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Open Papyrus Jazz Festival 2018
by Alberto Bazzurro
Teatro Giacosa, Sala S. Marta, Caffè del Teatro Ivrea 22-24.03.2017 Dopo l'anteprima del 17 marzo con Enten Eller e danza al Museo Garda, ancora la danza abbinata alla musica ha aperto in Sala S. Marta (i cui endemici problemi di acustica non sembrano purtroppo risolvibili) la tre giorni finale ...
Oddgeir Berg: Before Dawn
by Dan McClenaghan
The evolution of the piano trio has taken us from Art Tatum to Erroll Garner to Oscar Peterson to Bud Powell to Bill Evans--with Thelonious Monk in there veering off from Ellington and the stride tradition on his own separate branch. The newest piano trio offshoot is that of groups who add electronic embellishments to their ...
Steve Khan: Public Access / Headline / Crossings
by John Kelman
It's been a great couple of years for Steve Khan fans who are (relatively) new to the guitarist's work, especially his early releases, thanks to UK-based BGO Records. First, his '70s-era trio of fusion-centric LPs on Columbia Records, 1977's Tightrope, 1978's The Blue Man and 1979's Arrows, were remastered and reissued in a 2015 two-CD set, ...
Alcyona Mick & Tori Freestone: Criss Cross
by Roger Farbey
An associate of the Loop Collective, Alcyona Mick graduated in jazz piano from the Royal Academy of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire. She writes scores for silent films and is a member of the prestigious London Jazz Orchestra. Mick has recorded two albums with the jazz group Blink, including its eponymous debut album and its follow-up, Twice. ...
Rudi Mahall / Alexander von Schlippenbach: So Far
by Mark Corroto
The raw materials with which pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach and clarinetist (chiefly bass clarinetist) Rudy Mahall work on the free improvisation recording So Far, are best described as untreated, as opposed to unrefined, the other definition of raw. Their music is reduced to its essential components of sound, pulse, and interplay. The two German ...
Roberto Magris Sextet: Live in Miami @ the WDNA Jazz Gallery
by Jerome Wilson
Roberto Magris is an Italian pianist who has an eclectic range of interests but is heavily in thrall to the masters of American bebop. On this particular live recording he leads a sextet that gives that language a pronounced Latin twist leading to a set of fiery performances. Magris uses two horn players, trumpeter ...
Ben Allison: Between Groove and Melody
by Angelo Leonardi
Bassist, bandleader, educator and composer, Ben Allison is one of the leading players of the world stage. During the past twenty years he has released twelve records and led various bands, performed on more than thirty albums, co-founded The Jazz Composers Collective, and served as its Artistic Director until its dissolution in 2005. In this conversation, ...
Francesco Maccianti al Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze
by Neri Pollastri
Francesco Maccianti Piano Solo Lyceum Club Internazionale Conservatorio Cherubini -Sala del Buonumore “Pietro Grossi" Firenze 26.2.2018 Il pianista fiorentino Francesco Maccianti era stato ospite in piano solo del Lyceum Club meno di quattro mesi fa, ma il suo concerto era stato così apprezzato che gli è stato chiesto di ...
Six on Cellar Live
by C. Michael Bailey
Cory Weeds' record label Cellar Live has become a welcome home to straight-ahead mainstream jazz in the same way that Arbors Records has been the beacon for traditional jazz and swing. Think Norman Granz's Pablo label tele-transported deep into the 21st Century. Six recent releases illuminate Cellar Live's importance to jazz as a whole and to ...
Julian Pressley: From The Duke To Ornette In His Own Way
by Victor L. Schermer
Julian Pressley isn't exactly a household name, but it's a name every jazz aficionado should know. When he plays his alto saxophone, ears perk up because he's playing what they came to hear: music that embodies the legacy. Passionate, quick-witted, and full of new ideas, Pressley stands out in the crowd, a genuine original. Yet you ...
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