Giovanni Russonello
Giovanni’s Contributions
05/18/13 Features
NEXT Collective: Concord's Shrewd New Covers Project
Young label signees interpret D'Angelo, Pearl Jam and more
04/22/13 Concerts
Cape Town International Jazz Festival
Jazz's definition is expanded in South Africa
03/27/13 Features
Jazz Radio 2013: Up in the Air
Technology changes and lack of funds leaves radio at a crossroads
03/23/13 Features
Ginger Baker: Wheels of Ire
A transgressive new documentary profiles the unruly drummer
01/14/13 Features
Eddie Palmieri: Rebellious Perfection
Latin jazz’s greatest living bandleader reigns comfortably
12/30/12 Features
Rafiq Bhatia: Everything at Once
A guitarist finds focus and consciousness in his diverse influences
12/18/12 Concerts
Concert: Anthony Braxton at Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 12-15-12
Some bolt for the exits, others exalt
12/10/12 Education
Jason Moran: "To Connect to Every Moment"
In his music and teaching, the pianist advances a uniquely thorough—and accessible—vision
12/02/12 Features
Jamire Williams: Sensitive, Singular, Strong
The emergence of a promising young drummer and his group, ERIMAJ
11/26/12 Features
2012 Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition
In walked beats: drummers battle it out for prestigious jazz award
11/24/12 Albums
Organic Music Society
Don Cherry
On Ornette Coleman’s early sides as a leader, his trumpeter and principal cohort, Don Cherry, allowed experimentalism to air itself out while keeping a leg knee-deep in blues and bebop phrasing. Cherry always seemed more comfortable than Coleman with explicitly...
11/19/12 Features
Christian Andre Scott aTunde Adjuah: Scott Free?
The New Orleans trumpeter seeks equilibrium
09/24/12 News
Drummer Jamison Ross Wins 2012 Monk Competition
Runners-Up Are Justin Brown, Colin Stranahan
09/23/12 Albums
The Duality Perspective
Ralph Peterson
Drummer Ralph Peterson was one of Art Blakey’s last protégés, and he seems to have drawn a lot from his mentor: a gregarious comfort in the leader’s position; a flaying mastery that drives his bands without flagging, even if that sometimes means privileging...
09/05/12 Albums
Rayuela
Miguel Zenón and Laurent Coq
The alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2008 in part because he is enamored with discursive ideas, ways that music can interact beyond its own boundaries but still embody itself fully. As a spoken language—with conversation, interruption...
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ReportAbout Giovanni Russonello
Giovanni Russonello is a regular contributor to JazzTimes and the editor of CapitalBop.com, a website that covers and promotes the D.C. jazz scene. He has written investigative news articles for MSNBC.com and Politico, and has contributed to NPR Music, ABCNews.com and others. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Giovanni Russonello joined the JazzTimes community on Jul 12, 2011