CIS: ‘Summer of Love’ Reached Behind Iron Curtain
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- CIS: ‘Summer of Love’ Reached Behind Iron Curtain
- Focus will be on jazz at Detroit music fest.
- Music Review: Christian Scott
- What’s n: Clubs
- Avant jazz set to take centre stage
- Soloists give ‘Havana’ some heat: MUSIC REVIEW.
CIS: ‘Summer of Love’ Reached Behind Iron Curtain
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty – Aug 30, 2007
‘ From the mid-1970s this phenomenon was widely practiced by ordinary youth — students and the like. Whatever the motives no one disputes the fact that the importation of Western culture radically altered the collective Soviet imagination. In fact this was true as early as the 1950s when jazz music found its way to the other side of the Iron Curtain. In the 1960s young people continued to search for something new and different that would set them apart from the authorities. As Kitiashvili puts it many felt they weren’t alone in their aspirations. “I think we can say that whatever was happening there [in the West] the same thing was taking place here [in the Soviet Union]” he says. “This cannot be a simple coincidence.
Focus will be on jazz at Detroit music fest.
Free with registration – Blade – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 30, 2007
(30-AUG-07) Blade (Toledo H). 30–DETRIT — In the recent past the Detroit International Jazz Festival has offered a wide range of musical styles including pop blues world music and R&B.
Music Review: Christian Scott
San Francisco Chronicle – Aug 30, 2007
tmpl –>(08-30) 14:05 PDT (AP) — Christian Scott “Anthem” (Concord)The 23-year-old Christian Scott represents the next generation of New rleans jazz trumpeters but he’s broken free of the neo-traditionalist model established by such predecessors as Wynton Marsalis. Instead his blend of jazz with rock and funk styles appears to draw inspiration from trumpeter Miles Davis’ electric fusion bands of the ’70s and ’80s. Scott’s major label debut “Rewind That” garnered him a Grammy nomination this year for best contemporary jazz album and invitations to collaborate with such non-jazz stars as Prince and “American Idol” judge Randy Jackson who took note of his rock neo-soul and hip-hop inclinations. His sophomore album “Anthem” is edgier and more brooding reflecting the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina on his hometown as well as changes in his personal life. Scott creates a rich palette of colors on a variety of horns on this collection of 12 pieces all but one written by him. He uses a slide trumpet to get an earthy sound on the simmering opening track “Litany Against Fear” switches to the dark-sounding cornet to create a sense of brooding menace on the melancholic Katrina-inspired “Void” and “Anthem (Antediluvian Adaptation)” and plays the smoother flugelhorn on the slow romantic ballad “Like That… ” n trumpet Scott has his own breathy saxophone-like tone which he uses to good effect on the soothingly soulful ballad “Katrina’s Eyes” about his baby daughter not the hurricane. Scott’s closes the album with another version of the title track “Anthem (Postdiluvial Adaptation)” with his passionate trumpet playing and the rapping of X-Clan’s Brother J expressing the anger felt after Katrina. While “Anthem” might not satisfy jazz purists or smooth jazz fans Scott’s adventurous spirit and virtuosity keeps alive the promise of jazz-rock fusion’s earlier days when Davis’ disciples created bands like Weather Report and Return to Forever. CHECK THIS TRACK UT: n “Anthem (Postdiluvial Adaptation)” Scott and Brother J of X-Clan successfully blend jazz and hip-hop with the trumpeter’s fiery solos and the rapper’s biting lyrics (“Was it genocide by drowning or homicide by clowning with time?”) evoking the pain and anger felt after Katrina struck two years ago.
What’s n: Clubs
Toronto Star – Aug 30, 2007
Le Saint Tropez (315 King St. 416-591-3600): Andree Bernard every Wed. ; J & V International Jazz Music every Mon.
Avant jazz set to take centre stage
Toronto Star – Aug 30, 2007
Ashante Infantry Pop & Jazz Critic Since it was launched in 1994 the Guelph Jazz Festival has been celebrated for showcasing cutting-edge forms of jazz and improvised music. The 14th edition which runs Sept. 5-9 will be no different. rganized under a bold theme ? "People Get Ready: The Future of Jazz is Now!" ? the event is touting first-time appearances by renowned artists such as multi-reedist Anthony Braxton bassist Charlie Haden and pianist Carla Bley.
Soloists give ‘Havana’ some heat: MUSIC REVIEW.
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 30, 2007
(30-AUG-07) Chicago Tribune (Chicago IL). 30–n paper the lineup seemed like perfection: Several of the world’s greatest jazz instrumentalists were gathering at the Harris Theater Tuesday night to conjure "A Nig.