2015

Based in the Georgian splendour of the west of England town of Bath, pianist Mike Collins writes and plays music characterized by a melodic sensibility that seems to match his home town's air of respectability. Of course, the respectable surface of this Georgian town can readily hide an undercurrent of romance and powerful emotions--as Jane Austen ...

Album

Intrada

By Dave Slonaker

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Intrada; It’s Only a Paper Moon; Nite Lites; Nowhere Is a Sometime Thing; Point of Departure; Timelessness; Labyrinth Suite, Part 1 (Labyrinth); Labyrinth Suite, Part 2 (Flight Time); If and Only If; Remembering.

Album

Joged Kahyangan

By Dewa Budjana

Label: MoonJune Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Foggy Cloud; Joged Kahyangan; Dang Hyang Story; As You Leave My Nest; Majik Blue; Erskoman; Guru Mandala; Borra’s Ballad.

Article: Rediscovery

Vince Mendoza: Start Here

by John Kelman
December 30, 2014

Vince Mendoza Start Here World Pacific1990 In the fall of 1990, I was visiting Amsterdam for four days between business engagements in other European countries and, as usual, the first order of the day was to scope out a good music store. Luckily, there was one within walking distance of the ...