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Assaf Shatil: Pine

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 21, 2014

Assaf Shatil is a man of many talents. The Israeli musician is a pianist that studied modern improvisation in the New England Conservatory under the guidance of Ran Blake and Anthony Coleman. He leads a local jazz trio in Tel Aviv, he's a composer of contemporary music, singer-songwriter and occasionally also a visual artist. ...

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New England Conservatory’s Annual Multi-media Film Noir Extravaganza Features Otto Preminger’s Whirlpool & Laura

October 25, 2013

Tuesday, November 5 at NEC’s Jordan Hall Curated by Ran Blake and Aaron Hartley Part of NEC’s Music: Truth to Power series of over 30 concerts Pianist/composer/improviser Ran Blake and co-producer/trombonist Aaron Hartley bring an extra dimension to Hallowe'en with specimens of that most haunting genre, film noir. Now an annual tradition in its 9th year, ...

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New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation Department Presents Walking Between The Worlds-Stories, Violinist/Singer Eden MacAdam-Somer’s Faculty Recital Thursday, September 12

September 3, 2013

Musical Tales of Love and Loss, Death and Immortality, War and Introspection Drawing on Works by Monk, Blake, Vaughan-Williams, Takemitsu and Sufi poet Rumi “Astonishing virtuosity and raw expression…” — by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times “...a remarkable musician. Violinist, fiddler (there’s a difference), clogger, and vocalist, she bowed, plucked, and danced up a storm... ...

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New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present More Than 100 Free Performances For 2013-2014 Season

July 8, 2013

Plus Residencies with World-Renowned Performers September 3, 2013 – May 30, 2014 Highlights include residencies by John Zorn, Luciana Souza, Fred Hersch and Dave Holland; Sun Ra Centennial Concert; Jazz and the Struggle for Freedom and Equality; A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall featuring CI Students; Ran Blake’s annual Film Noir Concert; Faculty Recitals; and In the ...

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At the Corner: Ran Blake / Sara Serpa / Christine Correa

by C. Michael Bailey
May 23, 2013

The common element between Sara Serpa's Aurora and Christine Correa's Down Here Below is obviously pianist Ran Blake. Enigmatic to a fault, Blake has made a potent name for himself among improvised music enthusiasts. Blake is an intellectual amalgam of pianists Thelonious Monk and Martial Solal distilled to a dissonant essence. A long ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet Maxim Micheliov

by AAJ Staff
April 17, 2013

I currently live in: Vilnius, LithuaniaI joined All About Jazz in: 2010What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? My professional background is in web marketing, and I connected with Michael Ricci through Chris Rich, who encouraged me to submit my first article “Howard Riley: Five Decades in Music." High ...

Article: Interview

Sara Serpa: A Musical Journey

by Hrayr Attarian
January 29, 2013

Vocalist and composer Sara Serpa is one of the most original and innovative musicians to emerge since the turn of the century. She has already made an indelible mark on the modern music scene in the span of a mere four years. Her unique style of vocalese allows her to utilize the full range of her ...

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NEC Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation Faculty Spotlight Monday, January 28

January 15, 2013

Performances by Ran Blake, Norm Zocher, Eden MacAdam-Somer, Jerry Leake, Linda Chase, Ben Schwendener, Bert Seager, Amir Milstein, Rabbit Rabbit with Carla Kihlstedt Plus Rare Trio Performance with Cecil McBee, Bob Moses and special guest Dave Liebman “New England Conservatory’s jazz faculty distinguish themselves in a lot of ways but most of all because they maintain ...

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Sara Serpa / Ran Blake: Aurora

Read "Aurora" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
January 10, 2013

Aurora is vocalist Sara Serpa's second release with her mentor, pianist Ran Blake. A duet recital recorded live at Lisbon's Auditório da Culturges, despite being more laidback and slightly less adventurous, it is just as creative as the pair's engrossing Camera Obscura (Inner Circle, 2010). Serpa and Blake's sparse and atmospheric delivery of ...

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New England Conservatory's Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Nearly 60 Free Performances For The Spring 2013 Season

January 7, 2013

Highlights include Miguel Zenon's Multi-Media Masterpiece: Identities Are Changeable: Tales From The Diaspora Randy Weston with the NEC Jazz Orchestra Faculty Recitalby Fred Hersch and Tanya Kalmanovitch In The Mix - 36 one-hour concerts by exceptional student ensembles – and many more New England Conservatory’s internationally renowned Jazz Studies and Contemporary Improvisation Departments announce nearly 60 ...