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October Birthday Salutes
by Marc Cohn
Towards the end of every month, we celebrate the birthdays of famous and not so famous jazz musicians, physically or spiritually living. This month we feature Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk. Art's centennial is in 2019; so consider this as a warm-up. In addition, we are able to celebrate Horace Tapscott in style because we have ...
Festival Jazz International Rotterdam 2018
by Jakob Baekgaard
Festival Jazz International Rotterdam LantarenVenster Rotterdam October 26-28, 2018 As a jazz enthusiast strolling along the beautiful waterfront of Rotterdam, encountering the name Van Gelder almost seems too good to be true. Even though in this case, the name is found on a truck and refers to a corporation that sells ...
Pérez, Potter, Cohen Quintet at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Pérez, Potter, Cohen Quintet SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA October 14, 2018 “It's a privilege to be here, especially in these challenging times," pianist Danilo Pérez told the audience, as the evening began, and then called his musical companions --Avishai Cohen on trumpet, Chris Potter on tenor and soprano saxophones, Larry ...
I viaggi musicali di Gianni Lenoci
by Neri Pollastri
Artista dalla discografia ricchissima, Gianni Lenoci è un musicista poliedrico, che ama viaggiare avventurosamente in mondi musicali anche molto diversi, con il preciso e doppio intento, come spiega nella sua recente intervista), di apprendere sempre più e di interpretare in modo personale i diversi momenti musicali che le varie collaborazioni gli propongono. Qui ci occuperemo di ...
Christian McBride: Christian McBride's New Jawn
by Chris Mosey
Christian McBride was looking for a new musical challenge. So he decided to form a band that would play without the use of chords. The bassist explains, “Every major group I've been a part of for the last ten years, whether it's been with Pat Metheny or Chick Corea, or my own projects, there's been nothing ...
Thelonious Monk Birthday Concert: Helen Sung, Kris Davis and JoAnne Brackeen
by Harry S. Pariser
Thelonious Monk Birthday Concert: Helen Sung, Kris Davis and JoAnne Brackeen SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA October 10, 2018 It would have been Thelonious Monk's 101st birthday this year, but the pianist and composer has not lost his luster over the years. Every year SFJAZZ celebrates his birthday with a concert. ...
Ran Blake / Christine Correa: Streaming
by Jerome Wilson
Pianist Ran Blake has been known for his duo work with vocalists dating back to his 1962 collaboration with Jeanne Lee, The Newest Sound Around (RCA Victor). In recent years, he has been working with three individualistic singers, Sara Serpa, Dominique Eade and Christine Correa. The year 2017 brought a session of folk songs and soundtrack ...
Jacob Anderskov: Into the Mystery
by Jakob Baekgaard
Music is essentially a mystery. There are multiple ways of shaping sounds and just as many ways of perceiving them. Danish pianist and Associate Professor at Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Jacob Anderskov, has examined the possibilities of music from a practical and scholarly point of view for a long time. His research is reflected by ...
Charles Mingus: Jazz In Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden
by Chris May
Summer 2018 saw the general release of privately held recordings by two giants of twentieth century jazz. First up was John Coltrane's Both Directions At Once: The Lost Album (Impulse!). It was followed by Thelonious Monk's Mønk (Gearbox). In autumn 2018, recordings by another totemic figure, Charles Mingus, become the year's third newly revealed archaeological discovery. ...
Itamar Borochov, Doug Webb And Get The Blessing
by Bob Osborne
New releases from Itamar Borochov, Doug Webb, and Get The Blessing plus some previously unreleased music Thelonious Monk, rescued from a skip, are the headliners for this show. Also the intense avant jazz of Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon, some Mingus and Joni, and other new releases. Playlist Itamar Borochov “Blue Nights" Blue Nights ...
