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Drew Gress 7 Black Butterflies
by Neri Pollastri
Pinocchio Live Jazz Firenze 18.04.2014 Quasi a conclusione della eccellente stagione 2013-2014, in un giorno atipico per la programmazione ordinaria--il venerdì--si è esibito sul palco del Pinocchio Live Jazz un autentico supergruppo: il quintetto “7 Black Butterflies" di Drew Gress, con Tim Berne al sax contralto, Ralph Alessi alla tromba, ...
Peter Epstein Quartet: Polarities
by Dan Bilawsky
Polarity, depending on the usage of the word, can reference opposites, the carrying of positive and negative charges, or attraction to a specific point, object, or idea; saxophonist Peter Epstein's Polarities deals with all of that. Epstein, a notable player on the New York scene in the '90s, has kept a lower profile ...
Tom Rainey: Obbligato
by Libero Farnè
Ecco un disco bello, intelligente, del tutto convincente in quanto rimane aderente ad una precisa tradizione jazzistica, riuscendo nello stesso tempo a trascenderla e rivitalizzarla. L'idea è semplice: reinterpretare composizioni storiche del repertorio jazzistico, fra le quali alcuni standard ben noti ed altri meno frequentati, conferendo loro un'insolita veste armonica, strutturale e ...
Save the Date - Aprile 2014
by Luca Canini
Come promesso il mese scorso, diventa fisso l'appuntamento con “Save the Date." Riparte il viaggio su e giù per lo Stivale a caccia delle migliori proposte, dei migliori festival, delle iniziative più stuzzicanti. Una guida tascabile compilata seguendo solo e soltanto l'ispirazione e le tracce della musica che piace (a noi). 2 Aprile--Piacenza: ...
7th Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival Taking Place June 8 & 15 In The Urban Meadow - Red Hook, Brooklyn
The 7th annual Red Hook Jazz Festival will take place once again in Brooklyn's Urban Meadow on two consecutive Sundays, June 8 and 15, 2014 from 1-6 PM. As part of its continuing grassroots tradition, the RHJF is a 100% volunteer-run event that receives no major corporate sponsorship beyond in-kind donations from local businesses, nor any ...
Joel Harrison 5 at Gigspace Performance Studio
by John Kelman
Joel Harrison 5 Gigspace Performance Studio Ottawa, Canada March 1, 2014 Tucked at the end of a small strip mall in an unlikely location, Gigspace Performance Studio has, since opening in the fall of 2011, garnered a reputation as an intimate performance space where magic often happens. A not-for-profit 46-seat venue, ...
Matt Renzi: Rise And Shine
by Dan Bilawsky
Continuity and freshness, while theoretically at odds with one another, are the two things that tend to fuel group development in the arts. Only time can create bonds of trust and help to crystallize concepts and language shared between artists, but consistency can breed predictability. So how can an artist balance the scales, allowing their work ...
Tom Rainey: Obbligato
by Troy Collins
Tom Rainey has been a fixture in New York's Downtown scene since the early '90s. The stalwart drummer's current efforts have found him expanding his purview, collaborating with a new generation of creative improvisers. Working on original material with young Brooklyn-based artists like Ingrid Laubrock and Mary Halvorson, Rainey continues experiments in form and structure that ...
Take Five With Charlie Peacock
by AAJ Staff
Meet Charlie Peacock: Charlie Peacock is an American multi-genre Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, and recording artist. He has award-winning and chart-topping credits in jazz, gospel, country, folk, Americana, rock, and pop. Lemonade (Twenty Ten Music, 2014) is Peacock's third recording in the jazz genre. His first release, Love Press Ex-Curio (Thirty Tigers, ...
Bridges
By David Ake
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Bridges; Sonomads; Waterfront; Story Table; We Do?; Boats (exit); Year In Review; Open/Balance; Dodge; Grand Colonial; Light Bright.
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