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Bobby Zankel: Celebrating William Parker at 65
by Victor L. Schermer
This recording is of a live concert at the Painted Bride Arts Center in Philadelphia on January 21, 2017 to honor bassist William Parker on his 65th birthday and in which he served as bassist. Saxophonist Bobby Zankel composed, arranged, and led a four part Suite with Parker's influence in mind and which allowed ample room ...
Troy Collins' Best Releases of 2017
by Troy Collins
Considering the quantity of recordings released in a year's time, attempting to compile a comprehensive end of the year list mentioning every first-rate session would be difficult at best. The ten titles listed below represent a fertile cross-section of some of the most compelling modern jazz heard in 2017. William Parker Quartets
William Parker: Meditation / Resurrection
by Giuseppe Segala
La forza assertiva e la schiettezza sono caratteristiche evidenti nella musica di William Parker. Schiettezza intesa come combinazione limpida di atteggiamento positivo, umano, fiero. Dice lo stesso contrabbassista: “La musica riguarda la vita; ha sempre riguardato la gente e la salute dello spirito. Attraverso la musica, la vita sperimenta cambiamenti." E Joe Morris, chitarrista e contrabbassista, ...
Jazz & Wine Of Peace Festival 2017
by Neri Pollastri
Jazz & Wine of Peace Festival Cormòns (GO) Teatro Comunale di Cormòns e varie sedi nel Collio e in Slovenia 24-20.10.2017 Arrivava all'edizione numero venti il Jazz & Wine of Peace di Cormòns, che ha celebrato l'avvenimento con un disco, un libro (non solo) di fotografie (dei quali parliamo ...
Ivo Perelman Makes It Rain
by Mark Corroto
If music was sports, then Ivo Perelman would be baseball and most other musicians football. Where football's regular season is 16 games, baseball plays 162. Likewise, most musicians release one album every year or two, but Perelman has averaged seven titles per year for the last seven years. His 2017 Leo Records output is thirteen (fourteen, ...
Edgefest 2017: Give the Drummers Some, Part 2-2
by Troy Dostert
Part 1 | Part 2 Edgefest Ann Arbor, MI October 20-21, 2017 On the last two days of the festival, the Edgefest audience was treated to even more of the eclectic, explorative music that was present in abundance on Wednesday and Thursday. Edgefest-goers who were able ...
In Gardens 2017 - Avant Jazz Outdoors in New York City
by John Sharpe
While the NYC-based artist lead co-operative Arts For Art might be best known for putting on the annual Vision Festival, that's by no means the full extent of its activities. One regular event among the year's schedule is the In Gardens concert series. As the name suggests, this entails presenting music in public open spaces in ...
Mauro Bardusco - Direttore Artistico di Jazz & Wine Of Peace Festival
by Neri Pollastri
Il festival Jazz & Wine of Peace di Cormòns, in provincia di Gorizia, è una delle rassegne nazionali di maggior successo, cresciuto negli ultimi anni a dismisura certo anche grazie all'unione degli spettacoli con il vino -Cormòns si trova nel Collio Friulano, ove si producono alcuni dei migliori bianchi d'Italia -ma in primo luogo in virtù ...
The Art of Perelman-Shipp: Voll. 1-7
by Giuseppe Segala
Nella copiosa opera di documentazione dell'etichetta Leo Records dedicata al lavoro del sassofonista di origine brasiliana Ivo Perelman, incontriamo questo nuovo capitolo di sette CD, incentrato sul frequente lavoro con il pianista Matthew Shipp. The Art of Perelman-Shipp si aggiunge a una serie di pubblicazioni che vedono coinvolti i due musicisti, iniziate nel 1996, quando uscì ...
Piotr Turkiewicz: Putting Wroclaw On The Jazz Map
by Ian Patterson
At just thirty seven years of age it's hard to believe that Piotr Turkiewicz has been pulling the strings of Jazztopad for almost a decade already. The festival, staged each November in the Polish city of Wroclaw, was already a few years old when Turkiewicz became Artistic Director in 2008, but under the canny stewardship of ...
