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Anoushka Shankar’s Three Chapters: when Jazz, Dance Floor and Goa Trance blend
Anoushka, how did the idea for the trilogy come about, and what is its message? The idea for the Chapters trilogy came to me in a café in Goa a couple of years ago. I was reflecting on some of my most formative experiences, the influence of place, and where I was in life. I started wondering what it would be like to honor the pain of those experiences and represent the healing process through music. That’s why the three chapters each represent a moment in the day – a golden evening in Chapter I: Forever, For Now, a dark night in Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn, and a new morning in Chapter III: We Return to Light. Your music really crosses genres. What are your points of reference when you compose? My first training was with my father, Ravi Shankar, and it began with deep immersion […]
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Interview with Manuel Caliumi
Originally from Carpi and now based in Bologna, Manuel Caliumi is among the most interesting young Italian voices on the saxophone. In recent years,...
Dado Moroni: A Man in Swing
Dado Moroni is one of Italy’s most celebrated jazz pianists. His sense of swing rivals that of the great African American masters, and his...
Interview with Myra Melford
Thank you, Myra Melford, for granting us this interview despite your busy schedule. You’ll soon be performing on stage at the Donizetti Theater with...
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Mario Rusca: 4th Dimension
Born in 1937, educated at the Turin Conservatory, and later based in Milan, Rusca immersed himself in the crucible where Italian jazz took shape...
Kurt Elling & Yellowjackets: celebrating Weather Report
Some repertoires are not simply performed – they must be lived. Weather Report’s is one of them. Their music mixed rigor and vision, technique...
Alessandro Di Liberto: Roots and Love
Punti di vista (GleAm Records) is both a musical diary and a personal atlas, tracing Sardinia stage by stage – from Castelsardo to Fluminimaggiore...
David Murray: The Return of the Hero
Hi David, I'd like to start this interview by talking about your latest album, Birdly Serenade. It's a wonderful way to celebrate your 70th...
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Barbara Hannigan: Electric Fields
To begin to grasp Barbara Hannigan’s extraordinary musical biography – winner of the 2025 Polar Prize alongside Herbie Hancock and Queen – it helps...
Wadada Leo Smith “Defiant Life”
Smith’s musical biography should be studied by new generations not because it follows the usual arc of humble beginnings, entrance into the mainstream, and...