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Article: Live From Philadelphia

Philadelphia's Cutting Edge Big Band: Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound

Read "Philadelphia's Cutting Edge Big Band: Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Anyone familiar with the music business can tell you that it's hard enough to get a big band together for an occasional gig, let alone sustain it over an extended period of time. The time and effort involved in composing and arranging new charts, covering the cost of twelve or more musicians, and meshing their complicated ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Coleman

Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Coleman

All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Coleman's birthday today! 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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Ochion Jewell, Amino Belyamani, Sam Minaie, Qasim Naqvi with Lionel Loueke: Volk

Read "Volk" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


From his Appalachian roots in Kentucky, saxophonist/composer Ochion Jewell was not the most likely candidate for a livelihood in jazz. With little involvement in the genre during his early life, Jewell was nevertheless exposed to more popular music from his parents as well as the Appalachian folk music that dominated the region. With those elements engrained, ...

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Article: Live Review

Saalfelden 2015

Read "Saalfelden 2015" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Memorabile edizione la trentaseiesima del Saalfelden Jazz Festival. Forse il caldo più consono ai mari del sud che ad una località alpina ha sciolto anche gli animi più rigidi, ha favorito la libera circolazione delle idee, ha creato un clima di condivisione e stimolo artistico. Forse gli dei della musica hanno soffiato un vento benevolo sulle ...

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Article: Album Review

Liberty Ellman: Radiate

Read "Radiate" reviewed by Troy Collins


Radiate is guitarist Liberty Ellman's fourth album under his own name since 1997 and his third for Pi Recordings, following 2006's Ophiuchus Butterfly. Ellman's output as a bandleader over the years has been secondary to his role as an in-demand sideman however, working with such luminaries as Vijay Iyer, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Myra Melford, and Jason Robinson--hence ...

Article: Lyrics

Save the Date - Agosto 2015

Read "Save the Date - Agosto 2015" reviewed by Luca Canini


Agosto, festival miei non vi conosco. Mentre al di là delle Alpi è tempo di gustosissime abbuffate (Willisau, Saalfelden, Mulhouse, Lisbona: fatevi un giro sui siti dei giganti europei), in Italia impazzano le sagre balneari e gli eventi vacanzieri. Poco da salvare. E francamente fa una certa tristezza leggere i programmi di rassegne ...

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Article: Album Review

Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House: Roulette of the Cradle

Read "Roulette of the Cradle" reviewed by Stefano Merighi


Ingrid Laubrock è sicuramente un'ottima musicista. Lo ha ampiamente dimostrato sia come improvvisatrice negli innumerevoli gruppi di cui fa parte, sia come leader: con l'ottetto, con Sleepthief, fino a questo Anti-House, sicuramente il suo organico principale. Non facile però è dire quale sia la direzione prevalente della sua musica, la cui sovrabbondanza linguistica segnala un'ambizione lodevole ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Coleman and the Council of Balance: Synovial Joints

Read "Synovial Joints" reviewed by Luca Canini


Dei suoni della foresta amazzonica e dei segreti della “camouflage orchestration," delle articolazioni sinoviali, dell'antico dio Heru e del metodo di composizione spontanea, lascerò che sia Steve Coleman a parlarvi. È tutto spiegato nelle note di copertina, con estrema chiarezza e dovizia di particolari; la migliore introduzione possibile alle meccaniche (più o meno celesti) che governano ...

Article: Live Review

Ritmo delle Città 2015

Read "Ritmo delle Città 2015" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Orto Botanico Milano 28.05.-03.06.2015 Con l'arrivo della bella stagione, torna il Ritmo delle Città, rassegna che anima l'estate musicale milanese. Quest'anno gli appuntamenti in programma sono sedici, e coprono un'ampia gamma di declinazioni del jazz contemporaneo. Tra questi, i due che hanno catturato maggiormente la nostra attenzione sono quelli ...

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Article: Album Review

Sam Trapchak: Land Grab

Read "Land Grab" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


Sam Trapchak's debut as a leader, Lollipopocalypse (Raw Toast Records, 2011) highlighted a double-bassist with formidable abilities and forward thinking music performed by an exceptional crew of like-minded musicians. Land Grab furthers his exploits of jazz off-the-beaten-path. This time around, the music delves into freer and more adventurous designs with plenty of room ...


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