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The People Band and Vortex Outdoors– Vortex 22nd Sept 2012
by Sammy Stein
The People BandVortex OutdoorThe VortexLondon, EnglandSeptember 22, 2012The Vortex Club in Dalston, north London, recently celebrated 25 years as a jazz venue. For a quarter of a century, first in Stoke Newington and later Dalston, The Vortex has offered jazz of all genres to the world. ...
Matching Mole: Little Red Record – Extended Version
by AAJ Italy Staff
L'etichetta discografica Esoteric ci prepara una sorpresa davvero succulenta e, in occasione della ristampa del secondo album dei Matching Mole in extended version, aggiunge un CD supplementare che comprende alternate takes di alcuni brani e registrazioni dal vivo effettuate nell'estate del 1972 per la BBC. La musica del quartetto ruota attorno alla batteria di Robert Wyatt, ...
Andy Hague: Cross My Palm
by Bruce Lindsay
England's West Country isn't quite as glamorous as America's West Coast, but an innovative music scene has emerged there, especially around the city of Bristol: Massive Attack, Get The Blessing, saxophonist Andy Sheppard, for a start (and singer/songwriter Robert Wyatt was also born in Bristol). Now add Andy Hague to the list. Cross My Palm is ...
Amy C. Beal: Carla Bley
by Chris May
Carla Bley Amy C. Beal Softcover, 114 pages University of Illinois Press ISBN: 9780252078187 2011 Remarkably, this is the first detailed, published study of the career and music of Carla Bley, the distinguished composer, keyboardist, band leader and activist. It is the seventh volume in the University of ...
Machine Mass Trio to Release "As Real As Thinking" (MoonJune)
Originally born as a side-project of douBt, this new trio led by Tony Bianco (on drums and loops) and Michel Delville (on guitar, bouzouki and live effects) also includes emerging Belgian talent Jordi Grognard on saxophones, bass clarinet and flute. As Real as Thinking is an amazing mix of fiery licks, catchy themes, telepathic rhythms, shamanic ...
MoonJune Records: A Decade of Progressive Rock Documentation
by Mark Redlefsen
On a moon of this past June, appropriately enough, Leonardo Pavkovic, owner of the progressive jazz label MoonJune Records, gave All About Jazz an interview at the label's office in Union Square, New York City. The name MoonJune Records, which Pavkovic started back in 2001, is taken from the title of a song, “Moon In June," ...
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville 2011
by Kurt Gottschalk
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville Victoriaville, Canada May 19-22, 2011 The 27th annual Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) was a remarkably consistent four days of concerts. It held high points, to be sure (the Ex, Zeena Parkins, Jaap Blonk), and inevitable low points as well. But there was also ...
Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland 2011: Days 1-3
by Matt Marshall
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 8-10 32th Annual Tri-C JazzFest ClevelandCleveland, OhioApril 28-May 8, 2011 Like most jazz festivals, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, now in its 32nd year, features a fair share of tributes to jazz legends. Slated this time around were tributes to usual suspects Miles ...
Don "Sugar Cane" Harris: Cup Full of Dreams
by John Kelman
While Sugar Cane's Got the Blues (MPS, 1972; Reissued Promising Music, 2008), teamed the violinist with Europeans including Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal, German keyboardist Wolfgang Dauner and British (though, with a life-changing accident looming, not for long) drummer Robert Wyatt, Cup Full of Dreams finds Don “Sugar Cane" Harris back on American turf, with a group ...
Orchestre National de Jazz: Shut Up And Dance
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Orchestre National de JazzShut Up And DanceBee Jazz2010 Daniel Yvinec's first foray as artistic director of France's National Jazz Orchestra, a tribute to English rock oddball Robert Wyatt (Around Robert Wyatt, Bee Jazz, 2009) drew well-deserved critical praise. To some, however, it sounded more like a pop ...
