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Album

Threshold

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: Threshold; Where There's A Willis There's A Way; Sun Steps; Pace; Faith; Curvas Perigosas; 1970; Salter Of The Earth; Bloomdido.

Album

Ride

By Tom Tallitsch

Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2014

Album

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Mimi Sunrise; Play On Words; Prayer (for the people); Goodnight Kinyah; Gangs Of New York; High And Dry; Miles To Go (Sunset Road); 303; Ave Verum Corpus; Bownze; Prayer (For The Earth).

Article: Album Review

Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom

Read "Tiddy Boom" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini

by Maurizio Comandini
November 3, 2014

Michael Blake cita espressamente tre sassofonisti nelle rarefatte note di copertina di questo album: Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young e Ross Taggart. I primi due sono la fonte di ispirazione di questo eccellente Tiddy Boom, mentre Taggart viene menzionato soprattutto per ricordarne la figura, di recente scomparsa. Ma non sarebbe sbagliato tirare fuori dall'armadio anche ...

Article: Interview

Jon Irabagon: Examining All The Angles

by R.J. DeLuke
October 13, 2014

Saxophonist Jon Irabagon likes challenges in music; likes attempting different things. He's not opposed to things traditional, but would prefer to come at music and sounds from different angles. He enjoys the journey; enjoys experiencing the results. At 35, he's on the go all the time, ubiquitous on the New York City music scene. ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Blake: Tiddy Boom

Read "Tiddy Boom" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 6, 2014

Tenor saxophonist Michael Blake has played a prominent factor within the backbone of New York's progressive jazz scene, having performed with big bands, small ensembles and on Tiddy Boom, re-aligning with New York Jazz Collective comrades, pianist Frank Kimbrough and bassist Ben Allison. In-demand session drummer Rudy Royston complements a group that proffers sympathetic support to ...

News: Recording

Recent Listening: Royston and Svensson

July 17, 2014

Rudy Royston, 303, (Greenleaf Music) Since his emergence from Denver (area code 303) nearly a decade ago, Royston’s drumming has graced bands led by Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, JD Allen, Tom Harrell and other leaders in 21st century jazz. With 303, Royston becomes a leader himself. As he has since he first attracted attention playing for ...

Article: Live Review

Vossa Jazz 2014

by Bruce Lindsay
April 22, 2014

Vossa Jazz Voss, Norway April 11-14, 2014 Vossa Jazz: a jazz festival that's about more than just jazz, an event that takes place at the same point in the calendar every year but not on the same days, a place to celebrate hundreds of years of musical tradition and to ...

Article: Live Review

Bill Frisell Trio al Teatro President, Piacenza

by Vincenzo Roggero
April 8, 2014

Assistere ad un concerto di Bill Frisell è sempre un'esperienza sorprendente a prescindere dal progetto e dai compagni di viaggio presenti di volta in volta sul palco. Perché ogni esibizione del chitarrista di Baltimora, è un crocevia di emozioni, un diario di viaggio nel quale i ricordi, le esperienze, gli incontri di una vita emergono non ...

Article: Album Review

Will Bernard: Just Like Downtown

Read "Just Like Downtown" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
April 8, 2014

A partire dalla fine degli anni novanta, ovvero dal tempo dei suoi esordi da leader, Will Bernard s'è caratterizzato per il contagioso groove della sua musica, in uno spettro di situazioni che va dalle contaminazioni contemporanee al classico organ trio, reso celebre da Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery o Jack McDuff. A differenza di ...