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News: Recording

Italian Composer/Keyboardist Cristiano Roversi Releases Third Solo Album '"Antiqua" Featuring Former Pfm And Le Orme Members

January 25, 2013

Italy - The worldwide progressive rock community is buzzing with excitement about the third CD release by Italian musician, composer, keyboardist, bass and Champan stick player Cristiano Roversi titled 'AntiQua', featuring guest appearances by Le Orme's Aldo Tagliapietra and PFM's Bernardo Lanzetti, among others! Founding member of the new progressive band Moongarden in 1994, very much ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Made in St. Louis

January 25, 2013

While there are no major touring jazz or creative music headliners scheduled to be here for the next few days, St. Louis musicians will be filling a variety of local venues with all sorts of sounds. And so, as a way of demonstrating the wide variety of activity on our local scene, this week's picks consists ...

Article: Album Review

Ilia Skibinsky: The Passage

Read "The Passage" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
January 24, 2013

Saxophonist David Binney's Mythology Records imprint is used sparingly, but when this maverick music man chooses to release albums under its banner, they tend to be bold and brimming with the excitement of the unknown; The Passage is no exception. With this debut, Russian-born/Israeli-bred/New York-based saxophonist/composer Ilia Skibinsky joins the elite Mythology roster, which includes post- ...

Article: Extended Analysis

John Hollenbeck: Songs I Like a Lot

by John Kelman
January 24, 2013

It's hard to resist, at the very least, looking at an album with as honest and unassuming a title as Songs I Like a Lot; but it's even harder to resist when it turns out that the instigator is John Hollenbeck, founder of and primary composer for Claudia Quintet--the chamber jazz ensemble which has, over the ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Michael Francis Zinna

by AAJ Staff
January 24, 2013

Meet Michael Francis Zinna:60 years old. Grew up in New York and Long Island. Loved the guitar the first time I heard it. Growing up in New York, jazz was all around. My first epiphany came with the great blues renaissance of the 1960s. Then I heard Wes Montgomery and people like Barney Kesseland ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Download of the Day Widget and RSS Feed

January 23, 2013

You can now place the All About Jazz MP3 Download of the Day on your Facebook Wall by reading our new RSS feed. If you publish a website or blog, you can also embed the contents of the RSS feed or embed our MP3 Download of the Day widget. Musician? Spread the word about yourself and ...

News: Recording

Whirlwind Recordings Releases: The Aruan Ortiz And Michael Janisch Quintet - Banned In London

January 23, 2013

Whirlwind Recordings Proudly Releases: The Aruan Ortiz and Michael Janisch Quintet - Banned in London U.S. Release Date: January 29, 2013 Featuring: Greg Osby, Raynald Colom & Rudy Royston! ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT GIGS AT THE 2011 LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL took place at the Pizza Express on Soho's Dean Street by the Aruán Ortiz ...

Article: Year in Review

Doug Collette's Best Releases of 2012

by Doug Collette
January 23, 2013

It's great to be able to pick and choose from an overflowing roster of great titles, then relive the pleasure of discovery from the past twelve months. The Brad Mehldau TrioOdeNonesuch RecordsThe pianist's trio offers its perspective on the world around us by filtering it through its original ...

Article: Album Review

Jose James: No Begining No End

Read "No Begining No End" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
January 23, 2013

Smoother than cognac and just as refined, No Beginning No End drips with an unabashed sensuality both subtly delivered and painfully personal. With his Blue Note debut, Jose James employs the terrifying capacity of his voice to penetrate the heart of deeper, more hidden spaces and lay bare the emotional contours of urban existence.To ...

Article: Album Review

Madeline Eastman + Randy Porter: A Quiet Thing: A Collection of Ballads

Read "A Quiet Thing: A Collection of Ballads" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 23, 2013

The beauty of vocalist Madeline Eastman is that she is an undaunted improviser who remains conservative in her improvising. In this context, the word conservative harbors no negative connotations. Eastman has an abiding respect for the melody that is reflected in her thoughtful interpretations of the fourteen ballads making up A Quiet Thing. The piano-voice format ...