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I 10 CD nel CD player di... Hardedge
by Vincenzo Roggero
01. Wadada Leo Smith -The Great Lakes Suites (TUM -2014). Il vero artista non si rilassa mai. Wadada Leo Smith è sicuramente uno di quei pensatori creativi che radicalizzano la propria arte in ogni fase del suo sviluppo. Spettacolare l'idea di scegliere Jack DeJohnette, John Lindberg e Henry Threadgill per la realizzazione di questo progetto. DeJohnette ...
Irek Wojtczak & The Fonda-Stevens Group: Folk Five
by Karl Ackermann
The substantial music community in Eastern Europe has a particular affinity for incorporating elements of regional and ethnic music into modern jazz. Gypsy jazz, klezmer and various strains of ethno-fusion have often been combined so that regional influences and free jazz serve as a shared platform, at times addressing political and social causes. For Polish saxophonist ...
50 Years of the AACM - February 26, March 19, April 28 & 29 at Roulette and The Bohemian National Hall
Interpretations and the SEM Ensemble celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding in Chicago of the legendary Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), with a series of concerts presenting AACM composers and improvisers. Each evening will feature works by many of the AACM's most renown figures, including Muhal Richard Abrams, Thurman Barker, Leroy Jenkins, ...
Wadada Leo Smith: The Great Lakes Suites
by Hrayr Attarian
The intrepid composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's creative energy continues unabated after a career spanning over four decades. His artistry has crystalized and matured without losing its progressive edge and The Great Lakes Suites is the fruit of this sophisticated ingenuity. For these six imaginative pieces, inspired by the bodies of water of ...
Robert Bush Best of 2014
by Robert Bush
2014 proved a banner year for jazz recordings. Still, two of my favorite discs this year came in the form of previously unreleased material--the Jarrett Trio and Coltrane Quintet cannot be overlooked, in my opinion. Wadada Leo Smith The Great Lakes Suites (Tum Records) Keith Jarrett, ...
Anthony Braxton: Trio and Duet
by Troy Collins
Vanguard composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton has long inspired debate among conservative critics as to whether or not his urbane contributions should be considered part of the jazz canon; oblique strategies notwithstanding, Braxton's abstruse efforts rarely swing in a conventional sense, forever fuelling the argument. Nonetheless, Arista Records signed Braxton to a six year contract late ...
Mark F. Turner's Best of 2014
by Mark F. Turner
Typically, when music is labeled it gets thrown into a box that limits its artistic scope. But the four letter word “jazz" in today's environment obliterates typical categorization as found in these diverse releases. Ambrose Akinmusire The imagined savior is far easier to paint (Blue Note)
I dischi del 2014
by AAJ Staff
Condensare il meglio di un anno di musica in soli dieci dischi! Che follia! In fondo sono le classifiche stesse a essere un po' una follia e come tutte le follie va presa con un po' di leggerezza. Le obiezioni sono sempre le stesse: chissà quante cose i redattori di AllAboutJazz Italia non hanno ...
The Great Lakes Suites
Label: TUM Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Disc One: Lake Michigan; Lake Ontario; Lake Superior.
Disc Two: Lake Huron; Lake Erie; Lake St. Claire.
John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2014
by John Sharpe
Here are eleven new releases, reviewed at All About Jazz, which stood out from those I heard this year, in no special order. Nicole Mitchell The Secret Escapades of Velvet Anderson (Rogue Art Records) Sonic Projections must be flautist Nicole Mitchell's hardest blowing band. On their second outing she ...
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