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An interview with Oded Tzur: There is an infinity in the loudest, most intense sounds that we can produce - Photos : In late April 2024, in the weeks leading up to the release of his fifth album, My Prophet, Oded Tzur wrote to his mailing list subscribers: “Dear Friends, I’m very excited to share with you that my new album is coming out on ECM Records on June 7.” Further down the page, Brooklyn-based, Tel Aviv-born […]

Live Review: Victoriaville International Current Jazz Festival 2024 : The 40th edition of the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, held May 16-19, was marked by the big change of artistic directors from founding director Michel Levasseur to Scott Thomson, former artistic director of the Guelph Jazz Festival. On the other hand, the programming itself stayed true to the history of the festival, […]

Review: Emanuele Sartoris with Roberto Cifarelli – Framing of compositions - 2024 - Videos : The cover reads “Framing of compositions” (Tuk music) but the title could also have been “Compositions on shots”. The multimedia project by pianist Emanuele Sartoris and photographer Roberto Cifarelli develops, in fact, the relationship between music and images using the formula of exchange and intersection. Four pieces “commissioned” by Sartoris to Cifarelli and four photographic […]

An interview with Chris Janssen: Many new young blues bands are developing in the Netherlands : How do you think that you have grown as an artist since you first started making music? What has remained the same about your music-making process? Actually, there is only one answer to that, once you have as a musician a passion for music, you grow as an artist. Not a day goes by that I […]

Mother or stepmother? Anything but old Europe - Photos : Europa: mother or stepmother? The question is legitimate and topical in view of the electoral appointment at the beginning of June. But – beyond who will sit in the new parliament and the clash between pro-Europeans and sovereignists – the question above all concerns cultural discourse and our roots. And it affects the way of […]

Brad Mehldau Trio in Roma - This environment equipped with all the latest discoveries in acoustic technology is full to the last place - Photos, Videos : The Sinopoli Hall was reserved for the Mehldau trio: it is the one in which the Orchestra of the Accademia di S. Cecilia usually plays, the detail is more significant than ever. This environment equipped with all the latest discoveries in acoustic technology is full to the last place: further wonder, Brad is a leading […]

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The conglomerate of euphony - Lars Danielsson - Playful lightness meets highly complex compositions - Photos : 40 years of the State Jazz Festival is a long time, peppered with big names from the scene who paid their respects in Tübingen and that evening, co-organizer Florian Dohrmann’s “request concert”, as he emphasized when making the announcement, took place in the KSK Carree. The guest was Liberetto, the quartet of Swedish bassist Lars […]

An interview with Luca Aquino: Lunaria 2 - You fall madly in love with jazz, it becomes a way of living and thinking every day - Photos : Written interview with trumpeter Luca Aquino BluesJazzScenes: – The joy in your playing has brought joy to so many others, including and especially me. What do you think is its secret? Luca Aquino։ – If it’s true, I’m happy. It’s a nice thing. I don’t think there is a secret and I don’t think it’s […]

BJS favorites Dave Douglas and Trish Clowes back to the Mermaid with a new project - Photos : The smaller stages remained abuzz well into the wee hours on the last night of Bray Jazz Festival, but a little earlier the final act on the main stage—in the Mermaid Arts Centre—saw another full house treated to an exciting double bill. Opening the evening was pan-national group Next Experiment, while the headline slot brought […]

Winner of the 7th annual Ella Fitzgerald Jazz vocal competition announced - Dani Assis: Photos : The Blues Alley Jazz Society is pleased to announce the winner of the 7th annual Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition—Dani Assis (New Canaan, CT). 2nd Place Winner is Aviana Gedler (West Des Moines, IA), and 3rd Place Winners are Angelina Kolobukhova (Minsk, Belarus), Arvin Ma (Shanghai, China), and Tina Hashemi (Charlottesville, VA). The competition included […]

An interview with Studebaker John: The balance between technique, blues and soul - Photos : How do you think that you have grown as an artist since you first started making music? What has remained the same about your music-making process? Well I started as a child; I was very young about 5 to 7 years old just fooling around with the chromatic harmonica. I always liked doing that it […]

An interview with Lil' Ed Williams: Razor-sharp shimmering vibrato on guitar is almost dangerously feral in the blues canon - Photos : Today, Lil’ Ed’s razor-sharp shimmering vibrato on guitar is almost dangerously feral in the blues canon. He mixes smoking guitar boogies and raw-bone shuffles with deep slow burners for a power punch that makes one forget that Howlin’ Wolf and Freddie King are gone. It’s been eight years since Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials put out […]

David Sanborn, renowned saxophonist, dies at the age of 78 - Photos : David Sanborn, one of the most influential saxophonists in contemporary jazz and pop, died on May 12, 2024. He was 78 years old. His death was announced on his Facebook page, which stated that the cause was complications from prostate cancer. The post indicated that Sanborn had been dealing with that cancer since 2018. In […]

Many of the musicians from this year's Blues Jazz Scenes 2024 festival will be performing at the New York club: who are they - Photos : Entering its second quarter century as committed as ever to pure jazz (All About Jazz),” SMOKE Jazz Club continues its 25th anniversary season with another month of today’s leading artists in jazz. June begins with a fan favorite and longtime friend of the club’s: trumpeter Nicholas Payton (May 29-June 2). Returning to SMOKE is MacArthur […]

An interview with Pat Smillie: I became entrenched in the local soul/blues scene. I don’t think music means as much to young people today - Photos : How has the Blues, Soul and Roots music influenced your views of the world and the journeys you’ve taken? From a young age, maybe 6-7 years old, I was always interested in music. I did not come from a musical family, however, my Dad was a big fan of the early rock & roll he […]

Review: Brad Mehldau - After Bach II (2024) : The album comprises four preludes and one fugue from J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, as well as the Allemande from Partita for Keyboard No. 4 in D Major, interspersed with seven compositions or improvisations by Mehldau inspired by the complementary works of the Baroque master—including his Variations on Bach’s Goldberg Theme. Mehldau, speaking of the “universality” […]

Review: Fred Hersch - Silent, Listening - 2024 : It took Fred Hersch a long time to begin recording for ECM—four decades and 17 Grammy nominations since his first own-name album—but when he arrived he did so in style. The Song Is You (ECM, 2022), a duo recording with flugelhornist Enrico Rava, reviewed here, was quietly sensational. The word “recalibration” is often wheeled out […]

Juke Joint Festival is a Celebration of Town’s Turnaround and the Music That Made it all Possible - Photos : In this era of cookie cutter festivals, often run by large corporate entities, it’s nice to know that they’ve been keeping it real down in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Their Juke Joint Festival, held every April, is truly a joint effort from a dedicated community that has been doing it right for 21 years. There is a bond […]

The Blues Foundation Announces 2024 Blues Music Awards Winners - Photos : The Blues Foundation announced the winners of the 45th Annual Blues Music Awards on May 9 in Memphis. Guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, the night’s biggest winner, took home four awards including “Album of the Year” for Live in London. Bobby Rush, Mike Zito, Ruthie Foster, and John Primer all received multiple awards as well. Full […]

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Review: Brian Bromberg - LaFaro - 2024 : As much as one can appreciate the astonishing stylistic breadth of music that is gathered under the banner of “jazz” today, for many listeners there remains nothing like a supremely swinging straight-ahead date for listening pleasure. For those folks, Brian Bromberg’s gorgeous new album LaFaro delivers on many levels: musicianship, sound quality, thematic cohesion and […]

Torino Jazz Festival 2024 - Photos : A collection of photos from the Torino Jazz Festival, 12th edition in Torino, Italy from April 20, 2024 to April 30 2024 featuring Dave Holland, Christian McBride, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ernesto Simpson, Jaleel Shaw, Eric Harland, Roscoe Mitchell, Steve Lehman, Michele Rabbia, John Zorn, Laura Klain, Ares Tavolazzi, Sakina Abdou, Julian Lage, Kenny Wollesen, Jorge Roeder, Eric Mingus and Silvia Bolognesi. Dave Holland Trio Dave Holland Jaleel Shaw Eric Harland Dave Holland […]

An interview with Chris O'Leary: My sound is very eclectic while still attempting to be respectful to the tradition of the Blues I love : An interview with Chris O’Leary: How has the Blues influenced your views of the world? What touched you from the sound of harmonica? While the blues (the music itself) has touched on my world views, my life as a blues musician has definitely had an impact on how I view different people places cultures etc. […]