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15 Italian Jazz Musicians You Need To Know About
by Enrico Bettinello
It is not unusual for colleagues and promoters from across Europe and the United States to ask me: “Which Italian jazz musicians should I check out?" For decades, Italy has enjoyed an increasingly prominent place in the vast landscape of European Jazz. The names of some of its most famous players, like trumpeters Enrico ...
Meridian Trio: Triangulum
by Troy Dostert
2017 is proving to be something of a breakout year for alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella. He recently released Signaling, a superb freely-improvised duo recording with cellist Tomeka Reid, and now he's followed it up with this excellent outing from the Meridian Trio, where he is joined by his colleagues Matt Ulery on bass and Jeremy Cunningham ...
A dialogo con Silvia Bolognesi
by Neri Pollastri
Silvia Bolognesi, contrabbassista, compositrice e band leader senese, è tra le più interessanti personalità del jazz italiano. Recentemente ha inoltre ricevuto un riconoscimento internazionale tanto lusinghiero, quanto meritato: la chiamata di Roscoe Mitchell per entrare a far parte del sestetto da lui formato per un progetto in onore di John Coltrane, del quale ricorre quest'anno il ...
Hear In Now: Not Living In Fear
by Neri Pollastri
A otto anni dal loro incontro e dopo cinque dall'uscita del primo album, Mazz Swift, Tomeka Reid e Silvia Bolognesi -ovvero il fantastico trio d'archi al femminile Hear in Now -tornano con un nuovo CD, ancorché registrato in due sessioni del 2012 e del 2014. Nel frattempo non solo le tre protagoniste hanno continuato le loro ...
Jaimie Branch: Fly or Die
by Vincenzo Roggero
Un debutto discografico all'età di trentaquattro anni è evento raro in un mercato dove abbondano baby fenomeni, giovani promesse, fuoriclasse del futuro e dischi del secolo. Evento raro e prezioso perché questo Fly or Die è disco di sconvolgente bellezza. La protagonista è Jaimie Branch, trombettista e compositrice sconosciuta ai più, frequentazioni importanti nella scena avant ...
Nick Mazzarella and Tomeka Reid: Signaling
by Troy Dostert
On this captivating, fully-improvised duo recording by alto saxophonist Nick Mazzarella and cellist Tomeka Reid, we find a superlative example of two leading-edge musicians who continue to draw vital inspiration from their forbears. Reid, a contributing member of the hugely influential Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), has previously paid tribute to some of ...
Jaimie Branch: Fly Or Die
by Karl Ackermann
Improvisational trumpeter and electronics artist Jaimie Branch, a Chicago native, began playing trumpet at the age of nine. Doing double-duty, she has also worked around her home town as a sound engineer for Tim Daisy and Ken Vandermark. A relative newcomer, Branch moved to New York to complete a Master's degree in in Jazz Performance and ...
The Urge Trio: Live at the Hungry Brain
by Nicola Negri
Tomeka Reid e Keefe Jackson sono tra i protagonisti emersi dalla nuova scena jazz di Chicago, molto giovani ma già esperti collaboratori in una miriade di progetti importanti e loro stessi leader in ascesa. Insieme allo svizzero Christoph Erb, musicista altrettanto interessante attivo tra Europa e USA, formano lo Urge Trio, il cui nuovo disco esce ...
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet al Teatro Manzoni di Milano
by Vincenzo Roggero
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet plays Coltrane Aperitivo in Concerto Teatro Manzoni Milano 29.01.2017 Il “Roscoe Mitchell Sextet plays Coltrane" è un progetto ideato da Aperitivo in Concerto per celebrare la figura di John Coltrane nel cinquantesimo anniversario della morte. Dubbi e sospetti si insinuano tra i fans incalliti del leggendario ...
Hrayr Attarian's Best Releases of 2016
by Hrayr Attarian
Many other writers have submitted superb Best of/End of year lists, so another similar one would be redundant. As women instrumentalists in jazz have been historically underrepresented to great degree and remain a minority even today, below is a list with a feminist bent. These 12 exquisite albums are either by women or prominently feature women. ...
