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Jazz this week: Jazz at Lincoln Center Group, Rob Endicott, Miss Jubilee, and more
Though it's been a relatively mild winter so far in St. Louis, many touring acts are still taking it easy this time of year, and not all local presenters are back up to full speed after the holiday break. Still, while this week's offerings of live jazz and creative music may be fewer in number than ...
International jazz in more ways than one
The excellent and versatile Orlando-based drummer Eddie Metz Jr. brought his International Jazz Trio to Port Charlotte on Monday, January 11 for a concert with more foreign tinges than just the trio's membership. The band consists of Metz, Australian-born bassist and singer Nicki Parrott, and Italian-born pianist Rossano Sportiello. Metz tends to get top billing on ...
School Of Music Graduate Ensemble: Like No One Else
by Hrayr Attarian
The University of the Arts in Philadelphia (UARTS) has one of the premier jazz education programs in the USA. This excellence is apparent in the exceptional careers of some of their alumni, such as bassist Stanley Clarke and trombonist Robin Eubanks. It is also documented well in the many recordings that the university's various ensembles release. ...
Steve Olson: The Ruthless Shapes of Paradise
by Alberto Bazzurro
Dopo un album di duetti con partner diversi (Conversations, 2014), Steve Olson approda a questa che è la sua opera seconda optando invece per un organico fisso per tutto il disco, un trio entro le cui maglie la sua musica pudica, rattenuta, si muove seguendo la prassi della composizione istantanea, alias improvvisazione totale. ...
Bandleader Percy Hughes, 1922-2015
One of the beloved legends of Minnesota jazz, bandleader and multi-reed player Percy Hughes passed away on December 30 at age 93. Most recently known as the leader of Ellington Echoes, Hughes was inducted into the Minnesota Jazz Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Minnesota Music hall of Fame in 1996. He was also well ...
Carlos Vega: Bird's Ticket
by Dan McClenaghan
Saxophonist Carlos Vega's band crackles. The sound of A Confluence in Chi-Town," the opener on his Bird's Ticket recording, has an on-the-edge urgency in its distinctive approach to the standard jazz quintet format--bass/drums/keyboard rhythm section and a trumpet and a saxophone--a line up like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie used. Vega, a veteran of ...
Tenor Saxophonist/Composer Matt Parker Debuts New Trio On His CD "Present Time," Due For Feb. 12 Release By BYNK Records
Tenor and soprano saxophone virtuoso and visionary composer Matt Parker made a vivid impression with his 2013 debut recording, Worlds Put Together. “Restlessly inventive” (Down Beat), Parker is “a fully formed artist with his own unique voice [who] sounds comfortable promenading down multiple paths” (All About Jazz). For his new recording Present Time, Parker pared down ...
Snarky Puppy: la fusion del nuovo millennio
by Angelo Leonardi
"Abbiamo suonato a Flagstaff, Arizona, due o tre anni fa per una quindicina di persone -ricorda Michael League, leader di Snarky Puppy -E alla fine abbiamo scoperto che tutti erano venuti per il successivo karaoke. In pratica abbiamo fatto l'apertura al karaoke." Dopo la sorprendente vittoria di un Grammy Award nel gennaio 2014 ...
All About Jazz Thanks JAZZed Readers For Best Jazz Website Designation
All About Jazz would like to thank the JAZZed readers who rated our fine website #1 in their 2015 readers' poll. Hundreds of jazz scholars and jazz fans took part in their second annual poll which covered 40 categories. Other websites nominated included: jazz.org and jazzboston.com. To view the results from the 2015 reader' poll, scroll ...
Wadada Leo Smith, John Lindberg: Celestial Weather
by Alberto Bazzurro
Entrambi colonne dell'avanguardia jazzistica, sia pure con tempi, ruoli e modalità differenti, Wadada Leo Smith e John Lindberg dialogano in questo notevole album, la cui incisione risale al giugno 2012, dando da subito l'impressione di intendersi ottimamente. La suite che apre il disco (e che si deve al trombettista, come del resto la ...

