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Maurizio Brunod - "Trip with the ladies" (Chapter 2) A distanza di un paio d'anni dalla prima "spedizione" di cui parlam...
26/07/2025

Maurizio Brunod - "Trip with the ladies" (Chapter 2) A distanza di un paio d'anni dalla prima "spedizione" di cui parlammo qui, Maurizio Brunod, chitarrista membro di varie formazioni della attuale scena jazz nazionale (oltre a quelle a proprio nome, Enten Eller con Massimo Barbiero, Giovanni Maier e Alberto Mandarini, e Gulliver con Danilo Gallo e Massimo Barbiero) ritorna alla dimensione solista ed acustica del disco "...

25/07/2025

Happy 86th Birthday to Charles McPherson! 🎂

Charles McPherson (born July 24, 1939) is an American jazz alto saxophonist born in Joplin, Missouri, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, most notable for his work from 1960 to 1972 with Charles Mingus.

McPherson also was commissioned to help record ensemble renditions of pieces from Charlie Parker on the 1988 soundtrack for the film Bird

25/07/2025

Steve Lacy at Radio DRS studio in ZĂĽrich, Switzerland, on April 29 or 30, 1991. Recording session for his album 'Remains' released by the hat ART label.

Photo by Dany Gignoux

R.I.P. Chuck Mangione
25/07/2025

R.I.P. Chuck Mangione

Jonathan Blake, Un batterista "orizzontale"... in tutti i sensi La matematica del jazz è molto bizzarra: spesso la somma...
25/07/2025

Jonathan Blake, Un batterista "orizzontale"... in tutti i sensi La matematica del jazz è molto bizzarra: spesso la somma di addendi di gran peso produce un risultato totale inferiore al cumulo dei primi. E’ forse il caso del quintetto di Jonathan Blake di scena al Morlacchi, che per quanto mi concerne non ha convinto. E sì che sul palco c’era un batterista-leader di grande originalità strumentale e di sicuro mestiere musicale; …...

Jonathan Blake, Un batterista “orizzontale”… in tutti i sensi La matematica del jazz è molto bizzarra: spesso la somma di addendi di gran peso produce un risultato totale inferior…

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23/07/2025

North Sea Jazz Festival,July, '85

23/07/2025

Like Fats Navarro and Charlie Parker before him, Sonny Clark's life (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was short but it burned with musical intensity. Influenced deeply by Bud Powell, Clark nonetheless developed an intricate and hard-swinging harmonic sensibility that was full of nuance and detail.

Regarded as the quintessential hard bop pianist, Clark never got his due before he passed away in 1963 at the age of 31, despite the fact that it can be argued that he never played a bad recording date either as a sideman or as a leader.

Known mainly for seven records on the Blue Note label with a host of players including such luminaries as John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Art Taylor, Paul Chambers, Wilbur Ware, Philly Joe Jones, and others, Clark actually made his recording debut with Teddy Charles and Wardell Gray, but left soon after to join Buddy DeFranco. His work with the great clarinetist has been documented in full in a Mosaic set that is now sadly out of print.

Clark also backed Dinah Washington, Serge Chaloff, and Sonny Criss before assuming his role as a leader in 1957. Clark's classic is regarded as Cool Struttin' but each date he led on Blue Note qualifies as a classic, including his final date, Sonny's Crib with John Coltrane. And though commercial success always eluded him, he was in demand as a sideman and played dozens of Alfred Lion-produced dates, including Tina Brooks' Minor Move. Luckily, Clark's contribution is well documented by Alfred Lion; he has achieved far more critical, musical, and popular acclaim than he ever did in life.

Source: Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

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