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J.J. Wright: Inward Looking Outward
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist J.J. Wright has catholic tastes in more ways than one. He's the Director of Music at Sacred Heart Parish, the crypt church beneath the University of Notre Dame's Basilica of the Sacred Heart, and his musical interests range far and wide; Wright's inspired and influenced by everything from the music of J.S. Bach to the ...
Meade Lux Lewis: The Blues Piano Artistry of Meade Lux Lewis
by Marc Davis
In three decades of professional writing, I don't think I've ever used the word “twee." But I'm about to. Look it up. Dictionary.com says “twee" means “affectedly dainty or quaint." Put another way: Unnaturally cute. That's the celeste in jazz. It's cute and dainty and thoroughly unnatural. What's more, it's a mood ...
Dan Phillips BKK Quartet: Bangkok Edge Live
by Ian Patterson
Guitarist Dan Phillips has long been a leading figure in nurturing jazz in his adopted home of Bangkok. Whether teaching in the city's universities or through his club gigs, Phillips has mentored and inspired many of Thailand's upcoming jazz musicians. With the excellent pairing of drummer Chanutr Techatana-nan (aka Hong) and bassist Pornchart Viriyapark, the trio's ...
Hendrik Meurkens/Misha Tsiganov: Junity
by Dan Bilawsky
Junity? No, that's not a misprint. Take “junto," the Brazilian word for together, and marry it with “unity"; that's how you get “junity," a hybridized term that accurately describes the relationship between harmonica master Hendrik Meurkens and pianist Misha Tsiganov. These two men have been playing together for nearly a decade, appearing together ...
Steve Khan: Subtext
by Glenn Astarita
Steve Khan has always been a consummate, story-telling improviser. His extensive resume and distinguished solo career spans jazz fusion, modern mainstream, and with Subtext, he delves a bit deeper into the Latin element, when looking back at his days recording and performing with former Weather Report percussionist Manolo Badrena who was a member of Khan's early ...
Live From Birmingham: Tom Harrison, Tad Newton, Wynton Marsalis & Monocled Man
by Martin Longley
Tom Harrison The Bartons Arms June 6, 2014 Some of Tom Harrison's band sidemen are more familiar to seasoned UK jazz fans than the leader himself, but the London saxophonist's film music project will doubtless contribute to improving his own profile. It's the kind of conceptual set-up that is ...
Inside Jazz Quartet: Portraits
by Neri Pollastri
Un quartetto paritetico composto da musicisti di esperienza e riconosciuto valore mette in scena brani di alcuni dei più importanti protagonisti del jazz moderno quali sono Steve Swallow e Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk e Carla Bley, per arrivare fino a Yusef Lateef. Non c'è invero nulla di “rivoluzionario," né di particolarmente “innovativo" nell'album, ...
Chubby Jackson: New York, 1949
In 1944, bebop was virtually ignored by the country's jazz fans—except those in New York, where the new style had first been recorded earlier that year. Viewed initially as unintelligible gibberish and way too fast for dancing, the new style was too complicated. Few musicians could play it authentically, since too few bebop recordings were on ...
The Amazing Bud Powell, Volumes 1 and 2 – Blue Note 1503 and 1504
by Marc Davis
In the pantheon of bebop's Founding Fathers, there are three giants. Everyone knows Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Everyone forgets Bud Powell. Like Bird and Diz, Powell could spit out notes faster than anyone before or since. Also like Bird and Diz, Powell sometimes fell in love with his own speed, so some recordings ...
Chick Corea al Parco della Musica, Roma
by Mario Calvitti
Parco della Musica Roma 10.05.2014 In occasione della recentissima pubblicazione del suo nuovo CD di solo piano, Portraits, il pianista Chick Corea ha intrapreso un tour mondiale che lo ha portato anche dalle nostre parti. Il suo concerto solistico è strutturato analogamente al CD, registrato dal vivo, con una prima ...
