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John Coltrane: There Was No End To The Music
by Rob Armstrong
[Editor's Note: All About Jazz, Hidden City Philadelphia, and the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia have collaborated to present a series of articles on the local jazz scene that John Coltrane inhabited, developed in, and ultimately transcended between 1943 and 1958, when he called the city home.] When 18 year old John Coltrane moved ...
Fundraising Campaign Launched To Support New Documentary On The NY Art Quartet
Alan Roth, filmmaker and director of the new documentary about the New York Art Quartet, has just launched a final fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to complete this feature-length documentary. The film is entitled: The Breath Courses Through Us. Roth explained: “I believe this is one of the more important documentaries on jazz musicians, especially the under-represented ...
Brains on Fire
Label: Labor Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: No Exercise; Three Problems; Heidi; Bea's Flat; Love In The Middle Of The Air; U.C.S.; All
Tones; The Fugue No. 2.
Alice Coltrane: Huntington Ashram Monastery / World Galaxy
by Chris M. Slawecki
Composer, pianist, keyboard player, harpist and bandleader Alice (McLeod) Coltrane married John Coltrane in 1965. She played in her husband's band until his passing in 1967 but his influence remained strong throughout her music thereafter. Few of her albums reflect this influence more strongly than Huntington Ashram Monastery, recorded in 1969, and World Galaxy, recorded in ...
From Britain to Boogaloo
by Chris M. Slawecki
Chris BarberMemories of My TripProper American Records2011 You will find very few jazz retrospectives more thoroughly, warmly inviting than Memories of My Trip, which celebrates six decades of recording and performing by one of Britain's most enduring traditional jazz musicians--trombonist, bassist and bandleader Chris Barber. ...
Enjoy Jazz Festival 2012
by Adriana Carcu
2012 Enjoy Jazz FestivalHeidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 19-November 10, 2012 Michel Godard and Günter Baby Sommer The humorous dialogue between tubaist Michel Godard's grave tones and legendary German drummer Günter Baby Sommer became the leading note of the evening in Karlstorbahnhof (Carol's Door), a well-attended Heidelberg club. The pairing of tuba ...
Marilyn Crispell / Harrison Smith / Eddie Prevost: London, UK, November 7, 2012
by John Sharpe
Marilyn Crispell / Harrison Smith / Eddie PrévostCafé OtoLondon, UKNovember 7, 2012It was almost as if no-one wanted to break the perfection of the anticipatory hush at north London's Café Oto. Eventually, Harrison Smith ventured a quizzical phrase on tenor saxophone, which inaugurated an unostentatious exchange of ideas and viewpoints. Pianist ...
Vision Festival, NYC, Days 6-7: June 16-17, 2012
by John Sharpe
Days 1-2 | Days 3-5 | Days 6-717th Annual Vision FestivalRouletteBrooklyn, NYJune 16-17, 2012 Chapter Index June 16: Steve Swell Quintet / Trio 3 / Jason Kao Hwang Burning Bridge June 17: Ingrid Laubrock's Anti-House / Burnt Sugar Holy Ghost & Fire / Rob Brown/Daniel ...
Heiner Stadler: Brains on Fire
by Hrayr Attarian
Heiner StadlerBrains on FireLabor Records2012One of the most exciting reissues of the first quarter of 2012 is composer and pianist Heiner Stadler's pioneering Brains on Fire, originally released in 1973. The two-CD reissue adds three lengthy, previously unreleased tracks and informative and well-researched liner notes by critic Howard ...
Take Five With Kyoko Kitamura
by AAJ Staff
Meet Kyoko Kitamura: A former journalist with childhood piano training at Juilliard Pre-College and a stint as a one-time war reporter on her résumé, Kyoko Kitamura is an oddball vocal improviser and composer who has performed and/or recorded with many distinguished musicians including Anthony Braxton, Reggie Workman, Steve Coleman, Jim Staley and Taylor Ho ...
