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John Taylor: Close to Mars
by Alberto Bazzurro
Nell'approssimarsi del decennale della scomparsa di John Taylor, che ci ha lasciati nel luglio 2015 un paio di mesi prima di compiere settantatré anni, ecco questo notevole album inciso dal pianista di Manchester nell'ottobre 2006 nei mitici Bauer Studios di Ludwigsburg accanto a un'ideale coppia di coéquipiers, oggi purtroppo a loro volta non più fra noi. ...
Roberto Ottaviano su "Live Lugano 1984" di Steve Lacy
by Roberto Ottaviano
Steve Lacy Three Live Lugano 1984 -First Visit ezz-thetics 2025 In attesa che qualcuno tiri fuori dal cassetto una registrazione inedita del Dicembre 1983 di Lacy con Bill Frisell e Paul Motian sulle musiche per “Il Padrino" di Nino Rota, prodotta da Hal Willner per la Deep Creek, becchiamoci questa interessante ...
Two Recent Recordings On Ezz-thetics
by John Eyles
In the Hat Hut site which systematically lists all the Ezz-thetics releases to date, the two albums below are completely surrounded by albums of music by now-deceased jazz icons who recorded it decades ago--Paul Bley in 1962, John Coltrane in 1962 too, Albert Ayler in 1964, Cecil Taylor in 1980 and Steve Lacy in 1984. So ...
Steve Lacy Three: Live Lugano 1984
by John Eyles
Over two decades after the untimely death from liver cancer of soprano saxophonist par excellence Steve Lacy, it seems remarkable that Live Lugano 1984 has been released for the very first time by First Visit, over forty years after it was recorded live by Mario Conforti in Lugano, Switzerland, on September 24, 1984. According ...
Remembering Susan Alcorn: Bucking The Trends
by Ian Patterson
All About Jazz is saddened to learn of the passing of Susan Alcorn--pedal steel guitarist extraordinaire. She died on January 31st of natural causes. Perhaps more than any other pedal steel guitarist before her, Alcorn took her instrument into musical terrain not usually associated with it. She played country music for twenty years, but ...
Lacy in the Sky with Diamonds al Pinocchio di Firenze
by Neri Pollastri
Roberto Ottaviano, Danilo Gallo, Ferdinando Faraò Pinocchio Live Jazz Firenze 18 gennaio 2025 Riapertura in grande stile per il Pinocchio Live Jazz di Firenze, che dopo la pausa per le festività, ha portato sul suo palco il trio di Roberto Ottaviano (fresco del riconoscimento di musicista dell'anno per il referendum di ...
Live from the Archive
by Patrick Burnette
There's a new Record Store Day ritual in the jazz world--archival live releases from one of the many labels Zev Feldman has a hand in running. This year's two RSD days saw several releases on labels like Resonance, Reel to Real, and Elemental Music and the boys take a gander at one release from each of ...
2024 in Review
by Jerome Wilson
This show reviews my favorite jazz releases for 2024, including new recordings and newly discovered older concert performances. Artists heard on the show include Fay Victor, Darius Jones, Ron Miles, Frank Carlberg, and David Murray. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of ...
I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu
by Ludovico Granvassu
Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...
Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024
by Ludovico Granvassu
Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...
