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Who Owns Music?
by Jakob Baekgaard
Who Owns Music? William Parker Soft cover; 140 pages ISBN: 978-3-00-020141-7 Buddy's Knife 2007 Spirituality runs deep in the music and thinking of bassist William Parker. Those who have looked at the sleeves of his albums will have noticed that he not only expresses his philosophy ...
Joëlle Léandre - William Parker: Live at Dunoìs
by AAJ Italy Staff
Lo sappiamo, William Parker e Joëlle Léandre sono oggi due fra i massimi interpreti del contrabbasso: più o meno coetanei ma di diversa formazione culturale, hanno messo a punto approcci allo strumento, e più in generale alla musica, personali e molto diversi fra loro. Lo statunitense è soprattutto un leader indiscusso, un guru della musica afroamericana ...
February 2010
by AAJ Staff
Jack DeJohnette BirdlandNew York, NY January 5, 2010When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze" Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he's probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at ...
Bill Dixon: Excerpts from Vade Mecum
by AAJ Staff
Introduction by AAJ Contributor Clifford Allen. It is rare in the climate of this music to be presented with a view of an artist that is truly multifaceted, even though the collected works of most artists operate at a number of levels and, on occasion, in a number of media. Bill Dixon is probably best known ...
Matthew Shipp: Traversing The Regions of the Mind
by Lyn Horton
On May 17, 2009, at 6 pm, Matthew Shipp walked through the front door of Roulette, a performance venue on the Lower East Side in New York City. His face appeared no more or less expressive than it normally does. He is wont to demonstrate his feelings facially, except through laughter and an occasional smile. On ...
Craig Taborn Trio at the Vortex, London, England
by John Sharpe
Craig Taborn Trio Vortex London, England December 7, 2009 Judging by the number of young musicians in the audience, pianist Craig Taborn has something of a reputation among the cognoscenti. That many of them were pianists too just whetted the appetite even more for his leadership debut in the UK ...
Eri Yamamoto: In Each Day, Something Good
by John Sharpe
For her third outing under the Aum Fidelity banner, Japanese pianist Eri Yamamoto is back in the company of her long time trio featuring bassist Dave Ambrosio and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi. This is their sixth release together; not bad going for someone who had never played jazz before her 1995 visit to New York City, when ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: William Parker
All About Jazz is celebrating William Parker's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY William ParkerAs Steve Greenlee of the Boston Globe stated in July 2002, “William Parker has emerged as the most important leader of the current avant-garde scene in jazz.” He is working in many of the ...
