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Kirk Lightsey: Live At Smalls Jazz Club
by Richard J Salvucci
The genesis of this brief (in terms of tracks; the Spotify version differs slightly) but satisfying recording merits some comment. During the salad days of the pandemic, Smalls Jazz Club in jny: New York (and many other venues) were shuttered. Many artists were forced to improvise (in more ways than one) both to find a place to play and to make a living, neither particularly easy even in “normal" times. The Smalls LIVE Foundation raised funds through what it describes ...
read moreSolo Piano - Yin and Yang
by Geno Thackara
Cornelius Claudio Kreusch Transformer Self Produced 2021 Though it's easy enough for a player to find a home niche, Cornelius Claudio Kreusch sounds like he won't really be satisfied until he's practically tried them all. Classically-trained and having whirled through fusion, funk, Latin, African, film scores and probably too much else to list, he somehow manages to pack in pieces of everything when just playing solo. The mix here bridges the classic tones of Thelonious ...
read moreCynthia Abraham, Kirk Lightsey, Marc Cary, Kazemde George & Other New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Two main themes in the second part of this week's edition of Mondo Jazz. Jazz players of Caribbean heritage (Arturo O'Farrill--Cuba, Cynthia Abraham--Guadeloupe, Kazemde George--Haiti), and remarkable piano jazz (Marc Cary, Kirk Lightsey, Scott Spivak & Frank Kimbrough, Irène Schweizer, Chick Corea). Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Arturo O'Farrill “Despedida in Lion Struggles and Strugglets" ...Dreaming in Lions... (Blue Note) 0:15 Host talks 5:15 Cynthia Abraham ...
read moreRay Blue: Work
by Edward Blanco
New York-based and bred, tenor saxophonist Ray Blue is no novice but a veteran player who has not received the accolades he so deserves. Perhaps after laying down and documenting an incredible volume of music on Work, the spotlight will shine a little brighter on this unheralded player. A composer and educator, as well as one of the most in-demand musicians in New York, Blue is a soulful performer, a full-throated sax man with a fluid and lyrical style which ...
read moreLightsey - Moye - Elekes: Estate
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tre grandi, differenti, personalità musicali firmano questo bel disco, interagendo liberamente su due principali terreni d’elezione: la fervida inventiva ed un approccio estremamente mimetico, che porta i tre musicisti a riappropriarsi della sensibilità nonchè dei principi formali più cari ai compagni di viaggio. Ecco Don Moye piegarsi sinuosamente alle suadenti, morbide armonie di “Estate” con un drumming sottile e raffinato, ricco di preziose trovate sul piano della metrica e del beat. Il suo è poi un solismo sempre pieno di ...
read moreKirk Lightsey
by Russ Musto
When Kirk Lightsey walked into Harlem's St. Mark's United Methodist Church in May, to attend funeral services for his friend John Hicks, it was the first time that most of the considerable cross section of the New York jazz community there had seen the once ubiquitous pianist in more than a dozen years. A native of Detroit, Lightsey had studied piano with Johnson Flanagan (the brother of Tommy) as a youth and attended Cass Technical Institute, where he played clarinet ...
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