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Article: Out and About: The Super Fans

Meet John Reilly

by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
April 3, 2017

John Reilly--yet another of our Super Fans who works for the city of New York--was born on Staten Island, where he still lives. We don't know if it's something to do with working for the city, or just a function of growing up in the capital of jazz, but John is the real thing. The son ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Charlie Watts Meets the Danish Radio Big Band

by Nenad Georgievski
April 3, 2017

A film director once said that you can't make a great film with a weak script. The same goes for bands of any kind be it jazz or rock or any kind. You can't have a great band without a great drummer. A band can get by with an average bassist or guitarist, but not with ...

Article: Album Review

Free Nelson Mandoomjazz: The Organ Grinder

Read "The Organ Grinder" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 1, 2017

Search as far and wide as you like but you won't find any one band that sounds like Edinburgh, Scotland's Free Nelson Mandoomjazz. You CAN find about eight, though: Their sprawling, monstrous “doomjazz" combines harmonic and rhythmic streams from various free jazz and heavy metal schools, including and especially Black Sabbath, Albert Ayler, Electric Wizard, Sonny ...

Article: Album Review

Jason Rigby: Detroit-Cleveland Trio: One

by Dan McClenaghan
March 31, 2017

The saxophone/bass/drums format has its challenge: the lack of a harmonic instrument to add depth and structure to the sound. Sonny Rollins put out a classic of the form: A Night At The Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1958). But he's Sonny Rollins, and all the other saxophonist aren't. Same thing with Ornette Coleman and his two ...

Article: Album Review

Valentin Caamaño: Green With Envy

Read "Green With Envy" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
March 28, 2017

Nearly forty years after his death, guitarist Grant Green is finally receiving the credit and recognition which eluded him during his lifetime. Besides having a distinctive and identifiable style, Green was the most prolific artist on the Blue Note label during the 1960's. His '61 recording of Green Street, contains the track Green With Envy, selected ...

Article: Live Review

Brilliant Corners 2017

by Ian Patterson
March 27, 2017

Brilliant Corners 2017 Various Venues Belfast, N. Ireland March 7-11, 2017 In just five years, Brilliant Corners--Belfast's only jazz festival--has earned a reputation for adventurous programing. The 2017 edition went one further, with the inclusion of alt rock and electronic music stretching the boundaries of what constitutes a jazz festival ...

Article: Interview

Remembering Milt Jackson

by Lazaro Vega
March 27, 2017

This interview was first published at All About Jazz in November 1999 and is part of our ongoing effort to archive pre-database material. This interview was conducted prior to a Modern Jazz Quartet performance at Hope College, Holland, Michigan in September of 1989. Broadcast at the time on Blue Lake Public Radio; portions of ...

Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince, 2017 - Part 2

by Mark Sullivan
March 23, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 4-11, 2017 In celebration of International Women's Day, Wednesday's concert featured all bands led by women, a first for the festival. Chilean saxophonist Melissa Aldana kicked off the show. Although not literally--she explained ...

Article: My Favourite Things

Ned Rothenberg

by Paolo Peviani
March 22, 2017

All About Jazz Italia: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Ned Rothenberg: L'intimità. AAJ: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. NR: Che abbiano una voce personale. AAJ: Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice. NR: È molto ...

Article: Album Review

Doug MacDonald: Jazz Marathon 2

Read "Jazz Marathon 2" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
March 20, 2017

For those who thought that guitarist Doug MacDonald's happy-go-lucky jazz marathon had crossed the finish line with the release more than a year ago of Just for Fun, the good news is that MacDonald and his talented teammates have found their second wind and the marathon continues through a second effervescent two-CD session taped at the ...