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SFJAZZ Collective: Live at Jazz a Vienne
by Russ Musto
SFJazz CollectiveLive at Jazz à VienneSFJazz2008 The SFJazz Collective is arguably the most perfectly conceived formation ever to deal with the seemingly contradictory forces in jazz of tradition versus innovation and composition versus improvisation. The DVD Live At Jazz à Vienne, recorded in France during the band's 2007 ...
Rufus Harley: Pipes of Peace
by Victor L. Schermer
Rufus Harley Pipes of Peace Produced and directed by George Manney A Brotherly Love All-Star Tour Production 2007 Rufus Harley (1936-2006) was a supreme individualist. He started out as a very competent reed player--on soprano, alto, and tenor sax, as well as the flute. He studied ...
Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
Blue Note: A Story of Modern JazzDirector: Julian Benedikt EuroArts 2007 Blue Note was not the only jazz label recording America's indigenous music from the '30s through the 1960s, but it may be the only one that mattered. The title Blue Note: A Story of Modern Jazz is not ...
Archie Shepp Band - New Morning - The Geneva Concert
by AAJ Italy Staff
Archie Shepp New Morning - The Geneva Concert Inakustik (2007) Valutazione: 3,5 stelle Ecco il vecchio leone della New Thing, l'indomito alfiere della fire music, colto in un vigoroso concerto al New Morning di Ginevra il 23 agosto 1994. Supportato da una ritmica di tutto rispetto - Steve McCraven alla batteria, Wayne Dockery al contrabbasso e ...
Jazz O` Maniacs: Sunset Cafe Stomp (DVD)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Jazz O`Maniacs Sunset Cafe Stomp Delmark Records (2007) Valutazione: 3 stelle Che il jazz europeo abbia ormai raggiunto gli Stati Uniti è un dato di fatto, specie per quanto riguarda le avanguardie. Questa volta abbiamo una simpatica sorpresa, cioè i Jazz O`Maniacs, formazione tedesca guidata dal cornettista Roland Pilz da decenni, che porta i fasti del ...
Nicole Mitchell: Black Unstoppable
by Jerry D'Souza
Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble Black Unstoppable Delmark 2008 Nicole Mitchell is probably best known for her work in jazz, but she recently has explored classical and African music as well as rhythm & blues and soul. She puts it all together impressively, letting the music speak loud ...
Non Stop Travels with Michel Petrucciani & Trio Live in Stuttgart
by AAJ Italy Staff
Michel Petrucciani Non Stop Travels with Michel Petrucciani & Trio Live in Stuttgart Dreyfus Records (2007) Valutazione: 4 stelle Da lassù, dove dimora dal 1999, Michel Petrucciani ci lascia un documento impedibile costituito da un doppio DVD che include un documentario e una registrazione live a Stoccarda del 1998, un anno prima della sua scomparsa. Roger ...
SFJAZZ Collective: Live at Jazz a Vienne
by J Hunter
SFJAZZ CollectiveLive at Jazz à VienneSFJAZZ2008While the repertory on Live at Jazz à Vienne comes from SFJazz Collective's then-unreleased CD Live 2007: 4th Annual Concert Tour (SFJAZZ), the unit that ambles onstage here and launches into the chaotic opening of Thelonious Monk's “Brilliant Corners is very different from ...
Larry Coryell: A Retrospective
by Jim Santella
Larry Coryell A Retrospective Inakustik 2007 This two-DVD set complements Improvising: My Life In Music, guitarist Larry Coryell's 2007 autobiography from Backbeat Books. Filmed in concert at Hollywood's The Avalon in October 2005, the focus is on Coryell's blues-laden impressions of jazz and rock. Coryell grew up ...
Ari Brown: Live at the Green Mill
by Jerry D'Souza
Ari Brown Live At The Green Mill Delmark 2007 Mention the name of Ari Brown and up comes a picture of a saxophonist who is comfortable in several settings and on more than one instrument (he also plays flute and piano). He is as much at home in ...
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