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Death, Rebirth & New Revolution
by Ian Patterson
The death knell has often been sounded for jazz and many would argue that the last revolution in jazz took place as the '60s handed the baton to the '70s, with the electronic-influenced jazz typified by trumpeter Miles Davis' ground breaking albums In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969) and Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970). Many believe that ...
ECM: A Cultural Archeology
by John Kelman
ECM: A Cultural ArcheologyHaus der KunstMünchen, GermanyNovember 23, 2012-February 10, 2013A trip to München (Munich) is a bit like a pilgrimage for fans of Germany's ECM label, especially right now, with the city's Haus der Kunst hosting a three-month exhibition, ECM: A Cultural Archeology, celebrating the music of this nearly 44 ...
Jazz Middelheim: Antwerp, Belgium, August 16-19, 2012
by Martin Longley
Jazz Middelheim 2012 Park Den Brandt Antwerp Belgium August 16-19, 2012 The Jazz Middelheim festival is a weekender that hasn't relinquished its fondness for adventure over the last four decades. Nuzzling up against stellar bookings are acts, Belgian and otherwise, who seek to jolt the expectations ...
Jazz Baltica 2012 Opening Night: Niendorf, Germany, June 29, 2012
by Alex T.
Jazz Baltica Ensemble / Stefano Bollani with the NDR Big BandJazz Baltica 2012Niendorf, GermanyJune 29, 2012In the course of its 21 years of existence, Jazz Baltica has developed into one of Germany's most important jazz festivals. After a period of uncertainty about sponsors and funding in 2010 and 2011, Jazz Baltica ...
Nico Gori / Fred Hersch: Da Vinci
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Clarinetist Nico Gori and pianist Fred Hersch both played the North Sea Jazz Festival in July 2010 and struck up a friendship riding together on the bus from the performance site to the hotel. Soon thereafter they began a series of duo gigs in Europe and New York. The studio recording Da Vinci captures the strong ...
Stefano Bollani Trio: Volare
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si tratta dell'edizione per il mercato italiano di Volare, l'album registrato nel luglio 2002 da Stefano Bollani in trio con Walter Paoli e Ares Tavolazzi, finora disponibile nel circuito discografico giapponese su etichetta Venus Records. È con questo lavoro che il pianista ha iniziato a farsi conoscere anche in terra nipponica, dopo che il suo talento ...
Stefano Bollani solo
by AAJ Italy Staff
Teatro Manzoni - Bologna - 16.01.2012 Non è una novità che Stefano Bollani sia chiamato ad esibirsi, spesso in solo, in rassegne di musica classica. Quello che in parte può stupire è che in queste occasioni il pianista non si presta a modificare di una virgola il suo repertorio, il suo approccio alla tastiera, il suo ...
Enrico Rava: To Be Free or Not To Be Free
by Ian Patterson
Freedom, it could be argued, is most deeply understood by those who have been somehow constrained against their will, or who have been prisoners of their own skewed vision of what it means to be free. Trumpeter Enrico Rava knows the meaning of musical freedom; he was part of the free-jazz scene of the 1960s and ...
Stefano Bollani Danish Trio
by AAJ Italy Staff
Teatro dell'Opera - Firenze - 22.12.2012 È una buona notizia che all'istituzionale inaugurazione di un nuovissimo tempio della musica - il Teatro dell'Opera di Firenze, che eredita dal vecchio Comunale il programma del Maggio Musicale - faccia seguito un concerto jazz. E così il giorno immediatamente successivo al concerto dell'orchestra diretta da Zubin Metha, sale sul ...
