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Meet John Kelman
by AAJ Staff
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 ...
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 ...
John Surman: Manchester, England. June 18, 2012
by David McLean
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 ...
Stephan Micus - Sette giorni in Tibet
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
John Surman: Saltash Bells
by John Kelman
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 ...
Stephan Micus: Bold as Light
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
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.
Stephan Micus: Bold as Light
by John Kelman
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 ...
Jan Bang: Head, Shoulders, Hips, Knees and Toes
by John Kelman
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 ...
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.
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