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Brad Shepik, Elsa Nilsson, Layale Chaker, Elephant9, Terje Rypdal

Read "Brad Shepik, Elsa Nilsson, Layale Chaker, Elephant9, Terje Rypdal" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


The love of nature is at the heart of the three albums by Elsa Nilsson, Brad Shepik and Layale Chaker that open today's set, which is then wrapped-up by the slow but unstoppable crescendo of Norwegian prog icons, Elephant9 and their very special guest, Terje Rypdal. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Elsa Nilsson, Santiago Leibson “Chin Chin/Puelche" Quila Quina (ears&eyes) 0:16 Host talks 4:54 Brad ...

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Album Review

Brad Shepik: Human Activity: Dream of the Possible

Read "Human Activity: Dream of the Possible" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci


All About Jazz is not an academic journal, but once in a while, a little academic insight may not hurt. Two psychologists from McGill University have published an interesting piece in Impact: The Journal of the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning produced by the College of General Studies at Boston University. In “Waking Up to No Sound: Music Psychology and Climate Action," Lindsey Fleming and Daniel Levitin write: “Music is a cultural universal and for ...

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Album Review

Brad Shepik: Human Activity: Dream of the Possible

Read "Human Activity: Dream of the Possible" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Brad Shepik's Human Activity: Dream of the Possible, featuring Layale Chaker (violin), Amino Belyamani (piano), Sam Minaie (bass) and John Hadfield (drums), is the guitarist and multi-instrumentalist's second album to respond to climate change. Composed as a single 10-movement work, a “narrative of hope," it follows his Human Activity Suite: Sounding a Response to Climate Change (Songlines Recordings, 2007). Shepik's aim is broad: “to inspire people to take any action they can to preserve and adapt in a sustainable way ...

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Album Review

The Jamie Baum Septet+: What Times Are These

Read "What Times Are These" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Nella sua nuova incisione Jamie Baum coniuga impegno civile e ricercata varietà di soluzioni musicali con voci e suoni di particolare freschezza. A distanza di sei anni dal precedente Bridges la flautista e compositrice firma l'album più riuscito del suo ensemble, in gran parte rinnovato con l'ingresso del trombettista Jonathan Finlayson, del pianista Luis Perdomo, del bassista Ricky Rodriguez e del percussionista Keita Ogawa accanto ai fidi Jeff Hirshfield alla batteria, Brad Shepik alla chitarra, Chris Komer al ...

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Interview

My Conversation with Brad Shepik

Read "My Conversation with Brad Shepik" reviewed by Lazaro Vega


This article was first published on All About Jazz in February 2001. It was conducted from Lazaro Vega's home in New York for Blue Lake Public Radio, a broadcast service of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, the international summer school for the arts in western Michigan. All About Jazz: Is this band that you're touring with The Commuters? Brad Shepik It's the same concept but different guys. It's mostly guys from The Well (Songlines, 2000) with ...

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Album Review

Jamie Baum Septet+: What Times Are These

Read "What Times Are These" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Reading Marge Piercy's poem “To Be of Use" (track two onWhat Times Are These), Jamie Baum could be speaking of herself, one of those “who jump into work head first without dallying in the shadows, who swim off with sure strokes," knowing that “the thing worth doing has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident." What Times Are These is a satisfying form of this sort. Confined to her New York apartment during the Covid-19 lockdown, Baum responded ...

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Play This!

Brad Shepik: Vapor Oro

Read "Brad Shepik: Vapor Oro" reviewed by Mike Jacobs



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