All About Jazz

The Amsterdam -based sextet Spinifex borrowed their name from a hardy Australian grass known for thriving in harsh conditions. For nearly two decades, they have forged original music from seemingly incompatible elements—mathematical structures, punk aggression, free jazz fire. Their ninth album, Undrilling the Hole, presents seven new compositions from alto saxophonist Tobias Klein that showcase the band's singular musical vocabulary.

The previous recording by the AALY Trio, comprised of saxophonist (and flutist) Mats Gustafsson, double bassist Peter Janson and drummer Kjell Nordeson, was recorded 25 years prior ( Double Or Nothing, Okka Disk, 2002). The reunion of this Swedish outfit is cause for celebration.

Tenorsassofonista abruzzese dalle molte esperienze e collaborazioni, Venanzio Venditti presenta questo lavoro in quintetto, uscito per Alfa Music nei primi mesi del 2024, nel quale senza imbarazzi o mascheramenti si rifà "ai grandi musicisti del passato," omaggiandoli in tre brani e lasciandosi ispirare per le sette composizioni originali, sviluppando una musica ben piantata nel solco della tradizione.

The last in our feature on South American music with Guitarist Mauro Hector, Hector Quintana, Saab Guitar Project, Gustavo Carmo, Joseph Olivera and Henrique Mota. Bassist Fernando Molinari, Santiago Bosch and Colombian pianist Jesus Molina.

From beginning to end, Zach Adleman's debut as a leader, We Make: Stories For A New Day, fires on all cylinders. The twenty-something drummer inhabits the roles of player, composer, arranger, and bandleader with the aplomb of a seasoned veteran. A hungry, assertive band includes two generations of compatible hands who produce a fresh and vital sound that mirrors the straight-ahead, acoustic jazz tradition

By Steven Roby | Songs & Stories December 20, 2024 View read count

Yes, ")))(((" is the title of the opening track of this album, and the title of the album itself. How one pronounces it is unclear. )))((( is the fourth album released by the Italian composer and ethnomusicologist Giuliano d'Angiolini who was born in Rome in 1960. He studied composition at the Rome Conservatory, ethnomusicology at Rome University and the Accademia Chigiana in Sienna, as well as computer music in Padua. He.is now based in Paris. His first album was

The dolphins frolicked just south of the end of the pier, leaping in playful arcs that took them completely out of the water. They bumped fins and swooped in and out of the pod. A select few angled their slick bodies into a vertical positions, coming half out of the water to eyeball, up on the pier, the delighted casual strollers and the jaded fishermen behind the wooden railing above them. Children laughed; the dolphins smiled. A bright sun glittered off the facets of the blue wind-blown wavelets, and a guy with a fishing pole pulled a mackerel out of a red bucket and threw it over the rail. Down below, a large male bumped a smaller pod-mate aside and ate the fish in one bite, as Larry Lenihan—soprano saxophone in hand, always searching for a song in his seaside strolls—put the horn to his mouth and blew the melody of Herbie Hancock 's "Dolphin Dance."

In 2006, pianist Ran Blake, in his seventh decade, is captured in concert at Amsterdam's Bimhaus with guitarist Dave Fabris. Their collaboration began first as mentor/mentee but had become more like partners after working together for over three decades. Together they can be heard on Blake's releases, two on hatOLOGY Something To Live For (1999) and Horace Is Blue: A Silver Noir (2000), and also on Vilnius Noir (NoBusiness, 2011), Indian Winter (Soul Note, 2005) and Ghost Tones (A-Side, 2015).

Dopo la comune militanza (a partire dal 2011, con tre album all'attivo) nel quartetto del sassofonista Noah Kaplan completato da Jason Nazary alla batteria, il bassista genovese Giacomo Merega, ormai newyorchese d'adozione, e il chitarrista Joe Morris, noto in particolare per il suo generoso—in quanto a documentazione discografica, specie su Leo—sodalizio con