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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ralph Alessi

March 5, 2022

All About Jazz is celebrating Ralph Alessi's birthday today! Trumpeter/Composer Ralph Alessi was born in San Francisco, CA, the son of classical trumpeter Joe Alessi and opera singer Maria Leone. After taking degrees in jazz trumpet and bass—he studied under the legendary Charlie Haden at CalArts—he set out for New York, where he swiftly became an ...

Article: Album Review

Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double: March

by Troy Dostert
March 4, 2022

Drummer Tomas Fujiwara's March, another offering from his Triple Double sextet, was recorded in December 2019, prior to the widespread racial unrest that followed the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others in 2020. But it feels completely of a piece with those protests, with an unsettled anger and impatience that animate every moment ...

Article: Album Review

Ilmiliekki Quartet: Ilmiliekki Quartet

Read "Ilmiliekki Quartet" reviewed by Pat Youngspiel

by Pat Youngspiel
February 11, 2022

When opener “Three Queens" kicks off seemingly mid-motion, Verneri Pohjola, Tuomo Prättälä, Antti Lötjönen and Olavi Louhivuori—a foursome going by the name of Ilmiliekki Quartet—sound as though they've already been at it for a while. They're all warmed up, in complete sync and have found a common groove at which they're smoothly tugging and pulling in ...

Article: Album Review

Angelika Niescier & Alexander Hawkins: Soul In Plain Sight

Read "Soul In Plain Sight" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
January 25, 2022

Some of pianist British Alexander Hawkins' most potent outings have been in the intimate duo setting. Think, for example, of Leaps In Leicester (Clean Feed, 2016) with Evan Parker or Shards And Constellations (Intakt, 2020) with cellist Tomeka Reid. To that list can be added this richly-detailed double act with the Polish-born, German-resident saxophonist Angelika Niescier. ...

Album

Identified Flying Object

By Alex Koo

Label: W.E.R.F. Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Nebula; Levitate!; Ready, Set Go; Aurora; Maenads; Underwater Star Based Society; Toy Pianos; Source Of The Ten Thousand Things.

Album

Untucked In Hannover

By Tom Rainey

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: If I Should Lose You; Stella By Starlight; What's New—There Is No Greater Love; I Fall In Love Too Easily; Just In Time—In Your Own Sweet Way; Long Ago And Far Away.

Album

Melt All the Guns

By Devin Gray

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Think About It; Jet Lag Party; Micro Waves; Melt All the Guns; Protect Our Environment.

Article: Live Review

Steve Coleman a Imola e Crag Taborn a Ferrara

by Libero Farnè
November 9, 2021

Steve Coleman & Five Elements Teatro Ebe Stignani, Imola 9.10.2021 Craig Taborn Trio Torrione Jazz Club, Ferrara 5.10.2021 È davvero interminabile e ubiqua la programmazione del festival Crossroads, giunto alla ventiduesima edizione, coinvolgendo tutto il territorio dell'Emilia-Romagna. Iniziata a Correggio il 17 maggio con Little Italy, il ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Allison Miller, Jane Ira Bloom, Mujician, Gabriele Mirabassi & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 12, 2021

This week's playlist features trios, duos and solos that sound as big as an orchestra, many of them representing yet another challenge won by creative musicians facing the pandemic, staying positive and being creative... and to top it off, the final album by legendary British band Mujician, released a decade after its recording date.

Article: Live Review

Firenze Jazz Festival 2021

by Neri Pollastri
September 30, 2021

Firenze Jazz Festival Firenze Varie sedi 8-12.9.2021 Il Firenze Jazz Festival ha proposto quest'anno un numero impressionante di appuntamenti, ben trenta, spalmati su quattro giorni più l'anteprima la sera di mercoledì 8 settembre. La moltitudine di concerti ha inevitabilmente portato alla loro parziale sovrapposizione, ma questo non deve necessariamente essere ...