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Fabrizio Sotti: The Key to Music

by Fernando Rodriguez De Mondesert
December 25, 2012

Invited to perform at the 16th edition of the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, this past November, guitarist Fabrizio Sotti was sitting on the beach in Cabarete, along the country's north coast, when this interview took place.Sottis' most recent release, Inner Dance (E1, 2010), was almost his third release, following the guitarist's This World Upside ...

Article: Year in Review

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2012

by Dan Bilawsky
December 23, 2012

Transcendent recordings don't come with a label identifying their magnificence, but they're easy to pick out. I had the honor and privilege of receiving, and listening to, more than 375 CDs for review consideration in 2012. I reviewed approximately 165 of them and these were the 15 that rose above the rest. Some are bold and ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Star of Jupiter

by John Kelman
December 10, 2012

How time flies. While he's been busy with a number of other projects--his collaboration with the Portuguese Orchestra de Jazz de Mataosinhos on the ambitious Our Secret World (Wommusic, 2010) and the intimate, standards-laden Reflections (Wommusic, 2009)--it's been four years since guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel last released a small group record focusing largely on new original music. ...

Article: Live Review

Frode Kjekstad Italian Job Trio: London, UK, November 19, 2012

by Ian Patterson
December 4, 2012

Frode Kjekstad Italian Job TrioRonnie Scott's Jazz ClubSoho, London, EnglandNovember 19, 2012The London Jazz Festival may have ended for another year the day before, after 10 exhilarating days, but jazz never rests at 47 Frith Street Soho, home to Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Monday night was business as usual, as it ...

News: Interview

Interview: James "Jimmy G" Gutzman Of High Brow And The Shades

December 3, 2012

Q: When and how did High Brow and the Shades form? A: High Brow started the way a lot of bands start — a couple of guys from one band and a couple from another. That was in 1998. The newly-formed band was fortunate in that we had four strong vocalists. We could all sing lead ...

Article: Interview

Trevor Rabin: All Colors Considered

by Ian Patterson
November 26, 2012

It wouldn't be the norm, that's for sure, but 23 years between solo albums is just one unusual facet of guitarist/composer Trevor Rabin's career to date. Whether taking a stance against apartheid in the early '70s in his native South Africa or turning down the opportunity to play in super group Asia for artistic reasons, Rabin ...

Article: Catching Up With

Jonathan Kreisberg: From Shadowless to One

by Marta Ramon
November 22, 2012

Jonathan Kreisberg has filled a gap in the international jazz scene. This New York-based guitarist started with both rock and classical music, but from the beginning he paid attention to his father's great jazz music collection. For Kreisberg, jazz is a pure music based on feelings. He says that he first experienced the creative part of ...

Article: Live Review

2012 Umea Jazz Festival: Umea, Sweden, October 24-28, 2012

by John Kelman
November 7, 2012

Umeå Jazz Festival Umeå, Sweden October 24-28, 2012 Nestled about 20 kilometers from the coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Sweden, connected by the Ume River, sits Umeå (pronounced: ooo-me-oh), a town of about 120,000 (including the surrounding region). Small it may be, but since 1968 it has hosted an annual ...

Article: Interview

Randy Napoleon: Playing for the Jukebox Crowd

by Trish Richardson
November 6, 2012

When guitarist Randy Napoleon titled his latest effort, The Jukebox Crowd (Gut String Records, 2012), the jukebox he referred to was not some nostalgic 1950s era one that sits idly in a corner. Rather, she is a much sleeker, hipper, and more modern version. She is cool and, of course, jazzy, and she commands center stage. ...

Article: Interview

John Patitucci: The Gentle Soul

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
November 5, 2012

Every jazz musician inhabits a private inner world of amazing energy and light, where they live, dream and fall deeply in love with their unique craft while creating this extraordinary and improvised music. Through the years, some become masters of their instruments, and a selfless interaction with the world takes place, where they share what they ...