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Pi Recordings: Dedicated to the Innovative
by Mike Oppenheim
In the pantheon of American music, jazz is especially noted for its rapid and drastic evolution. Considering that jazz evolved from big bands and swing, to bebop, to free jazz within thirty years, it is a history marked by distinct stylistic eras. For some time, the trajectory and potential development of jazz has been in question. ...
Tri-Centric Orchestra Commissioning Series at Roulette
by Kurt Gottschalk
The Tri-Centric Orchestra Roulette Tri-Centric Orchestra Commissioning Series Brooklyn, NY Sept. 24-25, 2013 Addressing the audience at Roulette on Sept. 24, halfway through the first of two nights of the Tri-Centric Presenting Series, trumpeter and foundation executive director Taylor Ho Bynum acknowledged the influence of Artistic Director and spiritual godfather ...
Jonathan Finlayson: Moment and the Message
by Mark Corroto
The final scene from the 1998 cult classic movie, The Big Lebowski, has the cowboy narrator telling the audience: “Then, I happen to know that there's a little Lebowski on the way. I guess that's the way the whole durned human comedy keeps perpetuatin' itself, down through the generations, westward the wagons, across the sands a ...
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense: Moment & The Message
by Glenn Astarita
Trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson communicates a vibrantly rhythmic platform on Moment & The Message. His resume includes work with alto saxophone luminaries Steve Coleman and Steve Lehman; the album opener “Circus" is stylistically framed on pioneering woodwind legend Henry Threadgill's geometrically patterned compositions. But Finlayson rests on his own laurels with this debut solo effort. The set ...
Jonathan Finlayson: Moment and the Message
by Mark F. Turner
For those who've been watching the rise of trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson in recent years, his long awaited debut, Moment & The Message, not only displays his insightful playing and individualism but also some imposing composing skills. A prodigy who impressed pioneer saxophonist Steve Coleman when he performed in high school, Finlayson later moved to New York, ...
Take Five With Jens Persson
by AAJ Staff
Meet Jens Persson: Started playing the alto saxophone when I was about 14. The music was mostly swing and bebop in the beginning but has developed over the years.I play in all kinds of bands: swing, reggae, free improv, big bands and more.I have my own group, Perssons Sexa (Perssons Six), which ...
Meet Daniel Lehner
by AAJ Staff
I currently live in: New York, NYI joined All About Jazz in: 2010What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I actually submitted my first review, which was the Undead Jazz Festival 2010, to the AAJ message boards. I saw they had a section for concert reviews so I decided ...
David Fiuczynski: In the In Between
by Daniel Lehner
The most recent compositional premiere by guitarist David Fiucyznski has a title that almost manages to sum up his entire sphere of influence. “Flam! Pan-Asian Microjam for J Dilla and Olivier Messiaen" premiered at Berklee College of Music in 2012 and was inspired by a geographically and temporally enormous range of styles. Fiuczynski describes the piece ...
Dialect Fluorescent
By Steve Lehman
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2012
Track listing: Allocentric (Intro); Allocentric; Moment's Notice; Foster Brothers; Jeannine; Alloy; Pure Imagination; Fumba Rebel; Mr. E.
2012 Tampere Jazz Happening: Tampere, Finland, November 1-4, 2012
by Martin Longley
Tampere Jazz Happening Tampere, Finland November 1-4, 2012 Here's another veteran jazz festival, and one which has been gaining increasing international recognition during recent years. This is a Happening with a personality. A distinct orientation to its programming, and a taste for the more adventurous aspects of jazz. The Finnish ...
