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Il SF Jazz Collective al Teatro Manzoni di Milano
by Rosarita Crisafi
SF Jazz Collective Aperitivo in Concerto Teatro Manzoni Milano 30.10.2016 Una strepitosa apertura di stagione per Aperitivo In Converto, la rassegna milanese che propone dei matinée domenicali con i maggiori protagonisti della scena jazz contemporanea internazionale. La 32^ edizione è partita il 30 ottobre con l'ennesimo tutto esaurito. Sul ...
Enjoy Jazz 2016
by John Kelman
2016 Enjoy Jazz Festival Heidelberg, Mannheim & Ludwigshafen, Germany October 24-November 1, 2016 Returning to Heidelberg and the Enjoy Jazz Festival after a three-year absence is still more than a bit like returning to a second home. Not just the same hotel (the ever-charming Hollander Hof, along the Neckar River by an ...
Alphonse Mouzon Needs Your Help
By Chuck Koton These are not words I ever thought I would have to write. Legendary drummer Alphonse Mouzon was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in September. He had to immediately undergo surgery which has bought him some time. But his kidneys are too weak for radiation therapy and he is planning to go ...
Recent Reading: Books About Jazz In Four US Regions
After jazz emerged—or coalesced—as a distinct form of music in New Orleans in the early twentieth century, it quickly took hold throughout the world. Jazz musicians developed on every continent, even in countries where the spirit of jazz goes against the grain of politics and culture; a jazz community is emerging in China, not an eventuality ...
Galway Jazz Festival 2016
by Ian Patterson
Galway Jazz Festival Various Venues Galway, Ireland October 7-9, 2016 The best jazz festivals are not necessarily the biggest. They're not always the ones with the marquee names. The best festivals, without a doubt, are the ones you remember, years later, for having had a hell of a good time. ...
Jordan Young: Jazz Jukebox
by Dan Bilawsky
The predominance of the jukebox in social situations is essentially a thing of the past. But how much has really changed? Those once-ubiquitous machines that brought musical happiness to the good people in corner bars and diners throughout the land may have vanished, but the concept they put forward has not. It's simply been modernized, with ...
Michael Musillami/Rich Syracuse: Of The Night
by Budd Kopman
For some reason, Wayne Shorter is in the air, as evidenced by pianist Denny Zeitlin's wonderful Early Wayne and now guitarist Michael Musillami's duo album with bassist Rich Syracuse, Of The Night. As stated in the earlier review, Shorter tunes, for the most part, are almost immediately recognizable as such without being able to ...
BRIC JazzFest 2016
by Peter Jurew
BRIC JazzFest BRIC House Brooklyn, NY October 8-15, 2016 After a successful debut in 2015, the BRIC JazzFest returned to the BRIC House in downtown Brooklyn, New York, this year with two nights of jazz-related films and a music marathon" of twenty-seven acts spread evenly over three nights. ...
The 14 Jazz Orchestra: Nothing Hard Is Ever Easy
by Angelo Leonardi
Dischi come questo sono indicativi dell'alto livello professionale che il jazz statunitense esprime anche nelle cosiddette zone di periferia, lontane da New York, Chicago o Los Angeles. Quest'orchestra opera in Florida ed è formata da 13 insegnanti o ex alunni della Miami University diretti dall'arrangiatore Dan Bonsanti e integrati da pregevoli ospiti: Will Lee ...
Dave Liebman Group: Expansions Live
by Budd Kopman
For those that know soprano saxophonist David Liebman's latest group Expansions from their first two studio albums, Samsara and The Puzzle, the double CD Expansions Live will be the lodestone for this quintet (Liebman, reedman Matt Vashlishan, keyboardist Bobby Avey, bassist Tony Marino and drummer Alex Ritz). Playing a few of the tunes from ...


