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Jon Irabagon: Examining All The Angles
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Jon Irabagon likes challenges in music; likes attempting different things. He's not opposed to things traditional, but would prefer to come at music and sounds from different angles. He enjoys the journey; enjoys experiencing the results. At 35, he's on the go all the time, ubiquitous on the New York City music scene. ...
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 ...
Eric Revis: Trajectory From The Tradition
by R.J. DeLuke
The development of an individual voice on the contrabass is important to Eric Revis, one of the strongest players on the scene. His power and musicianship has endeared him to some of the finer musicians, and bands, in jazz. But Revis isn't content to let things lie there. Not that he has to be ...
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2014
by Henning Bolte
Copenhagen Jazz Festival Copenhagen July, 8-10, 2014 The ten-day Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with its 1,200 concerts, is maybe the largest of its kind in Europe. This number of concerts is the consequence of a unique concept. The core of the festival, with some international headliners, is a relatively small scale ...
North Sea Jazz Festival 2014
by Henning Bolte
North Sea Jazz Festival 2014 Rotterdam, Netherlands July, 11, 2014 The North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam is the biggest indoor festival in Europe. It is organized by Mojo Concerts and The Security Company, both part of Live Nation Entertainment, a worldwide operating live event mega-organizer (240,000 events annually in 33 countries). ...
Tom Chang: Tongue and Groove
by Mark Corroto
When did the ultimate compliment for a jazz performance switch from “you swing, cat" to “you rock, dude"? Perhaps it happened after a generation of jazz artists raised on rock-n-roll found their way into improvisation and the latitudes of expression that jazz enable. Case in point is Tongue And Groove by guitarist Tom Chang.
Till Martin: Regarding a Line
by Luigi Sforza
Regarding a Line--settima prova discografica da leader del sassofonista tedesco Till Martin--riesce a trovare una sintesi tra jazz e musica europea, lungo percorsi Third Stream. Il disco manifesta armoniosamente l'ossimoro che scaturisce dalla condensazione musicale tra la disciplina seriale di Arnold Schoenberg e la libertà espressiva del jazz. L'importanza della scrittura emerge chiara a ...
I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Luca Dell'Anna
by Vincenzo Roggero
01. Clifford Brown--Brownie: The Complete EmArcy Recordings (Verve -1989). A mio parere il punto più alto fra i giganti che stanno alla radice del jazz moderno è rappresentato da Clifford Brown. Ogni sua frase nasce già scolpita nella pietra, un'aderenza perfetta fra pensiero e azione. Ascoltando Clifford Brown mi ritorna chiara ogni volta l'importanza della ...
Steve Lehman: Mise en Abîme
by Luca Canini
È successo tutto piuttosto in fretta: da giovane promessa a venerato maestro. Un'ascesa irresistibile quella di Steve Lehman, un'esplosione assordante. Qualche anno e una manciata di dischi sono bastati per farlo entrare nel novero dei grandissimi del jazz che conta (quello che guardando al passato si proietta verso il futuro: il resto è tempo più o ...
Jeff Ballard: Time's Tales
by Angelo Leonardi
Accanto all'esperienza con Brad Mehldau e Larry Grenadier e l'altra--meno appariscente e quasi cameristica--del Fly (che lo vede con quest'ultimo e Mark Turner) Jeff Ballard affianca dal 2006 un altro trio, di cui è leader, e che ora debutta su disco con questo variopinto ed estroverso Time's Tales. “Sono a metà della mia ...
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