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Michael Zisman

Kim Nalley's Tribute to Nina Simone

by Walter Atkins
March 31, 2017

Kim Nalley Tribute to Nina Simone Freight & Salvage Berkeley, CA March 3 2017 Popular San Francisco vocalist Kim Nalley skillfully painted a stunning portrait of the iconic Nina Simone, using her voice like an artist's brush and Simone's songbook like a sonic canvas. The captivating ...

Swiss Jazz Orchestra: Live at Jazzfestival Bern

by Jack Bowers
March 8, 2014

Live at Jazzfestival Bern (Mons) Some big-band albums are heated and brassy, others cool and understated, while a precious few simply cast a mesmerizing spell. “Live at Jazzfestival Bern," recorded in May 2013 by the unerring Swiss Jazz Orchestra, drops anchor squarely in the last of those realms, thanks in part to the ensemble's ...

Paquito D'Rivera: Jazz at the Heart

by R.J. DeLuke
January 25, 2011

There is almost nothing Paquito D'Rivera hasn't accomplished since his arrival on the U.S. jazz scene in the early 1980s, when the young Cuban arrived from Spain--the first spot he hid when he defected from his home nation and its Communist rule that denied personal freedoms and forced musicians playing jazz to call it something else ...

Paquito D'Rivera: Tango Jazz: Live at Lincoln Center

by Raul d'Gama Rose
December 5, 2010

One of the greatest love affairs in music is the one between folk music and dance. This extremely covert relationship has spilled over into contemporary music as well--more so in musical excursions in Europe (where even Igor Stravinsky sang its praises with compositions of his own) and in Latin America. One of the most beloved of ...

Accordion/Bandoneon Threefer: Emilio Solla, Adrian Iaies & Damian Nisenson

by Marcia Hillman
June 28, 2009

Emilio SollaConversas (Al Lado Del Agua)Fresh Sound World Jazz2009 Adrian Iaies Trio + Michael ZismanVals De La 81st & Columbus Sunnyside2008 Damian Nisenson+3 In Concert Malasartes Musique

A Bowtie Christmas and More

By Johnny "Bowtie" Barstow

Label: Sticky Mack Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: A Bowtie Christmas: Joy to the World; Jingle Bells; The First Noel; Deck the Halls; O Come All Ye Faithful; Winter Wonderland; Do You Hear What I Hear? Santa Claus is Coming to Town; Silent Night; Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. And More: Mack the Knife; Blue Skies; Thou Swell; If I Only Had a Heart; Fascinatin' Rhythm; In the Mood; Oh Danny Boy; On the Sunny Side of the Street; Put Your Arms Around Me Honey; The Girl From Ipanema; Has Anybody Seen My Gal? I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover; As Time Goes By; Blue Skies (live).