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Article: Album Review

Jeremy Danneman: Lady Boom Boom

Read "Lady Boom Boom" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The CD Lady Boom Boom slides across the desk, with its provocative woman on the cover--a tight black dress with a shoulder strap slipping down--and the first thought that comes to mind is a Lady Gaga knock off. Thankfully, it's not. Lady Boom Boom is the work of Jeremy Danneman, a New York based saxophonist/clarinetist with ...

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William Parker: For Those Who Are, Still

Read "For Those Who Are, Still" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala


William Parker non cessa di produrre in modo copioso, travolgente, straripante. Spinto da energia creativa e da onnivora attenzione agli stimoli musicali provenienti da culture e approcci diversi. I tre CD che compongono questo denso cofanetto presentano alcuni lavori registrati dal 2000 al 2013. La sfida è soprattutto sul piano compositivo: “For Fannie Lou Hamer," per ...

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Article: Interview

Maciej Lewenstein: Quantum Mechanics of Polish Jazz

Read "Maciej Lewenstein: Quantum Mechanics of Polish Jazz" reviewed by Cezary L. Lerski


Maciej Lewenstein was born in 1955 in Warsaw. He is a theoretical physicist and currently an ICREA professor at Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) in Castelldefels near Barcelona, Spain. He has written more than 500 scientific papers and is the recipient of many international and national prizes. Next to theoretical physics his other passion is music ...

Article: Album Review

Giuseppe Guarrella Niwas Quartet: Urban Lullaby

Read "Urban Lullaby" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Alla base vi è una sezione ritmica granitica, una sorta di boa inamovibile sulla quale contare per ogni evenienza, ma altrettanto ricca di suggestioni e di profumi, grazie alla ricchezza timbrica della batteria e al suono scuro, caldo, ipnotico del contrabbasso. Poi vi è il sax, che traccia le linee melodiche, le irrobustisce, talvolta le abbandona ...

Article: Album Review

James Brandon Lewis: Days of Freeman

Read "Days of Freeman" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Una delle promesse più significative del jazz attuale pubblica il terzo disco da leader, confermando la formula del trio con un progetto e una partnership nuovi. Se nel precedente Divine Travels (Okeh, 2014) aveva come padri tutelari William Parker e Gerald Cleaver in un percorso ispirato alla tradizione gospel, stavolta il sassofonista si rivolge ...

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Article: Album Review

Joe McPhee / Jamie Saft / Joe Morris / Charles Downs: Ticonderoga

Read "Ticonderoga" reviewed by Troy Collins


Ticonderoga was inspired by a conversation between Joe Morris and Jamie Saft regarding their mutual admiration for John Coltrane's Live at the Village Vanguard Again (Impulse!, 1966). Paying homage to the historic date, the pair invited free jazz veterans Joe McPhee and Charles Downs to convene for an informal recording session at Saft's studio in the ...

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Article: Live Review

Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz - XXX Edizione

Read "Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz - XXX Edizione" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


Sant'Anna Arresi, 01-06.09.2015 Bentornato Butch A Sant'Anna Arresi, Butch Morris era di casa. In occasione della XXX Edizione, il festival Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz gli ha reso giustamente e doverosamente omaggio costruendo una programmazione completamente incentrata sulla sua figura. C'era la Nublu Orchestra (Kenny Wollesen, ...

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Article: Album Review

Barry Altschul's 3dom Factor: Tales of the Unforeseen

Read "Tales of the Unforeseen" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Barry Altschul made his mark on the musical world at a time of both turmoil and guarded acceptance. Charles Lloyd's quartet, with the unknown pianist Keith Jarrett, was bridging a gap with psychedelic rock at the Fillmore West; Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) along with the work of groups like Weather Report, the Mahavishnu Orchestra ...

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SLD Trio: Anfitrion

Read "Anfitrion" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


A piano trio without a leader? The concept is not unknown, but the norm in jazz is that a trio has a leader. Even pianist Bill Evans' trio with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian, famous for dissolving the fixed hierarchy in a trio setting, was formally presented as the Bill Evans trio.

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Kirk Knuffke

Read "I 10 CD nel CD-Player di... Kirk Knuffke" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


01. John Tchicai -Reggie Workman -Andrew Cyrille -Witch's Scream (TUM Records -2006). Sono stato recentemente ad un concerto in solo di Andrew Cyrille. Avvincente. E dopo il concerto ho acquistato questo CD direttamente da lui. Ho suonato brevemente con John Tchicai prima che ci lasciasse, aveva una tale forza, una tale energia! Suonava e cantava ...


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