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It’s no state secret that Sonny Rollins has never been fond of the recording studio. Never mind that he’s recorded his full share of gems there—not only early, celebrated albums such as Saxophone Colossus and Way Out West, but also digital-era efforts such as Old Flames and This Is What I Do. The man often embraced as the greatest living improviser requires too much creative freedom to start playing, as he puts it, “when the red light comes on.” And his perfectionism makes it difficult, sometimes painfully so, to go through multiple takes in search of what he thinks is the least flawed one.
Improvising the Russian Classical Composers: Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Borodin
by Larry Slater
Russia's contribution to the arts over the past couple of centuries has been extraordinary and unparalleled. Russian authors are among the greatest writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Russia is synonymous with classical ballet and Russian composers transformed classical music. In the 19th century, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Borodin and Pyotr Ilyich ...
A Wind For All Seasons
by Dan Bilawsky
There is something positively elemental in the artistry of Martin Wind. Beyond being one of the music's premier bassists, he is a creatively driven composer and leader--a seemingly bottomless font of expression in action--and his work most certainly represents the breadth, and breath, carried in his name. One minute he's conjuring a Brazilian Nordeste with buoyant ...
Richie Beirach: Indelible Memories and Thought-Provoking Reflections on a Life in Jazz, Part 1
by Victor L. Schermer
This two-part article was first published on All About Jazz on August 13, 2019. Part 1 | Part 2 Richie Beirach hovers somewhat mysteriously in the pantheon of the great modern jazz pianists. Some of the others in that category from his generation (coming up in the 1960s/'70s), like Herbie Hancock, Keith ...
Ralph Towner: The Accidental Guitarist
by Mario Calvitti
This article was first published on All About Jazz on May 16, 2017. Ralph Towner is a rather atypical figure in the vast world of jazz guitar. His instruments of choice are the classical guitar, which when he started, in the '60s, was played almost exclusively by guitarists related to Brazilian music like Charlie ...
Jorge Vistel At Dock Street Jazz Club
by Ian Patterson
Jorge VistelDock Street Jazz Club Belfast, N. Ireland January 11, 2026 It took Jorge Vistel just one trumpet solo--a hypnotic four minutes of deft lyricism and technical bravura--to signal to the audience that it was in for a treat. Such a balance of emotional heft and virtuosity made it easy to conclude that music ...
Lorenzo Simoni e il Questionario di Proust
by Paolo Peviani
Sassofonista attivo sia in ambito classico che jazzistico, Lorenzo Simoni è uno dei talenti emergenti della nuova scena musicale italiana. Il tratto principale della mia musica La melodia come protagonista. La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Sensibilità, onestà, chiarezza e vulnerabilità. Come musicista, ...
Aretha Tillotson: Sad Junie (to Highway Jake)
by John Chacona
If the average fan living south of the 49th Parallel knows anything about jazz in Canada, it might begin and end with Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall. Yes, Toronto is emerging as a great jazz city and there are all those players from Nanaimo, but in between, nothing, right? Bassist Aretha Tillotson is here to explode that ...
Orlando Molina At Scott's Jazz Club
by Ian Patterson
Orlando Molina Scott's Jazz Club Belfast, N. Ireland October 28, 2025 One of the great things about Scott's Jazz Club is that musicians are often invited back. You get to see the first steps and evolution of a band or a leader new to the scene. You experience the growth and development of established ...
Grant Stewart: Next Spring
by Pierre Giroux
Grant Stewart's Next Spring reaffirms his position as a leading figure in the current mainstream jazz scene. With his strong tone and deeply swinging phrasing, Stewart again channels the legacies of Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, and Joe Henderson, yet his voice remains distinctly his own. Recorded at the iconic Van Gelder Studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, ...
