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Martin Archer: Story Tellers

Read "Story Tellers" reviewed by Duncan Heining

by Duncan Heining
August 26, 2017

We used to call records like this 'concept albums.' The whole idea soon became a term of derision thanks to Rick Wakeman and others. Nevertheless, let's stick with it for a moment. Martin Archer's Story Tellers is constructed as a series of interlocking vignettes, linked both by certain recurring themes, narrative threads and the attribution of ...

Article: Live Review

Time in Jazz compie trent'anni

by Libero Farnè
August 24, 2017

Time in Jazz 2017 Berchidda e altri comuni 8-16.8.2017 Il testo scritto quest'anno da Paolo Fresu sul programma del Festival non voleva essere tanto una presentazione delle scelte artistiche della trentesima edizione di Time in Jazz, quanto piuttosto un riepilogo in tono estremamente poetico degli obiettivi e criteri in ...

Article: Interview

Craig Taborn and his multiple motion

by Giuseppe Segala
August 7, 2017

Craig Taborn is among the most creative musicians on today's scene. His music is shaped by a deep intellectual curiosity towards a wide range of artistic forms and sources of knowledge. His technical, stylistic, emotional and mental versatility have allowed him to collaborate with a large range of recognized masters in diverse styles of contemporary jazz. ...

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Tyshawn Sorey: Verisimilitude

Read "Verisimilitude" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
August 6, 2017

So much has been said and written about Tyshawn Sorey's presence as a composer, performer and educator, that there is a threat of redundancy, even in adding new superlatives. Each release, however, demands attention to his exceptional and unmatched creativity. Putting aside Sorey's leader dates for the moment, those who have sought him out as a ...

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Roscoe Mitchell: Bells for the South Side

Read "Bells for the South Side" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
July 24, 2017

Ecco un disco per ascoltatori esigenti. Un lavoro che ripaga con generosità l'impegno di un ascolto vigile, informato, empatico. Roscoe Mitchell è tra i musicisti di oggi che hanno saputo costruire la propria arte con incorruttibile determinazione e coerenza. Bells for the South Side ne rappresenta un capitolo importante, che racchiude una prodigiosa sintesi e nel ...

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Il moto multiplo di Craig Taborn

by Giuseppe Segala
July 24, 2017

Prima di leggerne le parole precise ed esaurienti nell'intervista, è il caso di ricordare alcune cose di Craig Taborn, pianista quarantasettenne che si colloca ai massimi livelli della scena contemporanea. In primo luogo la sua profonda curiosità intellettuale, che lo porta a un intreccio di interessi nei confronti di forme diverse dell'espressione artistica e della ...

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Steve Swell: Appreciating the Avant Garde Today

by Victor L. Schermer
July 10, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [This is the third of an All About Jazz series of interviews and articles on “The Many Faces of Jazz Today: Critical Dialogues" in which we explore the current state of jazz around the world with musicians, journalists, and entrepreneurs who give us their own unique ...

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Suoni Per Il Popolo 2017

by Mike Chamberlain
June 28, 2017

Casa del Popolo, Sala Rossa, La Vitrola Suoni Per Il Popolo Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 1-24, 2017 This year's edition of the Suoni per il Popolo, or Suoni as it is popularly known, was the 17th since the inception of Mauro Pezzente and Kiva Stimac's Casa del Popolo mini-empire, which also ...

Article: We Travel the Spaceways

Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, and the Buddha walk in to a bar...

by Mark Corroto
June 8, 2017

Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Leo Records 2017 If you are looking for reviews of the seven new discs Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp released on Leo Records, you won't find them here. You probably won't find a proper review of the music elsewhere either, but ...

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A dialogo con Silvia Bolognesi

by Neri Pollastri
June 6, 2017

Silvia Bolognesi, contrabbassista, compositrice e band leader senese, è tra le più interessanti personalità del jazz italiano. Recentemente ha inoltre ricevuto un riconoscimento internazionale tanto lusinghiero, quanto meritato: la chiamata di Roscoe Mitchell per entrare a far parte del sestetto da lui formato per un progetto in onore di John Coltrane, del quale ricorre quest'anno il ...