Praised as untamable poet of sound, Fresu once pay homage to Nazim Hikmet, quoting, “Mio Mehmet, forse il destino m’impedira di rivederti.”
Fresu 5et is scheduled to perform at GKJ (Wed, 16 May) http://j.mp/K3QYL9 Quintet expands his diverse form of ensemble
While Botti took over the jazz scene –former sideman to Sting, Italian trumpeter, appealing α-male– your radar should spot Paolo Fresu
Badu seen next to Stevie Wonder at a lite after-hours jam session, less than a week after her ban in Malaysia #pic
Metheny shed tears in me that I almost cried frantic. Not out of sadness nor overwhelming happiness. Merely an ethereal state
1960 transcription of T. Monk, not his music, it was his words on attitude toward jazz instead http://j.mp/xq3kUK via @brainpicker
that Melodia Hall Surabaya session featured clarinet bebop cycle by Eugene Bonty. In tempo boom-chick feel complement from Dodo’ bariton sax
“Souvereign Hill”. Vintage stride piano comping, noir comic lines, yet modern recording of Bubi Chen session in Budjana’ Samsara 2003
RIP Bubi Chen: “Art Tatum” dari Asia | http://j.mp/zeO66w