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Article: Album Review

For Living Lovers: Brandon Ross, Stomu Takeishi: Revealing Essence

Read "Revealing Essence" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
July 9, 2014

Un duo doppiamente sorprendente, questo dei For Living Lovers, tra due musicisti prestigiosi e noti soprattutto per le loro collaborazioni in organici ampi e ad alta intensità dinamica, primi tra tutti quelli di Henry Threadgill, nei quali si sono conosciuti. E che qui, invece, dialogano tra loro in forma soffusa, intima, lirica. Le ...

News: TV / Film

First Look: Don Cheadle as Miles Davis in biopic 'Miles Ahead'

July 9, 2014

Actor Don Cheadle’s obsession with Miles Davis began as a child with the jazz trumpeter’s album Porgy and Bess, a beloved staple of his family’s music collection. Now, Cheadle will make his feature film directorial debut with a crowdfunded biopic on Davis that will focus on the musician’s transition into music after a five-year hiatus—otherwise known ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Standard Announces August Concert Schedule

July 9, 2014

AUGUST @ JAZZ STANDARD Kenny Barron Quartet featuring Stefon Harris Gerald Clayton Trio +1 Yelena Eckemoff Quintet Ron Carter Big Band (New York City, NY) — JAZZ STANDARD Jazz Standard, one of the nation’s premier jazz clubs, offers another impressive month of music with jazz legends and rising stars throughout ...

News: Festival

Get On The Bus With WBGO To Spend A Day At Newport Jazz Festival

July 9, 2014

Get on the Bus with WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM to Spend A Day at the Newport Jazz Festival® August 1, 2 or 3 Newport, RI - You could take a train, a plane, a car or a boat, but if you’re in Newark, New York City, Brooklyn or Boston, take one of the WBGO Jazz 88.3 ...

Article: Album Review

Alon Nechustan: Venture Bound

Read "Venture Bound" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 8, 2014

Pianist Alon Nechustan is full of surprises. His work with Talat-- The Growl (Tzadik, 2007)--placed him in the alt klezmer jazz category, but he refused to stay put in that area. Nechustan changed gears with Words Beyond (Buckyball Records, 2011), casting aside his allegiance to Hebraic-tinged melodies so he could focus on the modern language of ...

Article: Album Review

The Jazzmasters: The Jazzmasters VII

Read "The Jazzmasters VII" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush
July 8, 2014

Jazz: noun, often attributive \'jaz\ a type of American music with lively rhythms and melodies that are often made up by musicians as they play Jazz. Say the word. J-A-Z-Z. Paul Hardcastle calls his side project “The Jazzmasters." If he means he plays instrumentals, it is. If he means truly understanding the idiom, it's ...

Article: Album Review

Party Knüllers meets Jim Baker: Four Images of Wank

Read "Four Images of Wank" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
July 8, 2014

The duo Party Knüllers--Chicagoan cellist and electronics player Fred Lonberg-Holm and Norwegian drummer Ståle Liavik Solberg--wanted to intensify its already dense mix of sounds and added Lonberg-Holm's frequent comrade, synth player Jim Baker. The trio did a short tour in the United States before recording recording Four Images of Wank in the studio.

Article: Interview

Canterbury e dintorni secondo Ferdinando Faraó

by Claudio Bonomi
July 8, 2014

Fasano, solare cittadina pugliese in provincia di Brindisi, è da 17 anni teatro di un festival jazz eterodosso e controcorrente che, oltre a valorizzare talenti locali e a tenere alta la bandiera del jazz italiano (nel corso degli anni la rassegna ha ospitato, tra gli altri, Franco Cerri, Antonello Salis, Roberto Ottaviano, Franco D'Andrea, Stefano Bollani, ...

News: Recording

Sean Noonan's Stories From Behind The Drum Kit Continue With Bruised By Noon

July 8, 2014

Bruised by Noon, A Limited Edition Solo Drum Project Which Concludes the Tale of Finny Finnigan, the Gambler Who Was Introduced on Noonan's Critically Acclaimed 2012 Project A Gambler's Hand, Available as CD, Download and Vinyl and Accompanying Book Drummer/composer/storyteller/producer Sean Noonan is among the most prolific and innovative musicians of his generation. Just a few ...

News: Recording

Rick Braun Dances To The Top Of The Billboard Chart

July 8, 2014

The jazz-funk trumpeter’s “Can You Feel It” album hits the streets as the rapidly rising “Get Up And Dance” is ready to sashay off with the No. 1 singles crown. Sherman Oaks, CA: Back with his first contemporary jazz foray in five years, trumpeter Rick Braun appears to be wasting no time in his quest to ...