After many releases ranging from trio to larger bands, featuring several jazz notables--from Joe Lovano and John Abercrombie to Enrico Rava--renowned Italian pianist and composer Salvatore Bonafede gets back to his roots with a trio featuring two fellow Sicilians now based in New York: Marcello Pellitteri on drums and Marco Panascia on electric and double bass. Out of folk clichs, the Salvatore Bonafede...
Playlist Genesis – Nursery Cryme David Byrne & Brian Eno – Everything That Happens... The Tubes – Young and Rich Sigur Ros – Music for Split Sides John Abercrombie – Timeless Donald Byrd – Royal Flush Billy Cobham – Many Years BC Journey – The Essential Journey Miles Davis – Live Evil Miles Davis – Bitches Brew Chick Corea – Now...
Bob Burnett: I have Jeff Goold to thank for the heads-up about the release of this album earlier in the summer. Jeff was my "RA" in the dorm for freshman year of college at Ohio University. I recall that moment of moving into my room, several bins of albums in tow. Well......more than several. More like an amount that required me to rent a U-Haul to get to school. Anyway, Jeff came into the...
This group with the interesting name is a jazz collective consisting of John Abercrombie on guitar, Jay Anderson on bass, Dave Liebman on soprano saxophone and wooden flute and Adam Nussbaum on drums and percussion. Originally conveniend to honor Nussbaum's recently departed mother, this record is filled with celebrations for lives well lived. I originally head them by a cut played on Jim Wilke's Jazz...
All About Jazz is celebrating John Abercrombie's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John AbercrombieOver a career spanning more than 40 years and nearly 50 albums, John Abercrombie has established himself as one the masters of jazz guitar... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow John Abercrombie...
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From Stones Throw: News comes today that Monty Stark of Stark Reality passed away in the early evening of Thanksgiving, November 26, 2009. Friend Dennis Sexton wrote, “Monty courageously battled Cancer on his own terms, seeking not to endure the pain of the usual therapy, but went his own way at Hospice of the Valley in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he lived out his last several weeks.” Monty's...
With the compelling, largely free-blowing 1971 session He Who Lives In Many Places (GMMC Records) finally issued on CD in 2006, Water Garden rights a similar wrong for Terry Plumeri, an overlooked bassist if ever there was one. Recorded five years later, Water Garden was an even more ambitious date that brought back guitarist {{John Abercrombie = 3242}} and percussionist Michael Smith, but also features...
Review:John Surman (Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Jazz Festival, November 18th 2009, review by Patrick Hadfield) The celebration of John Surman ’s 65 years was a gig of two halves. Surman played support to his own quartet, opening with a couple of solo numbers on soprano saxophone and bass clarinet, accompanied by a variety of electronics. His bass clarinet had a lovely, rich tone, and his gadgets...
Born in Russia and raised in New York by immigrant parents, Gene Segal brings a defined presence along with some formidable skills. A one-time student of guitarists {{Scott Henderson = 7576}} and {{Joe Diorio = 6285}}, his voice encompasses a rock and blues aesthetic with impressive technique via his lessons with jazz masters {{Vic Juris = 8235}} and {{John Abercrombie = 3242}}. Yet preconceptions...
John Abercrombie Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes and Noble (NYC) on Friday, November 13th at 7:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, November 13th, for an in-store Barnes and Noble interview with seminal jazz guitarist, John Abercrombie. Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028...
From Data Breaker : Sun Circle, Story of Rats, Eric Ostrowski, Aures (Josephine) Sun Circle (Greg Davis and Zach Wallace) explore beatless space, but in a more expansive manner. Whereas Mem1 score the body's inner gurgles and expirations, Sun Circle, as their moniker implies, radiate solarized drones that wax and wane in intensity in subtle increments. The sound is akin to that of Davis's Kranky Records...
John Surman is a composer with a broad and multi-hued musical palette. Hes written for everything from solo saxophone to string quartet to choir with organ to contemporary dance. On Brewster's Rooster (ECM, 2009), Surman reunites with longtime musical partners Jack DeJohnette and John Abercrombie (a...
Mark O'Leary is an Irish jazz guitar player who has already published quite some albums, yet who is unfortunately too little known, especially Levitation with Tomasz Stanko (trumpet) and Billy Hart (drums) is also worth looking for. it's a guitar trio, with Steve Swallow on bass and Pierre Favre on percussion. O'Leary's style is great, with a sound which is reminiscent of John Abercrombie on his Homecoming
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