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Steve began playing music just days before his 14th birthday as a freshman at South Shore High School on the south side of Chicago. His first instrument was violin but later that year he switched to the alto saxophone. For three years Steve studied the basics of music and saxophone technique, then he decided that he wanted to learn how to improvise. Looking for the best improvising musicians to listen to is what brought Steve to the music of Charlie Parker, although it helped that his father listened to Parker all the time. After spending two years at Illinois Wesleyan University Steve transferred to Roosevelt University (Chicago Music College) in downtown Chicago in order to concentrate on Chicago's musical nightlife

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Steve Coleman on Dave Holland

by Anthony Tidd
October 1, 2026

Prologue On September 16, 2026, I sat down with groundbreaking saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman at a penthouse apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Coleman was four days shy of his 70th birthday, which itself was just three days before the great John Coltrane's centennial birthday. However, our conversation focused largely on another musician, and a ...

Article: Play This!

A Dave Holland Primer

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

Here is an audio-companion to Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland. The playlist contains songs by, or featuring, Dave Holland, selected by those who contributed to that article. It's actually a quite interesting thing to see who selected what (click on the above link and under each individual contribution the selected song is listed).

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Dave Holland: Freedom Call

by Angelo Leonardi
October 1, 2026

On the occasion of Dave Holland's 80th birthday, Edition Records releases Freedom Call, a box set comprising six LPs and three CDs, also available for streaming, bringing together previously unreleased live recordings by three pivotal formations in his career: the sextet with Mulgrew Miller, Alex Sipiagin, Antonio Hart, Robin Eubanks and Eric Harland; the quintet with ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jumpin' In: Inside the World of Dave Holland, Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
October 1, 2026

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Another selection celebrating Dave Holland's extraordinary musical legacy, from intimate explorations to expansive ensemble work and everything in between. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette} Back-Woods Song" ...

Article: Album Review

Dave Holland: Freedom Call

Read "Freedom Call" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
September 28, 2026

In occasione dell'ottantesimo compleanno di Dave Holland, la Edition Records pubblica Freedom Call, un cofanetto di sei LP, tre CD e in streaming, che riunisce inediti live di tre formazioni fondamentali della sua carriera: il sestetto con Mulgrew Miller, Alex Sipiagin, Antonio Hart, Robin Eubanks ed Eric Harland, la formazione che aveva inciso Pass It On; ...

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Cassandra Wilson: Iconic Memories - Part 3

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 16, 2026

A musical remembrance of Cassandra Wilson and a voice that made even experimental music sound sensual and tangible, and turned old tunes into something modern, when not futuristic. Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Harriet Tubman, Cassandra Wilson “Bow Legged Man" Black Sun Live at BRIC House ...

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Cassandra Wilson: Iconic Memories - Part 2

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 15, 2026

On one record, Cassandra Wilson could sound like the deepest Mississippi blues singer; on another, she could be immersed in the most advanced rhythmic ideas of M-Base; and then she could walk into an R&B session with Luther Vandross or The Roots and sound completely at home. This playlist only scratches the surface of that extraordinary ...

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Cassandra Wilson: Iconic Memories - Part 1

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 14, 2026

A retrospective built around the adventurous spirit that ran through Cassandra Wilson's music, from her formative years in the M-Base orbit to her later work at the crossroads of jazz, blues, soul, R&B and beyond.Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Cassandra Wilson “Run the VooDoo Down" Traveling ...

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Francesco Diodati in primo piano

by Angelo Leonardi
August 31, 2026

Figura centrale da un decennio dei gruppi di Enrico Rava, Francesco Diodati è tra i più creativi chitarristi europei della sua generazione. Artista eclettico, sempre aperto a nuove esplorazioni, ha guidato due ensemble centrali del jazz italiano contemporaneo, Neko e Yellow Squeeds; ha anche fatto parte dei progetti di Bobby Previte, Matteo Bortone, Julien Pontvianne, Paolo ...