The Hemphill Stringtet – Plays the Music of Julius Hemphill
Next week will be the 30th yahrzeit of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century, sax player-composer Julius Hemphill (1938-1995), co-founder of the multidisciplinary arts collective Black Artists’ Group, founder of...
Joëlle Léandre / Lotte Anker / Kresten Osgood Trio – Worlds
During the 2023 edition of the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Danish drummer Kresten Osgood curated the I/O series and invited a few of the first generation of female free improviers, including British vocal artist Maggie...
artacts festival 2025
Compie quest'anno il suo venticinquennale della nascita l'artacts festival, la rassegna di musica improvvisata che si svolge ad Alte Gerberei, nella località di St. Johann in Tirol. E' una delle manifestazioni più interessanti dell'anno,...
Alberto Novello & Rob Mazurek – Sun Eaters
Italian, Trieste-based modular synth and light wizard Alberto Novello (a.k.a. JesterN) repurposes found or decontextualised analog devices to investigate the connections between light and sound in the form of contemplative installations and performances, in...
Michael McNeill – Barcode Poetry
American, Buffalo, New York-based pianist-composer-educator Michael McNeill’s projects range from reinterpretations of music by Thelonious Monk, the free improvising trio with veteran double bass player Ken Filiano and drummer Phil Haynes, and his Baltimore-based...
Phillip Greenlief & Kris Tiner – See You This Time
American, West Coast tenor sax player-composer-educator Phillip Greenlief and trumpeter-composer-educator-Epigraph label owner Kris Tiner have explored the post-jazz continuum and connections between improvisational music traditions and systemic practices, blending jazz roots with multiple streams...
Obituaries: Howard Riley & Jamie Muir
Sono 9 i giorni che separano la scomparsa di Howard Riley e Jamie Muir (8 febbraio - 17 febbraio), pochi giorni che per un caso imprevedibile della sorte sembrano voler testimoniare la dipartita di...
Stephen Davis Unit – The Gleaming World
British, Belfast-based drummer-percussionist-composer Stephen Davis plays in Anthony Braxton’s The New Standard quartet. He has worked with Evan Parker, Alexander Hawkins (who also plays in Braxton’s New Standard quartet, and employs Davis as the...
Brûlez les meubles – Folio #5
Canadian, Québecesque, Rimouski-based electric bassist-composer (and the bandleader of the ensemble GGRIL luthier, and singer-songwriter) Éric Normand quotes on his website the famous saying of Greek poet Sophocles: “For those who are afraid, everything...
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Riflessioni sulla Biennale Musica di Venezia 2025
La presentazione della Biennale Musica 2025 avvenuta ieri nella Sala delle Colonne - Ca' Giustinian (1) pretende molta comprensione ed un'interpretazione differente da quella...
