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InterStatic: Arise

Read "Arise" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
October 10, 2014

Interstatic è una sorta di power trio formato da virtuosi strumentisti quali il tastierista Roy Powell (Anthony Braxton, Art Farmer, Terje Rypdal), il batterista Jarle Vespestad (Supersilent, Tord Gustavsen) e il chitarrista Jacob Young (Karin Krog, Nils Petter Molvaer, Christian Wallumrod). Trio che ha trovato ragioni comuni solide e importanti visto che è alla terza incisione ...

News: Event

NEC’s Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music of George Russell with the NEC Jazz Orchestra on October 16

October 10, 2014

Conducted by Ben Schwendener and Featuring Saxophonist George Garzone Thursday, October 16 at Brown Hall NEC faculty member Ben Schwendener will lead the NEC Jazz Orchestra in The Music of George Russell, a program featuring excerpts from several of Russell’s most ambitious works, as well as “All About Rosie,” traditionally included in all Russell programs. The ...

Article: Album Review

Sarah Marie Young: Little Candy Heart

Read "Little Candy Heart" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 9, 2014

Sarah Marie Young's Little Candy Heart occupies the space where jazz, soul and classic R&B meet and exchange ideas. On this evidence, it's a great place to be. Young's first release on Dutch download-only label SnipRecords is one of the most beautiful albums of 2014. Stylistically there's an old-school vibe going on: song-focussed and ...

Article: Album Review

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Blue

by Mark Corroto
October 9, 2014

Imagine coming home from work to find the furniture in your house was moved and say, your tooth brush is now on the other side of the bathroom sink. A few inches here, and a few inches there. Would you notice? Maybe yes, if you had been gone just a day. What happens in the same ...

Article: Live Review

Mark Turner Quartet at The Wexner Center

by C. Andrew Hovan
October 9, 2014

Mark Turner Quartet Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, Ohio September 26, 2014 Some 20 years ago, tenor saxophonist Mark Turner tipped the ears of more than a few critics with his debut release for the Dutch Criss Cross label, Yam Yam. He was rightly touted as an up and coming ...

Article: The Big Question

I love jazz. Why do you?

by Michael Ricci
October 9, 2014

I started listening to jazz at an early age, thanks to my father and his record collection. He also took me to shows. I was 9 or 10 when I saw Maynard Ferguson and his band (circa Live at Jimmy's)... those guys knew how to dress! I played the trumpet in bands and junior phils for ...

Article: Album Review

Odeya Nini: Vougheauxyice

Read "Vougheauxyice" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
October 9, 2014

Con questo album dal titolo praticamente impronunciabile (e intrascrivibile), inciso fra il giugno 2012 e l'aprile seguente, la californiana Odeya Nini firma il suo primo lavoro in totale solitudine. Il suo approccio all'elemento-voce rimanda alle sperimentazioni più ardite in materia (ciò che, per fare un esempio, intrappolò l'indimenticato Demetrio Stratos negli ultimi anni della sua vita). ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bass Guitar Virtuoso Jeff Berlin To Tour Europe Fall 2014

October 9, 2014

Clearwater, FL – Much to the excitement of European music fans, bass legend Jeff Berlin will be touring Europe with his trio beginning mid-October! Jeff Berlin is internationally regarded as a legend, considered one of the greatest bass players in the world. The late Jaco Pastorius regarded Berlin as a better soloist than he was, and ...

Article: From the Inside Out

Different Shapes & Sounds: Solo, Trio, Small & Large Ensembles

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 9, 2014

Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra Pulsion Ubiquity 2014 A musician friend whose opinion I greatly respect shared with me that he enjoys listening to Pulsion, the fourth release by the Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra (ALVO), in two layers: The frothy jazz-influenced horn, brass and string arrangements on top and, like a ...

News: Website

Jazz Near You Adds Six More Cities: US, Japan, Belgium and India Included in Latest Round

October 8, 2014

Jazz Near You now services over 250 cities worldwide with the additions of Greensboro (NC), Beacon (NY), Sarasota (FL), Bruges (Belgium), Nagoya (Japan) and Chennai (india). If your city has an active jazz scene and isn't represented at Jazz Near You, please let us know and we'll add it. About Jazz Near You Jazz Near You ...