Results for "Steve Swell"

Steve Tintweiss, Chad Taylor Trio & Dan Rosenboom

by Maurice Hogue
November 7, 2022

This episode touches on current releases from artists like Chad Taylor, Dan Rosenboom, English drummer Tom Skinner, French free jazz saxophonist Roland Devocelle, Swiss saxophonist Christoph Irniger with the Swiss Jazz Orchestra and Germany's AAAPUZ, but it also takes a look back to the earlier free jazz scene of the 70s in New York with music ...

William Parker: Universal Tonality

by Mark Corroto
November 3, 2022

Let's Imagine the difficulty William Parker must face filling out his responses to the U.S. census every 10 years. What is his origin? His race? And how many people occupy his residence—or maybe a better question: how many races are contained within this one person? Joking aside, the musician William Parker has become an everyman. His ...

The Chicago Plan: For New Zealand

by John Sharpe
October 15, 2022

German reedman Gebhard Ullmann and American trombonist Steve Swell, front line comrades for over 15 years in a variety of outfits, reunite on For New Zealand for the second release from their joint led initiative The Chicago Plan. Rounding out the foursome and providing some allusion to the band's moniker are the Windy City pairing of ...

William Parker: Universal Tonality

by Angelo Leonardi
October 10, 2022

A vent'anni dalla sua incisione ecco un inedito orchestrale di William Parker, in un cast ricco di nomi prestigiosi come il trombonista Grachan Moncur III, il violinista Billy Bang, il pianista Dave Burrell, il percussionista Jerome Cooper e il batterista Gerald Cleaver. Accanto a questi sono presenti partner di lunga data del contrabbassista, come il sassofonista ...

Matthew Shipp: A Dozen Essential Albums

by Karl Ackermann
September 13, 2022

While he was still in his fifties, some pundits were hailing Matthew Shipp as the “elder statesman" of avant-garde jazz piano. The sentiment, if not the Stonehenge-like title, was spot on. The Wilmington, Delaware native grew up in jazz, with trumpeter Clifford Brown being a family friend. Shipp began studying piano at age 6 and later ...

Ictus Festival 2022

by Luciano Rossetti
August 30, 2022

Vision Festival 2022

by Luciano Rossetti
July 28, 2022

Ictus Festival

by Paolo Peviani
July 21, 2022

Ictus Festival Teatro Out Off Milano 4-7.7.2022 Per festeggiare degnamente i cinquant'anni di attività professionale di Andrea Centazzo ed i quarantacinque anni dell'etichetta Ictus Records da lui fondata, nella prima settimana di luglio si è tenuto al Teatro Out Off di Milano un festival (dedicato alla memoria del fotografo Roberto Masotti) a ...

Take Five with Ariel Bart

by AAJ Staff
March 25, 2022

Meet Ariel Bart Ariel Bart is a harmonica player and composer born in Israel in 1998 and currently based in Berlin. Her debut album, In Between, was released in May 2021 on Ropeadope. In the album, Ariel presents a unique approach to the harmonica and her composed melodies, which are inspired by the European jazz tradition ...

Sons d'Hiver 2022, William Parker "Trail Of Tears - A Continuum 1492-2022"

by Luciano Rossetti
March 11, 2022