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Dafnis Prieto: Experiments in Spontaneity

by R.J. DeLuke
October 16, 2012

Improvisation--music in the moment, eloquently once called “the sound of surprise"--takes place in genres besides jazz. But in America's indigenous art form, it is a cornerstone. The degree to which a song might contain improv varies greatly. Sometimes it's hard to tell in a highly arranged piece where the musicians are taking liberties. Other times its ...

Article: Interview

Bobby Zankel: Revisiting Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”

by Victor L. Schermer
October 10, 2012

John Coltrane's iconic A Love Supreme (Impulse!, 1965) is a jazz perennial, continuing to attract and move listeners around the globe nearly five decades after it was released. Great musicians, such as guitarists John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana, and saxophonist Joshua Redman cite its profound influence on their career. The Branford Marsalis Quartet , with A ...

Article: Live Review

Bobby Zankel: Philadelphia, PA, September 22, 2012

by Victor L. Schermer
October 10, 2012

John Coltrane Birthday Celebration with Bobby Zankel's Warriors Of The Wonderful Sound40th Street Field, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PASeptember 22, 2012It's unusual to have a jazz milestone take place in a free-for-the-people neighborhood concert on an open urban space, but that is exactly what occurred as saxophonist Bobby Zankel and his avant-garde ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Coleman

September 20, 2012

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 ...

Article: On and Off the Grid

What Is Jazz Now?

by Dom Minasi
September 10, 2012

Back in February, All About Jazz Managing Editor John Kelman asked me to develop a column based on points I made in the comment section of the article BAM or JAZZ: Why It Matters. I still feel the same way, but trumpeter Nicholas Payton's statement that jazz died in 1959 made me think, and I've been ...

Article: Interview

Miles Okazaki: Cleaning the Mirror

by Daniel Lehner
August 28, 2012

In the backyard of his home in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, guitarist Miles Okazaki has spent time constructing a multifaceted backyard/garden filled with overhanging plants, stone walkways and a wooden pavilion surrounding a table and benches. The slats of the pavilion's floor seem to have been crafted merely for aesthetic purposes, but there's another process at work: ...

Article: We Travel the Spaceways

The Grand Canyon

by Mark Corroto
August 22, 2012

Flying over the Grand Canyon on your way to Las Vegas is one way to see that huge gash in the earth, and standing on the banks of the Colorado River is another. From one perspective depth cannot be appreciated, from the other the enormity of it all. Such is the case with modern improvised music. ...

Article: Live Review

Montreal Jazz Festival: Montreal, Canada, June 28-July 7, 2012

by Greg Thomas
August 21, 2012

Festival International de Jazz de MontréalMontréal, CanadaJune 28-July 7, 2012From the time of the airplane's descent to the airport in Montréal, I knew something was different and perhaps special about this place. Instead of a square or rectangular grid style of suburban housing plots, from my window I saw circular formations of housing, ...

Article: Live Review

Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Jakob Mielcke: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 9, 2012

by Henning Bolte
August 3, 2012

Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Jakob MielckeA Culinary Tribute To The Art Of ImprovisationRestaurant Mielcke & Hurtigkarl, FrederiksbergCopenhagen Jazz FestivalCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 9, 2012The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with its more than 1,000 concerts in 10 days, spread over more than 100 venues and stages in all parts ...

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Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Jon Christensen: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 8, 2012

by Henning Bolte
August 2, 2012

Jakob Bro / Thomas Morgan / Jon ChristensenHofteatretCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 8, 2012The Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with its more than 1,000 concerts in 10 days spread over more than 100 venues and stages in all parts of the Danish capital is like a musical monsoon cloudburst. The concerts range from big international stars ...