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5 July 2016

John Scofield / Berklee College

Otmar Klammer talks to the guitarist John Scofield about his latest CD "Past Present" and the renewal of his collaboration with Joe Lovano, about his roots in R 'n' B and rock of the 1960s and his road to jazz, about his reasons to change labels (most of them actually belong to the same company), and why he would not found his own label, about the future of the music business, about choosing musicians for his band, about his guitar colleagues Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell, as well as about why his sound is the funkiest among the three ( Kleine Zeitung). --- Jed Gottlieb reports about a new program which allows students to receive a dual degree from Harvard University and Berklee College and talks to the pianist Aaron Goldberg, Berklee's president Roger Brown, as well as Harvard music department's administration director Nancy Shafman about the advantages of the program ( Boston Herald).

 

6 July 2016

... what else ...

The British actor Idris Elba talks about plans for a film about Thelonious Monk ( All Africa). --- Ingrid Hoberg talks to Thomas Krüger about his jazz-connected interpretation of Kurt Schwitters' "Ursonate" ( Lausitzer Rundschau) and reports about the performance together with jazz musicians ( Lausitzer Rundschau). --- Rainer Stadler reports about new guidelines for photographers at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland ( Neue Zürcher Zeitung). We also read two interviews with the festival's artistic director Mathieu Jaton ( Blick am Abend, Voice of America). --- The federal government of Germany has established a fund for contemporary music, supporting projects regardless of genres ( Neue Musikzeitung). --- Christine Schmitt talks to the pianist Alan Bern about Jewish music and his Semer Ensemble ( Jüdische Allgemeine). --- Cam Miller hears the Canadian pianist Oliver Jones at the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival ( Saskatoon Star Phoenix ). --- Robert Shahid recalls the life and music of Sonny Rollins and learns that the saxophonist is not finished yet ( WEAA). --- We read an article about the state of jazz, "the least popular genre in Namibia" ( New Era). --- Nina Müller talks to the singer Cécile McLorin Salvant ( Blick). --- Will Higgins remembers the guitarist Wes Montgomery ( Indianapolis Star).

 

Obituaries

We read another obituary about the German Sinti guitarist Häns'che Weiss ( World Socialist Web Site) as well as a late homage to the German saxophonist Kathrin Lemke ( Der Tagesspiegel). --- We learned of the passing of the pianos Don Friedman at the age of 81 ( JazzWax), as well as the German bass player Detlev Beier at the age of 60 ( Jazzpages).