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Max Johnson, Kirk Knuffke, Ziv Ravitz: Something Familiar

Read "Something Familiar" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
July 12, 2015

New York native Max Johnson does not appear to require sleep. The bassist/composer, whose career spans the wide terrain from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to Lollapalooza to Anthony Braxton consistently delivers fresh, adventurous, high-quality music against an ambitious output. With his now-regular working trio of Kirk Knuffke on cornet and drummer Ziv Ravitz, the group has released ...

Article: Take Five With...

Ab Baars e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
April 30, 2015

All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Ab Baars: Allegramente ostinata. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. A.B.: Grandi orecchie e una storia da raccontare. AAJ: Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice. A.B.: ...

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Emanuele Parrini: Are You Ready? Viaggio al centro del violino - Vol. 2

Read "Are You Ready? Viaggio al centro del violino - Vol. 2" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
April 27, 2015

Dopo il primo volume, in solitudine e in duo con la viola di Paolo Botti (clicca qui per leggerne la recensione), arriva ora il seguito del Viaggio al centro del violino di Emanuele Parrini, con un sestetto al quale si aggiungono in alcuni brani anche due voci. Il lavoro include composizioni di Archie Shepp,Roswell ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD player di... Francesco Chiapperini

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 16, 2015

01. Charlie Haden -Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse! -1969). Il lirismo della Liberation Orchestra di Charlie Haden e di Carla Bley racconta in maniera moderna lo spirito della guerra civile spagnola attraverso composizioni che trasudano di sofferenza, ma anche di speranza. A cucire il filo del free jazz che unisce i diversi brani del disco spiccano ...

Article: Album Review

Roberto Ottaviano: Forgotten Matches. The Worlds Of Steve Lacy (1934-2004)

Read "Forgotten Matches. The Worlds Of Steve Lacy (1934-2004)" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
March 2, 2015

Il 4 giugno del 2004 veniva a mancare Steve Lacy, uno dei giganti della storia del jazz che, per molteplici motivi, non ha ricevuto l'attenzione e il successo di pubblico di altre figure del suo calibro. Tra le possibili spiegazioni sta probabilmente la scelta di dedicarsi interamente a uno strumento un po' particolare qual è il ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Mantler: The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (Update)

Read "The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (Update)" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
February 23, 2015

All'indomani dei suoi settant'anni, compiuti il 10 agosto 2013, Michael Mantler ha voluto farsi (e farci) un grande regalo: ha “occupato" per tre sere (30/31 agosto e 1 settembre) il Porgy & Bess di Vienna con una venticinquina di musicisti al seguito e ha ridato voce alle partiture, debitamente rivedute e corrette, che quarantacinque anni prima ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Notable and Nearly Missed 2014

by C. Michael Bailey
January 4, 2015

As I have grown older, I have come to the startling and disheartening realization that I will not be able to read all the books there are, and, more importantly, listen to all the music there is (much less write about it). I otherwise appreciate a finite lifespan, but not when it comes to books and ...

Article: Book Review

Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan

by Ian Patterson
November 12, 2014

Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan Ellen Johnson 234 pages ISBN: 978-0-8108-8836-4 Rowman & Littlefield 2014 That Ellen Johnson's revealing portrait of Sheila Jordan is the first full biography of the eighty five-year old Pennsylvanian-born singer reaffirms the notion that the dominant jazz narrative has always lionized ...

Article: Album Review

The Whammies: Play The Music of Steve Lacy Vol. 3, Live

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by Mark Corroto
August 21, 2014

The third volume of Steve Lacy dedications by the cover/not cover band The Whammies is a live recording from their 2014 tour. Recorded in Italy and Austria, the band performs their self-described “instant-arranging" of mostly Lacy tunes that in true-to-form fashion elicit surprise and clever improvisation.Saxophonist Steve Lacy, who passed away in 2004, would ...

Article: Interview

Steve Swell: Unlimited Musical Possibilities

by Victor L. Schermer
July 28, 2014

"Free Jazz" and “Avant-Garde Jazz" are catch phrases often associated with musical pioneers such as Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor but more broadly refer to music that goes outside of the mainstream of melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure. When that happens, opinions and emotions abound. Reactions vary from disgust to excitement and enthusiasm, and it is ...