Quarta edizione dell'Italian Jazz Days 2014, che dall'8 al 26 ottobre, ospita pi di 20 musicisti su quattro diversi palcoscenici
Una speciale guida di New York City seguendo la carriera di Sonny Rollins: da un articolo del New York Post, Sonny "Colossus" Rollins delinea un percorso di mete nella Grande Mela che rappresentano punti salienti della sua carriera e, di conseguenza, della Storia del Jazz.
Il Randy Weston "African Rhythms Sextet" al Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola", "Il sestetto infiamma il pubblico evocando frasi musicali da tutto il mondo: Turchia, Africa, Cuba, Brasile e ovviamente dall'America." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Alvester Garnett Artworks Ensemble suonano all'After Hours del Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola" di New York (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Jazz al Lincoln Center Presenta: "La Musica di Kurt Weill", con Ute Lemper: "Con le espressioni del volto e i gesti ha saputo sottolineare e rafforzare il senso delle canzoni: una vera cantante da teatro-Miss Lemper ha cantato con gusto, sensualità, intelligenza, calore e i più amabili toni che io abbia ascoltato da anni." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Interview with Chihiro Yamanaka: "Musically trained between Royal Academy of Music in London and Berklee College of Music in Boston, this gifted musician has been the recipient of countless awards in Japan, Europe and America, where she now resides. Her recordings received important acknowledgements from critics and fans and her live performances are distinguished for energy and great swing. We met her during her last 'Forever Begins European Tour'". (Nico Coversano)
Eve Cornelius & Mosaic feat. Jeremy Pelt allo Smoke Jazz Club di New York: "...presenza scenica che ostenta sicurezza e che trasmette confidenzialità...una voce che sa essere volutamente "sgraziata", stravolge l'esposizione dei temi con padronanza armonica, ritmica e melodica..." (Marco Losavio)
Joe Lovano "US Five" al Village Vanguard di New York: "Lovano presenta con Esperanza Spalding e il suo quintet un progetto interamente dedicato alla musica del grande Parker: come scrivere qualcos'altro sul bebop considerato dai più "muffa" o con un sentito trito e ritrito." (Marco Losavio)
Jim Hall Quartet e Les Paul Trio all'Iridium Jazz Club di New York: "...un concerto all'insegna della grazia, dell'eleganza, del buon gusto. Sembravano piatti preparati da un grande chef con una mise en place essenziale e i sapori equilibrati alla perfezione." (Marco Losavio)
Cidinho Teixeira & Fabiana Masili allo Zinc Bar di New York: "Cidinho è un vero e proprio mattatore e domina la scena sul particolarissimo piano dello Zinc Bar. Fabiana Masili da par sua si mostra sufficientemente all'altezza nelle difficili armonie brasiliane..." (Marco Losavio)
Terence Blanchard Quintet al Jazz Standard di New York: "...un combo di "visionari", di musicisti che si muovono verso direzioni innovative offrendo un ascolto mutevole e trasmettendo la chiara percezione di una pagina voltata." (Marco Losavio)
Terence Blanchard Quintet at Jazz Standard, New York: "Terence Blanchard is a high energy performer, and, with tonight's quintet at Jazz Standard, he was propulsive." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Una gallery di oltre 60 scatti al New York Winter Jazz Fest 2011: Chico Hamilton, Don Byron, Geri Allen, JD Allen, Butch Morris, Steve Coleman Vernon Reid, Anat Cohen, Aaron Goldberg, Nasheet Waits, Abraham Burton, Eric McPherson...(Petra Cvelbar)
Lee Konitz Quartet at Iridium Jazz club, New York: "On a late summer night, Lee Konitz arrived at Iridium, on his bluesy alto sax, and his quartet blazed through the whole set." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Kenny Barron, uno dei tanti fenomeni della grande rassegna di Todd Barkan, ha fatto il pieno al Dizzy's Club di New York: musica intensa, trascinante ed eccitante. Per l'After Hours, si esibisce il pianista italiano Eugenio Macchia con il suo trio: una nuova possibilità per il Songbook Americano: i brani sono stati eseguiti con una intensità mozzafiato, in perfetto tono e senza orpelli. (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Buster Williams' Spanish Sun, Flamenco Rising. Il contrabbassista, insieme a Eric Reed, Adam del Monte, Mark Gross e Ignacio Berroa all'Iridium Jazz Club di New York. (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Jazzitalia celebrates 10 years: "20th June 2000, Jazzitalia's adventure started. Today, after ten years, we are still here to make available a tool useful for who needs to make known his job within jazz music area, who would like to be updated about evolutions, trends, news of this musical world." (Marco Losavio)
The Phil Woods Quintet at Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola": "...a band to re-visit!" (Roberta Zlokower)
Ted Nash Quintet at Dizzy’s Club "Coca-Cola": "I was joined at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for tonight's third set by Marco Losavio, Publisher of JazzItalia.net, who had just flown into New York a few hours earlier..." (Roberta Zlokower)
Recentemente sono stato a New York ed ho provato personalmente il Car Service della Dial 7...(Marco Losavio)
Love, Linda: The Life of Mr. Cole Porter: "If you love Cole Porter's music, rich, cognac vocals, sexy theatricality, classy, high society anecdotes, top of the line music and orchestrations, a glass of wine, and an intimate setting, then rush to The Triad, on West 72nd Street, for Stevie Holland's new Wednesday night show, "Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter"." (Roberta Zlokower)
Christian McBride Big Band with Nicholas Payton at Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola": "The Christian Mcbride Big Band with Nicholas Payton on trumpet entertained a packed Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola tonight, enhanced by Todd Barkan's enthusiastic introductions and accolades." (Roberta Zlokower)
Toots Thielmans at Blue Note with Kenny Werner, Oscar Castro-Neves, and Airto: "What a treat to see Toots Thielemans performing again at almost 88..." (Roberta Zlokower)
Adam Rudolph conduce la Go: Organic Orchestra al Roulette di New York: "Melodie classiche, suoni linguistici, la scrittura musicale di Rudolph abbraccia la musica nella sua forma più ampia: eclettica nella sua esecuzione, filosofica nella sua creazione." (Liliana Rosano)
Ann Hampton Calloway Swings the Great American Songbook at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York (Roberta Zlokower)
Il Punto Ristorante Presents Victor Prieto and Jorge Roeder Jazz Duo! This was the first of a weekly Monday jazz series, presented by RobertaOnTheArts.com, that includes an authentic two-course Italian pasta dinner, wine, live music, and an opportunity to meet New York dining and jazz enthusiasts who come together in Il Punto's elegant private room with its wooden arches and custom oak bar. (Roberta Zlokower)
Every December at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Ilene Glick Barkan, wife of Artistic Administrator and renowned record producer, Todd Barkan, celebrates her birthday with friends, relatives, and the Club's jazz fans. This year, Ilene and friends were serenaded by the spirited music of Lucky Thompson,
Italian Jazz Days at Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola" in New York with the Rosario Giuliani Quartet with con Lucio Ferrara, Nicola Angelucci and the great Joey DeFrancesco on Hammond. (Roberta Zlokower)
John Patitucci, Joe Lovano, Brian Blades featured at Todd Barkan's Birthday Party at Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola". (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Joe Baione Sextet, with Jorge Castro, Marshall Gilkes, Toru Dodo, Marco Panascia and Aaron Walker at Iridium Jazz Club in New York. (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Eddie Palmieri and His Afro Caribbean Jazz Sextet at Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola" - New York (Roberta Zlokower)
Chembo Corniel's Latin Jazz Quintet at Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola", After Hours - New York (Roberta Zlokower)
Sonny Fortune Quartet at The Kitano New York: "Sonny Fortune, who can play alto, soprano, tenor, and baritone saxes, as well as clarinet and flute, is going strong after decades of performance in concerts and recordings." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola", Swings into Spring, in the After Hours, Featuring Charene Wade with Oscar Perez and His Quartet. (Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band brings New Orleans at Blue Note: "...Allan and Sandra Jaffe, in 1961, developed the mission to preserve the music of New Orleans and send a professional band, steeped in the genre, around the globe. Tonight's concert inspired the packed crowd to clap, stand, sway, and smile broadly in this feel-good, melodic milieu." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Miles' and Coltrane's "Kind of Blue" and "Giant Steps": a 50th Anniversary at Jazz at Lincoln Center. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of two renowned recordings, Jazz at Lincoln Center assembled a first-rate ensemble of artists for the Valentine weekend series.
Arturo O'Farrill Sextet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola in New York: "This Sextet has pep and power, with classical and Latin infusion at every corner..." (Roberta Zlokower)
Jazzitalia at IAJE Annual Convention 2008: "Both the upside and downside of the annual IAJE Convention is that there are so many concerts, clinics and masterclasses to attend, people to meet, instruments to try, booths to see and schmoozing to be done..." (Jamie Baum)
Candido Camero: Hands on Fire receives 2008 NEA Jazz Master Award at IAJE Annual Convention 2008."His sound and feel mesmerized the audience, making it clear why he is a Jazz Master". (Jamie Baum)
Clayton Brothers Quintet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola: "Not only did this quintet perform with exceptional quality and versatility, but John and Jeff spoke with warmth and humor to the packed second set audience, relating personal and jazz family anecdotes." (Roberta Zlokower)
The Danilo Rea - Roberto Gatto Trio, featuring Joseph Lepore at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola in New York: "...the trio brings a combination of authentic Italian opera arias, fused with jazz, as well as music Americana, like Bacharach and Lennon, and original jazz interpretations of popular Italian songs." (Roberta Zlokower)
New York, January 2007, the 34th IAJE Annual Conference. As always, dozens and dozens of appointments including some more important moments like NEA Jazz Masters. Moreover, this year, Greg Osby interviewed Ornette Coleman for Downbeat (Jamie Baum, Patrizia Scascitelli)
Grady Tate & "Latin Flavor" at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for the Latin in Manhattan Festival (Roberta E. Zlokower)
At JVC Jazz Festival in New York City, the Celebration of Bucky Pizzarelli's 80th Birthday with friends, relatives and...lot of swing! (John Coltelli)
A great concert at Carnegie Hall in honor of Toots Thielemans with Herbie Hancock, Oscar Castro-Neves, Eliane Elias, Ivan Lins, Joe Lovano, Paquito D'Rivera...(Roberta E. Zlokower)
"Hicks Time", Memorial Celebration for John Hicks a New York, presso la St. Peter Church: "The jazz community will miss John Hicks, the musician, and John Hicks, the man. ..." (Roberta Zlokower)
Giovanni Allevi at Blue Note: "...was once again an engaging and entertaining presence, full of passion and personality. He addresses the audience between his original compositions with endearing humor and genuine warmth." (Roberta Zlokower)
The musicians, venues and atmosphere of this fifth annual Rochester International Jazz Festival have once again made it a resounding success. 170 concerts performed by more than 600 musicians, thousands of people, as Mr. Nugent says: "I believe that in the future we're going to have an event here that is one of the best in the world!"(John Coltelli)
Israel "Cachao" Lopez with his Latin Band at Blue Note: "This was the summer's greatest dance event, but no dance floor was in sight! Yet, hearts and souls danced a raging mambo with this magnificent, Cuban bassist and his 10-piece Latin band..." (Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower)
Pablo Ziegler Quartet at Jazz Standard with Guest, Harry Allen for Tango Meets Jazz series. (Roberta Zlokower)
Every Tuesday night, at Iridium Jazz Club in New York, the Mingus Big Band, managed by Sue Mingus, performes the music of the Great Charles including some special guests as, in this case, hase been for Randy Brecker...(Roberta Zlokower)
Spirit of Django Reinhardt 2005: "...a sold-out Hall was royally entertained in a well-organized and electrically charged fusion of German, French, American, Rumanian, Cuban, and other musicians, all of whom have passion for the Django genre..." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Jon Hendricks at New York's Blue Note: "...watching artists like Jon Hendricks, I realized the music does keep us alive, and as long as we continue to embrace it and participate, we will not go down easily or quickly..." (Rodney A. Suarez)
Giacomo Gates at Dizzy's Club in New York: "...Scat has never sounded so good. With Earl May on mellow bass and Tony Lombardozzi on creative guitar, Giacomo Gates lit up Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola..." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Giovanni Allevi at the Blue Note in New York: "...Allevi performed a rippling series of compositions with some mystical, as well as classical qualities. The first exuded passion, while the second, more lyrical, had skipping rhythms and a modern dance motif..." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Cosa si puo' dire del Jazz Club piu' longevo e famoso al mondo? E' li' che i piu' grandi hanno suonato e registrato album memorabili. Piu' di ...
Intervista con Jeremy Pelt: "...ci andrei piano nel definire un "jazz europeo", l'improvvisazione è l'elemento comune a questa musica ed è essenzialmente americana." (Achille Brunazzi)
Una speciale guida di New York City seguendo la carriera di Sonny Rollins: da un articolo del New York Post, Sonny "Colossus" Rollins delinea un percorso di mete nella Grande Mela che rappresentano punti salienti della sua carriera e, di conseguenza, della Storia del Jazz.
Il Randy Weston "African Rhythms Sextet" al Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola", "Il sestetto infiamma il pubblico evocando frasi musicali da tutto il mondo: Turchia, Africa, Cuba, Brasile e ovviamente dall'America." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Alvester Garnett Artworks Ensemble suonano all'After Hours del Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola" di New York (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Jazz al Lincoln Center Presenta: "La Musica di Kurt Weill", con Ute Lemper: "Con le espressioni del volto e i gesti ha saputo sottolineare e rafforzare il senso delle canzoni: una vera cantante da teatro-Miss Lemper ha cantato con gusto, sensualità, intelligenza, calore e i più amabili toni che io abbia ascoltato da anni." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Interview with Chihiro Yamanaka: "Musically trained between Royal Academy of Music in London and Berklee College of Music in Boston, this gifted musician has been the recipient of countless awards in Japan, Europe and America, where she now resides. Her recordings received important acknowledgements from critics and fans and her live performances are distinguished for energy and great swing. We met her during her last 'Forever Begins European Tour'". (Nico Coversano)
Eve Cornelius & Mosaic feat. Jeremy Pelt allo Smoke Jazz Club di New York: "...presenza scenica che ostenta sicurezza e che trasmette confidenzialità...una voce che sa essere volutamente "sgraziata", stravolge l'esposizione dei temi con padronanza armonica, ritmica e melodica..." (Marco Losavio)
Joe Lovano "US Five" al Village Vanguard di New York: "Lovano presenta con Esperanza Spalding e il suo quintet un progetto interamente dedicato alla musica del grande Parker: come scrivere qualcos'altro sul bebop considerato dai più "muffa" o con un sentito trito e ritrito." (Marco Losavio)
Jim Hall Quartet e Les Paul Trio all'Iridium Jazz Club di New York: "...un concerto all'insegna della grazia, dell'eleganza, del buon gusto. Sembravano piatti preparati da un grande chef con una mise en place essenziale e i sapori equilibrati alla perfezione." (Marco Losavio)
Cidinho Teixeira & Fabiana Masili allo Zinc Bar di New York: "Cidinho è un vero e proprio mattatore e domina la scena sul particolarissimo piano dello Zinc Bar. Fabiana Masili da par sua si mostra sufficientemente all'altezza nelle difficili armonie brasiliane..." (Marco Losavio)
Terence Blanchard Quintet al Jazz Standard di New York: "...un combo di "visionari", di musicisti che si muovono verso direzioni innovative offrendo un ascolto mutevole e trasmettendo la chiara percezione di una pagina voltata." (Marco Losavio)
Terence Blanchard Quintet at Jazz Standard, New York: "Terence Blanchard is a high energy performer, and, with tonight's quintet at Jazz Standard, he was propulsive." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Una gallery di oltre 60 scatti al New York Winter Jazz Fest 2011: Chico Hamilton, Don Byron, Geri Allen, JD Allen, Butch Morris, Steve Coleman Vernon Reid, Anat Cohen, Aaron Goldberg, Nasheet Waits, Abraham Burton, Eric McPherson...(Petra Cvelbar)
Lee Konitz Quartet at Iridium Jazz club, New York: "On a late summer night, Lee Konitz arrived at Iridium, on his bluesy alto sax, and his quartet blazed through the whole set." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Kenny Barron, uno dei tanti fenomeni della grande rassegna di Todd Barkan, ha fatto il pieno al Dizzy's Club di New York: musica intensa, trascinante ed eccitante. Per l'After Hours, si esibisce il pianista italiano Eugenio Macchia con il suo trio: una nuova possibilità per il Songbook Americano: i brani sono stati eseguiti con una intensità mozzafiato, in perfetto tono e senza orpelli. (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Buster Williams' Spanish Sun, Flamenco Rising. Il contrabbassista, insieme a Eric Reed, Adam del Monte, Mark Gross e Ignacio Berroa all'Iridium Jazz Club di New York. (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Jazzitalia celebrates 10 years: "20th June 2000, Jazzitalia's adventure started. Today, after ten years, we are still here to make available a tool useful for who needs to make known his job within jazz music area, who would like to be updated about evolutions, trends, news of this musical world." (Marco Losavio)
The Phil Woods Quintet at Dizzy's Club "Coca-Cola": "...a band to re-visit!" (Roberta Zlokower)
Ted Nash Quintet at Dizzy’s Club "Coca-Cola": "I was joined at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for tonight's third set by Marco Losavio, Publisher of JazzItalia.net, who had just flown into New York a few hours earlier..." (Roberta Zlokower)
Recentemente sono stato a New York ed ho provato personalmente il Car Service della Dial 7...(Marco Losavio)
Love, Linda: The Life of Mr. Cole Porter: "If you love Cole Porter's music, rich, cognac vocals, sexy theatricality, classy, high society anecdotes, top of the line music and orchestrations, a glass of wine, and an intimate setting, then rush to The Triad, on West 72nd Street, for Stevie Holland's new Wednesday night show, "Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter"." (Roberta Zlokower)
Adam Rudolph conduce la Go: Organic Orchestra al Roulette di New York: "Melodie classiche, suoni linguistici, la scrittura musicale di Rudolph abbraccia la musica nella sua forma più ampia: eclettica nella sua esecuzione, filosofica nella sua creazione." (Liliana Rosano)
Joe
Baione Sextet, with Jorge Castro, Marshall Gilkes, Toru Dodo,
Marco Panascia and Aaron Walker at Iridium Jazz Club in New York. (Roberta
E. Zlokower)
Sonny
Fortune Quartet at The Kitano New York: "Sonny Fortune,
who can play alto, soprano, tenor, and baritone saxes, as well as clarinet
and flute, is going strong after decades of performance in concerts and
recordings." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Miles'
and Coltrane's "Kind of Blue" and "Giant Steps": a 50th Anniversary
at Jazz at Lincoln Center. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of two renowned
recordings, Jazz at Lincoln Center assembled a first-rate ensemble of artists
for the Valentine weekend series.
Arturo
O'Farrill Sextet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola in New York: "This
Sextet has pep and power, with classical and Latin infusion at every corner..."
(Roberta Zlokower)
Jazzitalia
at IAJE Annual Convention 2008: "Both
the upside and downside of the annual IAJE Convention is that there are
so many concerts, clinics and masterclasses to attend, people to meet, instruments
to try, booths to see and schmoozing to be done..." (Jamie Baum)
Candido
Camero: Hands on Fire receives 2008 NEA Jazz Master Award at
IAJE Annual Convention 2008."His sound and feel mesmerized the audience,
making it clear why he is a Jazz Master". (Jamie Baum)
Clayton
Brothers Quintet at Dizzy's Club, Coca-Cola: "Not only did this
quintet perform with exceptional quality and versatility, but John and Jeff
spoke with warmth and humor to the packed second set audience, relating
personal and jazz family anecdotes." (Roberta Zlokower)
New
York, January 2007, the 34th IAJE Annual Conference.
As always, dozens and dozens of appointments including some more important
moments like NEA Jazz Masters. Moreover, this year,
Greg Osby interviewed
Ornette Coleman for Downbeat (Jamie Baum,
Patrizia Scascitelli)
Grady
Tate & "Latin Flavor" at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola for the Latin
in Manhattan Festival (Roberta E. Zlokower)
At
JVC Jazz Festival in New York City, the Celebration of
Bucky Pizzarelli's 80th Birthday with
friends, relatives and...lot of swing! (John Coltelli)
A
great concert at Carnegie Hall in honor of Toots
Thielemans with Herbie Hancock, Oscar Castro-Neves,
Eliane Elias, Ivan Lins, Joe Lovano, Paquito D'Rivera...(Roberta
E. Zlokower)
"Hicks
Time", Memorial Celebration for John Hicks
a New York, presso la St. Peter Church: "The jazz community will miss John
Hicks, the musician, and John Hicks, the man. ..." (Roberta Zlokower)
Giovanni
Allevi at Blue Note: "...was once again an engaging and entertaining
presence, full of passion and personality. He addresses the audience between
his original compositions with endearing humor and genuine warmth." (Roberta
Zlokower)
The
musicians, venues and atmosphere of this fifth annual
Rochester International Jazz Festival
have once again made it a resounding success. 170 concerts performed by
more than 600 musicians, thousands of people, as Mr. Nugent says:
"I believe that in the future we're going to have an event here that is
one of the best in the world!"(John Coltelli)
Israel
"Cachao" Lopez with his Latin Band at Blue Note: "This
was the summer's greatest dance event, but no dance floor was in sight!
Yet, hearts and souls danced a raging mambo with this magnificent, Cuban
bassist and his 10-piece Latin band..." (Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower)
Pablo
Ziegler Quartet at Jazz Standard with Guest,
Harry Allen for Tango Meets Jazz series.
(Roberta Zlokower) 
Every
Tuesday night, at Iridium Jazz Club in New York, the
Mingus Big Band, managed by Sue Mingus,
performes the music of the Great Charles including some special guests as,
in this case, hase been for Randy Brecker...(Roberta
Zlokower)
Spirit
of Django Reinhardt 2005: "...a sold-out Hall was royally entertained
in a well-organized and electrically charged fusion of German, French, American,
Rumanian, Cuban, and other musicians, all of whom have passion for the Django
genre..." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
Jon
Hendricks at New York's Blue Note: "...watching artists like
Jon Hendricks, I realized the music does keep us alive, and as long as we
continue to embrace it and participate, we will not go down easily or quickly..."
(Rodney A. Suarez)
Giacomo Gates at Dizzy's Club in New York: "...Scat
has never sounded so good. With Earl May on mellow bass and Tony Lombardozzi
on creative guitar, Giacomo Gates lit up Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola..." (Roberta
E. Zlokower)
Giovanni
Allevi at the Blue Note in New York: "...Allevi
performed a rippling series of compositions with some mystical, as well
as classical qualities. The first exuded passion, while the second, more
lyrical, had skipping rhythms and a modern dance motif..." (Roberta E. Zlokower)
