Video: Esperanza Spalding has established herself as one of today’s major musical conceptualists CONCERTS NEWSFEED VIDEOS Video: Esperanza Spalding has established herself as one of today’s major musical conceptualists https://JazzBlues.EU September 13, 2017 Over the course of five studio albums, bassist Esperanza Spalding has established herself as one of today’s...Read More
Video: Nonetheless quality more than surpasses quantity CONCERTS Video: Nonetheless quality more than surpasses quantity https://JazzBlues.EU September 12, 2017 Those with long memories know that the precedent to this performance reaches far back. It was actually...Read More
One couldn’t help but wonder: How do you take a song that has such formalized structures CONCERTS One couldn’t help but wonder: How do you take a song that has such formalized structures https://JazzBlues.EU September 8, 2017 At Callahan’s, in Detroit’s posh northern suburb of Auburn Hills, jazz fans keen on prog-rock were treated...Read More
Mark Guiliana first rose to prominence as a member of bassist Avishai Cohen’s trio CONCERTS Mark Guiliana first rose to prominence as a member of bassist Avishai Cohen’s trio https://JazzBlues.EU September 8, 2017 As both leader and collaborator, the versatile drummer Mark Guiliana spends much of his time exploring jazz’s...Read More
Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC) CONCERTS FESTIVALS Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the Jazz Record Art Collective (JRAC) https://JazzBlues.EU September 6, 2017 The lineup for this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival included, for the first time, an entry from the...Read More
We are all affected by it and it is a disease CONCERTS VIDEOS We are all affected by it and it is a disease https://JazzBlues.EU September 3, 2017 When Matthew Shipp asked me to design the cover art for his Points album (Silkheart Records, 1992), I showed...Read More