The recent Jazzahead! event in Bremen, Germany, featured performances from a who’s who of current jazz players. Thankfully, many of those performances have been recorded and made available to those of us who weren’t able to make it to Germany. Performances from Camila Meza, Gilad Hekselman, Julian Lage, Leo Genovese, and others are streamable online through the Jazzahead! … [Read more...]
Julian Lage Trio – ‘Arclight’
In a conversation between Dave Douglas and Marc Ribot on the "A Noise From the Deep" podcast, Ribot explained the difference between jazz and rock artists: jazz artists always give the impression that they have all day, even if they have an eight-bar solo; rock artists seem to think they need to say everything, right now, even if they have ten minutes to solo. Julian Lage is a … [Read more...]