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Article: Meet the Staff

Meet John Kelman

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I currently live in: Ottawa, Canada I joined All About Jazz in: 2004 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? After deciding to start writing about music in about 2001, and starting at smaller websites, I was approached by All About Jazz in late 2003, with the question: “We've ...

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Article: Live Review

ECM: A Cultural Archeology

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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 ...

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Article: Live Review

John Surman: Manchester, England. June 18, 2012

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John SurmanRNCMManchester Jazz FestivalManchester, EnglandJune 18, 2012As the lights slowly dimmed, a small and rather unremarkable man made his way onto the stage, in front of a table strewn with saxophones and wind instruments. However, as the audience soon discovered, when this man begins to play something utterly remarkable ...

Article: Live Review

Stephan Micus - Sette giorni in Tibet

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Basilica S. Vitale - Ravenna - 08.07.2012 Un concerto di Stephan Micus, al pari delle sue incisioni discografiche, rappresenta un'occasione per intraprendere un viaggio interiore alla ricerca della propria spiritualità facendosi trasportare dalla musica. La differenza principale sta nel fatto che dal vivo il musicista è da solo e non può ricorrere agli artifici di studio ...

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Article: Album Review

John Surman: Saltash Bells

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There's no denying the “the sound of surprise" of group recordings; working solo, however, provides its own possibilities, despite meaning different things to different people. Pianist Keith Jarrett views it as a means for pulling form from the ether: one man, one piano, in real time. Multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus, on the other hand, considers it a ...

Article: Album Review

Stephan Micus: Bold as Light

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Il polistrumentista tedesco Stephan Micus è sicuramente uno degli artisti più unici e originali di tutto il catalogo ECM, con la sua personalissima musica fatta prevalentemente da suggestioni etniche che accompagnano l'ascoltatore in un viaggio interiore attraverso culture di tutto il mondo filtrate e rielaborate in un'ottica decisamente panfolkloristica. Ogni nuovo lavoro di Micus aggiunge un'ulteriore ...

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Bold as Light

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Rain; Spring Dance; Flying Swans; Wide River; Autumn Dance; Golden Ginkgo Tree; The Shrine; Winter Dance; The Child; Seven Roses.

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Article: Album Review

Stephan Micus: Bold as Light

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At a time when, at least for First World residents, there seems no respite from the relentless, rapid pace of life, artists like Stephan Micus provide welcome clarity; proof that there are alternatives. Difficult though it may seem, when immersed in all the push-and-pull of day-to-day distractions, there is another way; it's just not necessarily an ...

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Article: Interview

Jan Bang: Head, Shoulders, Hips, Knees and Toes

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When it comes to organically integrating modern technology into music, few countries are innovating to the degree of Norway, and at the epicenter of that country's forward-thinking approach to melding improvisation with jazz and Norwegian traditionalism--not to mention contemporary classicism, pop, ambient and more; truly any and all musical markers--is producer/remixer/sampler Jan Bang, who has just ...

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Snow

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1.Snow - 04:47; 2. Midnight Sea - 05:46; 3. Sara - 07:05; 4. Nordic Light - 04:52; 5. Almond Eyes - 07:00; 6. Madre - 03:56; 7. For Ceren and Halil - 10:58; 8. Brother Eagle - 07:41. Tutte le composizioni sono di Stephan Micus.


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