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Jazz em Agosto 2019

By STEFANO MERIGHI

Jazz em agosto Lisbona 1-4.8.2019 Resistenza e narrazioni. Questo in sintesi il filo conduttore dell'edizione 2019 di Jazz em Agosto, in corso di svolgimento come sempre presso la fondazione Gulbenkian a Lisbona. Un'edizione “militante," dunque, sebbene non così originale come in altre occasioni, vista la ripresa di ...

Never Alone: Reflections on the 2018 Winter Jazzfest

By TYRAN GRILLO

Ornette Coleman once said that sound has no parents. But that doesn't mean we can't be its children. On that point, jazz has always been something of a parental force, connecting progenies of representation across geographic and cultural borders. Its relationship to struggle has, however, at times been overshadowed by debate. On the one hand, jazz ...

Bare Bones Improvisation: A Challenge Rewarded

By MARK CORROTO

Mood, ambiance and atmosphere are the basic building blocks of music making. Taken at its essence, music is made up of these three components. In generating sound--especially experimental, improvised sound--getting to the essence is a major victory for musicians. And, although it may appeal only to the adventurous listener, there is an importance to bare bones ...

Fred Anderson: Birthday Live 2000 and 21st Century Chase

By JEFF STOCKTON

Fred Anderson Trio Birthday Live 2000 Asian Improv 2009 Fred Anderson 21st Century Chase Delmark 2009 Of all the players who have come through Fred ...

Bradley Parker-Sparrow: The New World

By MARK CORROTO

It's possible that this improvised session was months in the making, as emails and telephone calls were made and returned to discuss the theme of pianist Bradley Parker-Sparrow's The New World. But, then again with improvisers of this quality this concept album might just as remarkably been laid down with a with a few nods, winks, ...

Globe Unity: Japan

By TOM GREENLAND

Akira SakataFriendly PantsColumbia-Family Vineyard2009 Itaru OkiPhantom NoteRecord Label #2Year The Miyumi ProjectLive in PolandSouthport2009 Japanese culture has historically championed jazz and, not ...

Fred Anderson Quartet: Live at the Velvet Lounge Volume III

By JEFF STOCKTON

Fred Anderson's sound on tenor can be heard in his stance. With his horn hung on a harness that looks like something a moving man would wear as he prepares to hoist a TV, Anderson bends his knees and hunches over as if muscle more than breath is needed to lift the notes into the air. ...