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Flamenco-jazz Fusion Crosses Borders At The First International Oh! Jazz Festival In Japan
Flamenco Jazz Festival Japan Hightlights The inaugural Flamenco Jazz Festival Japan will blend Spanish flamenco traditions with jazz in iconic venues such as the historic Kencho-Ji Temple. It will take place between May 22 and 31 in the cities of Tokyo, Yokohama and Kamakura The Flamenco Jazz Festival Japan redefines the traditional jazz festival experience by seamlessly blending the themes of flamenco and jazz. Attendees are invited to enjoy a captivating sensory experience in stunning locations, celebrating a vibrant fusion ......
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Marilyn Crispell: Fearless, Deeply Sensitive and Shaping the Moment
As Marilyn Crispell talked about her multitude of recent recordings, either solo or with this trio or that quartet, she mentioned needing to pack her bags before going out on tour. She has lived in Woodstock, New York since 1977 and is comfortable there. “When I'm at home, not out recording, I look out in the morning and very much like being in this place," she explained. But when the opportunity came knocking at her door, she accepted because, “I ......
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Echoes Of Tradition: New Documentary By Award-winning Director Ben Makinen Honors Native American And LGBTQ+ Contributions To Jazz – Watch Free On Patreon
ECHOES OF TRADITION A Film by Ben Makinen “Echoes is beautifully shot and edited with a relaxed feel that flows like water.” —Bruce Boyd Raeburn, former Curator, Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University “Ben Makinen’s latest documentary is a comprehensive and absorbing work that breaks tradition by highlighting exceptional and groundbreaking musicians while calling for change.” —The Sleepless Critic “All the credit's gone to the Africans for the wonderful rhythm in jazz, but I think a lot of it should go ......
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Nicole Zuraitis: The Up and Down and Up Journey to Newport
Nicole Zuraitis should receive a Grammy Award just for her laugh! It's deep, loud, energetic and a treat to hear. Not taking herself too seriously, her conversation is peppered with laughter while she talks about the high and lows of her travels from a struggling young jazz vocalist/composer to her surprising (to her) Grammy win. Her career started as a young jazz singer with a community college big band and at the Litchfield Jazz Camp. She performed opera for a ......
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The Master of Drums: Gene Krupa and the Music He Gave The World
The Master of Drums Elizabeth J Rosenthal 320 Pages ISBN: 978-0-8065-4320 Kensington Publishing Company 2025 In the interests of full disclosure, I spent an extended period with Gene Krupa as an adolescent. Relatives were friends of Krupa's. All the nice things Elizabeth J. Rosenthal says about Krupa as a human being were their constant refrain. If you think maybe Krupa, in Rosenthal's handling, sounds to good-to-be-true, well, maybe he was. Not a saint, ......
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Zishi Liu Unveils Bold New Project: American Anxiety
Acclaimed jazz saxophonist and composer Zishi Liu unveils his latest EP, American Anxiety, a deeply personal and politically charged avant-garde jazz statement. Blending ECM-inspired improvisation with traditional Chinese musical elements, Liu crafts a striking soundscape that reflects his evolving experience as a Chinese artist in the United States. The EP will be available on all major streaming platforms starting June 1st, 2025. From his arrival as a foreigner to his transition into American life, Liu channels the tensions, complexities, and ......
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Michael Buckley: Blowing Hot
An early spring vacation to New York saw Michael Buckley and his wife take in what he describes as “the usual sights." But for the Dublin saxophonist that also meant trips to “three or four saxophone shops." Once a tenor saxophonist, always a tenor saxophonist. Buckley, in fact, started out on the flute, playing with George Coleman no less, on the stage of Dublin's National Concert Hall when aged just ten. It is an instrument he still wields ......
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Jazz In June 2025, In Camden, Maine
The annual Jazz in June Festival weekend in downtown Camden, Maine, runs Friday through Sunday, June 13 through 15, with two Feature Concerts at the Camden Opera House and many free performances just steps away from the beautiful Midcoast harbor. The Julia Keefe Quartet will headline the first Feature Concert Friday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. Keefe is an internationally acclaimed Native American (Nez Perce) jazz vocalist, bandleader, actor and educator. The concert’s opener, the Greg Abate Trio, is led ......
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Vossa Jazz Festival at 52, with New Blood
https://s3.amazonaws.com/allaboutjazz/photos/2010/9509f2e2a3547fddb4d7263cf3eb6ff5.jpg Each year around Easter, the lovely and smallish lakeside city of Voss, Norway springs to musical life for a weekend. Voss is a go-to destination for skiers flocking to the snowy slopes high above the town, and host to an extreme sports festival come summer. But the legendary Vossa Jazz festival, which staged an especially luminous 52nd anniversary edition in April, is a well-known cultural treasure--especially as a showcase for Norwegian jazz and jazz-adjacent artists. ...
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Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at the Great American Music Hall
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 Great American Music Hall jny: San Francisco, CA April 12, 2025 Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria was a singular experience for Afrobeat star Seun Kuti. For Kuti, now 42, came of age in the Kalakuta Republic, the freewheeling commune presided over by his dad Fela Kuti, who was a force of nature --innovating the Afrobeat style, singing and composing songs, playing sax and keyboards, along with being a political ......
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Heartbreaker: A Memoir by Mike Campbell
Heartbreaker: A Memoir Mike Campbell with Ari Surdoval 464 Pages ISBN: #978-0306833199 Grand Central Publishing2025 In what may be the sole expression of explicit ego he ever really displayed during his history with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Mike Campbell has written A Memoir describing his time as guitarist, record producer and regular songwriting partner of the late bandleader for the archetypal American rock and roll band. The author's greatest accomplishment ......
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Pianist-composer Michika Fukumori Bring Renewed Hope And Confidence To 'Eternity And A Day,' To Be Released June 6 By Summit Records
Pianist-composer Michika Fukumori’s increasing assurance and inherent optimism both come to the fore on Eternity and a Day, her marvelous fourth album, set for a June 6 release on Summit Records. A trio album featuring bassist Steve Whipple and esteemed drummer Adam Nussbaum, it also includes four jazz standards and seven original compositions—the first record on which her own writing forms the majority. It is also the first of Fukumori’s albums on which she serves as her own producer. Hence ......
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Jazz Riffs Amidst the Rubble: How Ukraine's Artists Keep Jazz Alive in Wartime
In bomb shelters, makeshift clubs, and even occasionally on the front lines, Ukrainian jazz artists are keeping the flame of the music alive. The story of jazz in Ukraine is long and winding, stretching back to the Soviet era. In the 1920s and '30s, jazz seeped into the Soviet Union, brought by records, radio broadcasts, and visiting musicians. Despite the ideological disapproval of the Communist Party, which viewed jazz as decadent Western music, it found a dedicated audience, ......
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Harlem Jazz Series Featuring In4mation On May 16, 2025
On Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7pm EST, Harlem Jazz Series presents In4Mation, a quartet dedicated to improvisation and compositions that encourage exploration of groove and ensemble interplay. The music evolves from original scores and charts through the musicians' personal interpretation and the merging of the quartet's distinct voices. The band features Jane Getter (guitar—Saturday Night Live Band, Brother Jack McDuff), Gene Pritsker (guitar—Matrix Resurrections, Joe Zawinul), Harvie S (bass—Mike Stern, Sheila Jordan, Michael Brecker, Kenny Barron) and Gerry Brown ......
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Laurent Coulondre at the 2025 Jazz Factory Festival
Laurent Coulondre Bitola Theatre Jazz Factory Festival Bitola, Macedonia April 17, 2025 The 2025 edition of the Jazz Factory Festival in Bitola opened not with a bang, but with a delicate touch--courtesy of French pianist Laurent Coulondre, who took to the stage alone and filled the concert hall with a sound that felt at once expansive and deeply personal. It was a solo recital that unfolded like a letter written in music--tender, expressive, and ......
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Brad Mehldau Trio Groovin' High at SFJAZZ
Brad Mehldau Trio SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA April 3, 2025 SFJAZZ Center honored the Bay Area's jazz fans with the Brad Mehldau-Christian McBride-Marcus Gilmore trio, in town for a four-night run from April 3-6, 2025. Opening night was a real treat for the ear, eye, and soul. Casually dressed, the players took the stage, exuding a quiet confidence characteristic of master musicians. The set opened with Mehldau's catchy “26," which swung and ......
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On April 25, Explore The Life And Times Of A Singular Jazz Icon With 'Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got', Winner Of The 1986 Oscar For Best Documentary, Now Restored In 4k
Outspoken, manipulative, independent thinking and oftentimes controversial, Artie Shaw (1910-2004) was one of the most popular stars of the Swing Era, who famously broke the color barrier by hiring the legendary Billie Holiday, Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge for his bands. His complex love-hate relationship with his own celebrity caused him to walk away from performing almost as many times as he walked away from his marriages. Winner of the 1986 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Artie Shaw: ......
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Under Review: The Not-So-Simple Art Of Book Reviewing
Jazz books occupy a tiny sector of the publishing industry, within which any book selling between 500-1000 copies counts as a success. Biographies of major figures might command mid-four figure sales but even then come nowhere near troubling the best-seller tables in the New York Times or Guardian. On All About Jazz, between 900 book reviews appear on the site between 2010-2015. Think about that for a moment. That is around thirty reviews on this major jazz site per year. ......
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Finn Wiest Quintet: Aurora
"Music chooses her musicians." --Patricia Barber In a small town in southern Germany, Finn Wiest heard her call and picked up the drumsticks at a young age. He worked his way to the Conservatory of Cologne, winning competitions and awards. New York City beckoned, where, in 2024, he earned a Master's degree from the City College of New York while also honing his skills as a busy sideman. Aurora (Self Produced, 2025) is the first release of his ......
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Svetlost, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love at MKC, Skopje
Svetlost, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love MKC, Skopje jny: Skopje, Macedonia April 16th, 2025 There was no prelude, no soft landing. The first notes of “Puma in the Corner" leapt into the air like a wild animal, chaotic and alert. A shriek above our heads--someone channeling emotion so openly it felt like a roaring animal. The energy crackled as the musicians locked in, and then burst apart again. Svetlost, the Skopje-based free jazz trio, opened ......
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