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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: John Pizzarelli, Esfoma, the Cunninghams, a Tribute to Charles Mingus, Bad Luck, and More

October 23, 2014

Autumn is definitely in the air in St. Louis, and it's looking like a fine weekend to get out and hear some live jazz and creative music. Here's a look at some of the most noteworthy performances coming up over the next few days... Tonight, singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli opens a four-night engagement continuing through ...

News: Recording

Jon Batiste, Chad Smith, Bill Laswell - M.O.D. Technologies Releases Collaboration Of Three Outstanding Musical Voices, The Process.

October 23, 2014

Transformative pianist and uplifting young visionary from New York City via New Orleans – Jon Batiste, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer – Chad Smith and legendary bassist / producer – Bill Laswell, detonate avant-funk, African styles, electric Miles Davis, Meters, Mutant Hip Hop, Ginger Baker…and more, on their album called The Process. A sonic / musical ...

Article: Album Review

Yard Byard - The Jaki Byard Project: Inch by Inch

Read "Inch by Inch" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
October 23, 2014

A quindici anni dalla morte di Jaki Byard la sua statura di compositore viene celebrata da un quintetto nato quattro anni fa proprio con quest'intento. Com'è noto, Byard è stato il pianista di importanti gruppi degli anni sessanta: il sestetto di Charles Mingus in primo luogo, ma anche alcuni organici di Eric Dolphy, Sam Rivers, Herb ...

Article: Live Review

Abdullah Ibrahim at Zankel Hall

by Dan Bilawsky
October 22, 2014

Abdullah Ibrahim Zankel Hall Ubuntu: Music And Arts Of South Africa New York, NY October 17, 2014 Ubuntu. It's one little six-letter word that carries a world of meaning within its frame. The term itself, roughly translated to mean “I am because you are," took root as a philosophy ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Andy Milne and Dapp Theory: Forward in All Directions

by Phil Barnes
October 22, 2014

Not all albums register immediately, sometimes it takes a while for unusual and individual music to settle in your subconscious, reveal itself incrementally as little details emerge with familiarity. This new release from Andy Milne and Dapp Theory, on Whirlwind records in the UK, is a good case in point Toronto born Pianist and ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Introducing Johnny Griffin – Blue Note 1533

by Marc Davis
October 22, 2014

In jazz and rock--heck, even in classical music--there is a sacred throne for those who play fast. Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson occupy such thrones. So do Jimmy Page and Eddie Van Halen. Fast is fun. Johnny Griffin played fast--very fast. The evidence is here in Griffin's very first album, Introducing Johnny ...

Article: Album Review

Connie Crothers: Concert In Paris

Read "Concert In Paris" reviewed by John Ephland

by John Ephland
October 22, 2014

Connie Crothers' piano sounds like nothing you've heard before. Sure, it's acoustic, she plays melodies, she can be inside or outside the music. One thing she isn't, though, is wishy-washy. One of her latest, Concert In Paris, is a solo effort. And for anyone who loves the intimacy of a solo-piano recital, this one more jazz ...

Article: Album Review

Natsuki Tamura, Alexander Frangenheim: Nax

by Karl Ackermann
October 22, 2014

Trumpeter Natsuki Tamura has long straddled the divide between free improvisation and lyrical jazz. The latter has been adequately and beautifully represented in his work with Gato Libre. That quartet features his wife and occasional duo partner--the pianist and accordionist Satoko Fujii--and combines elements of folk, chamber and modern jazz. In contrast, much of his solo ...

Article: Book Review

Carola De Scipio: Massimo Urbani. L’avanguardia è nei sentimenti.

by Maurizio Zerbo
October 22, 2014

Massimo Urbani. L'avanguardia è nei sentimenti. Carola De Scipio 340 Pagine 22 euro Arcana Edizioni 2014 La ristampa di questo libro presenta qualche novità interessante, anche se scompare il bel CD allegato alla precedente edizione. Il testo è corredato da ulteriori interviste, splendide fotografie ed un'accurata discografia. Si ...

News: Performance / Tour

Children's Songs By Chick Corea Recorded By Pianist Mika Pohjola

October 22, 2014

Pianist and composer Mika Pohjola has released a new album containing twenty Children's Songs by multiple Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Chick Corea. Children's Songs mainly consists of short songs with simple themes. There is little motivic development in these songs, which rather capture a variety of melodies and moods. Corea, today 73, began writing the ...