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Rova Saxophone Quartet at Bop Stop
by John Chacona
Rova Saxophone Quartet Bop Stop at the Music Settlement Cleveland, OHOctober 4, 2022 One of the inescapable trends in music over the last decade has been the convergence of two traditions in improvised music, one that was created in the African diaspora and another that evolved in European art music. Classifications ...
Spiral Trio: Broken Blue
by Ian Patterson
Pianist Spyros Manesis, bassist Arionas Gyftakis and drummer Anastasios Gouliaris came together as Spiral Trio in 2011 at the Athenaeum Conservatory in Athens. Manesis was teaching there, Gyftakis and Goulapis were studying. But there is no hint of hierarchy on Broken Blue where a genuine sense of egalitarian adventure defines the music. The trio has come ...
Franco D'Andrea Meets DJ Rocca: rimodulare i riff
by Giuseppe Segala
Il triplo CD Franco D'Andrea Meets DJ Rocca, pubblicato dall'etichetta Parco della Musica Records, rappresenta un ulteriore, significativo tassello nella vicenda artistica del pianista. Lo dice il titolo: si tratta di un incontro a due, fortemente voluto da D'Andrea, che arriva dopo il lavoro degli scorsi anni con DJ Rocca, scandito dall'album in trio con Andrea ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Steve Lacy
All About Jazz is celebrating Steve Lacy's birthday today! Steve Lacy, one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time and a New England Conservatory faculty member since fall 2002, died Friday [June 4th, 2004] at New England Baptist Hospital. The jazz master who once defined his profession as “combination orator, singer, dancer, diplomat, poet, dialectician, ...
Alberto Braida, Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: From Here from There
by Neri Pollastri
L'eccellente etichetta We Insist presenta questo lavoro in duo tra il pianoforte di Alberto Braida e il clarinetto di Giancarlo Nino Locatelli, che si dividono la titolarità dei brani e li interpretano con encomiabile affiatamento e grande attenzione agli aspetti espressivi. Entro la cifra cameristica complessiva del lavoro, una differenza che lo attraversa riguarda ...
Jacob Garchik: Assembly
by Mark Corroto
As a consequence of the global pandemic, we have been schooled in the science of virology. Under certain conditions viruses mutate and reorganize into something completely new. That is bad. Mutations can also be heard in the adventurous music of Jacob Garchik. That is good. His trombone leads his Atheist Gospel Trombone Album, his big band, ...
Itaru Oki Quartet: Live At Jazz Spot Combo 1975
by John Sharpe
Live At Jazz Spot Combo 1975 constitutes the second entry from trumpeter Itaru Oki, who died in 2020, in the fascinating series of Japanese free jazz recordings licensed from the Chap Chap label by the Lithuanian NoBusiness imprint. It follows Kami Fusen (2017) which presented another live date from 21 years later. One of the pioneers ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Danilo Pérez
All About Jazz is celebrating Danilo Pérez's birthday today! Grammy award winner Danilo Pérez is among the most influential and dynamic musicians of our time. In just over a decade, his distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music of the Americas, folkloric and world music) has attracted critical acclaim and loyal audiences. Danilo’s abundant talents ...
Ada Montellanico WeTuba e Monumental Duo
by Neri Pollastri
Ada Montellanico WeTuba e Monumental Duo Firenze A Jazz Supreme Sala Vanni 29.10 e 12.11.21 Nelle diverse date della stagione autunnale 2021 di A Jazz Supreme, la rassegna che il Musicus Concentus organizza da anni presso la Sala Vanni di Firenze, figuravano tra gli altri i concerti di WeTuba, l'ultima ...
Josh Sinton: b.
by Troy Dostert
Baritone saxophonist and bass clarinetist Josh Sinton has a long resume going back to the 1990s, when he worked extensively in the Chicago scene with veterans including Fred Anderson and Ken Vandermark. Then a move to the East Coast, in the early 2000s, brought him into contact with mentors such as Ran Blake and Steve Lacy; ...
