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Issue #131 - Diana Krall

Friday, 05 June 2009 09:18

Diana Krall - The Silence That Surrounds Us - Singer Diana Krall may just have reached another peak in her career with the release of bossa-nova themed album Quiet Nights, arranged once again by Claus Ogerman. The very title conjures up a stylised image of Brazil, and at the same time draws on a world of lushness, sensuality and above all emotion. It also references the vast impact the title song has had on jazz under its English title or as it’s known in Portuguese, ‘Corcovado’. Krall talks to Peter Quinn about how the slow tempos of the album mattered to her above everything else in the recording of the album and, while it sees Krall return to working with a familiar team and the comfort of the zone she made her name in, it could regain the affection of those who took a dislike to her earlier album The Girl In The Other Room. Read more...

Partisans - On Your Side - Partisans are that very good thing, an unclassifiable band. They can’t comfortably be seen just within the prism of jazz-rock because they draw on a variety of other influences that feed their creativity. The quartet – Julian Siegel on saxophone, Phil Robson, guitar, Thad Kelly, bass, and Gene Calderazzo, drums – has a loyal fan base that has extended the lifetime of the group way beyond the short-lived nature of many jazz bands. More than 13 years on from their beginnings, Partisans talk to Duncan Heining about how new album By Proxy got made and their craving for a live album. Read more...

John McLaughlin and Chick Corea - Peace Breaks Out - When the Five Peace Band debuted in England last year at the London Jazz Festival it was clear from the majority of the reviews of the concert that Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Vinnie Colaiuta, had pulled off something quite spectacular. It wasn’t just that the concert marked a reunion of Chick Corea and John McLaughlin playing together after 40 years but it also was the excitement of a new band that managed to capture the essence of the moment and a special period of creativity when the pair worked with Miles Davis on In A Silent Way. In a Jazzwise exclusive , Chick Corea, John McLaughlin and Kenny Garrett talk to Stuart Nicholson as the Five Peace Band Live double album is released. Read more...

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The UK's most definitive review section of jazz and beyond - over 100 CDs, Book, Gig and DVD reviews are in the June 2009 Jazzwise Magazine (Issue No. 131) - to read them all click here to subscribe and receive a superb FREE CD.

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Chick Corea And John McLaughlin - Five Peace Band Live ***

Zed-U - Night Time in the Middle Passage ***

Charles Mingus - Jazz Workshop 1957-1958 ****

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