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Multiple Reviews

Kiril Djaikovski: West Meets East

by Nenad Georgievski
October 27, 2012

The career of composer and keyboardist Kiril Djaikovski, with a span of over 30 years, literally splits in two distinguished categories- soundtrack and dance/electronic music. The output in both categories suggests there are almost no meeting points to indicate that this is the work of the same person. Except for the use of Macedonian traditional instruments and voices in different contexts as a common denominator-either as samples or within the arrangements of the soundtrack works, with classical orchestras-there are absolutely ...

Album Review

Susanna Bartilla: I Love Lee

Read "I Love Lee" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 27, 2012

So which Lee does singer Susanna Bartilla love? Lee Marvin? Six Million Dollar Man Lee Majors? Both men would be intriguing subjects for a tribute album, but of course the answer lies elsewhere. It's there in tiny letters on the cover of I Love Lee, but it's even more obvious from the opening bars of Kansas Joe McCoy's “Why Don't You Do Right." This is a tribute to the great Peggy Lee. It's a fitting tribute, too, with excellent song ...

Live Review

Adam Ant: New York City, NY October 6, 2012

by Christine Connallon
October 27, 2012

Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse / Brothers of Brazil The Best Buy Theater New York City, NY October 6, 2012 A perfectly paired show rolled into the Best Buy Theater on October 6, 2012. The sold out, Saturday night show positioned the rockabilly/punk Latin siblings Brothers of Brazil as the opener for Adam Ant's rescheduled New York City stop with The Good, The Mad and The Lovely Posse. ...

Album Review

Aparecidos: Palito Bombon Helado

Read "Palito Bombon Helado" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 27, 2012

Aparecidos is best described as an outfit that's whimsical in a worldly way. This string-heavy group blends classical allusions, South American strains, Eastern European thoughts, and straight-up rock and outré ideals into one hell of a zany package. Its unique blend of violin, classical guitars, percussion, drums, bass and electric guitar, along with various other odds and ends thrown in for good measure, allows the group to come at music from all different angles, languages and perspectives. ...

Live Review

Ian Anderson: New York, NY, October 5, 2012

by Mike Perciaccante
October 27, 2012

Ian Anderson The Beacon Theatre New York, New York October 5, 2012 It was a decidedly older crowd that attended Ian Anderson's show at The Beacon Theatre on this cool, early October evening. Though the majority of the audience ranged from early-forties to early-sixties, it was also at least partially populated with the children of quite a few concert-goers-a number of whom introduced their progeny to long-lost friends with the phrase, “and, this is my ...

Album Review

LSD: Trio Colossus

Read "Trio Colossus" reviewed by James Pearse

by James Pearse
October 27, 2012

The stark, somewhat austere cover art of Trio Colossus, from Swedish saxophonist Fredrik Lindborg's LSD trio, belies the warm, rich music it houses.The sultry opening bars of “It Ain't Necessarily So" set the mood for this impressive recording, which features four Lindborg originals and carefully chosen pieces by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn and Swedish composer Rune Wallebom. From the intimate, moody “Psalm" to the closer “Trio Colossus," Lindborg shows surprising maturity in his compositions, and an ardent sense ...

Album Review

Empty Cage Quartet: Empty Cage Quartet

Read "Empty Cage Quartet" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 27, 2012

The sixth album of West Coast Empty Cage Quartet features this unique, hard -riving outfit in its most abstract mode to date. During the last decade, the quartet focused on exploring new ways of integrating diverse influences into an original, creative blend--from modern forms of jazz improvisation to contemporary experimental practices. This self-titled, limited edition LP is no different. The seven compositions, all by trumpeter Kris Tiner and reed player Jason Mears, are smart, multilayered and do ...

Film Review

Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project

by John Kelman
October 26, 2012

Pat Metheny The Orchestrion Project Eagle Eye Media 2012 When guitarist Pat Metheny released Orchestrion (Nonesuch) in 2010, it almost immediately became one of his most controversial recordings since Zero Tolerance for Silence (Warner Bros., 1992). Why, in a jazz world, where interaction with other musicians is so fundamental to its spirit, to its raison d'être, would one of the most important guitarists of his generation not only release an album that replaced live musicians ...

Album Review

Bobby Hutcherson: Somewhere In The Night

Read "Somewhere In The Night" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 26, 2012

The elder statesman of the vibraphone and the fastest gun in organ town don't seem like ideal partners on paper, but on record they gel quite well. Blue Note vibraphone icon Bobby Hutcherson and the fleet-fingered Joey DeFrancesco initially teamed up for the organist's Organic Vibes (Concord, 2006), and their chemistry was so strong that they couldn't just let that be a one-off pairing. Somewhere In The Night finds them sharing stage space while entertaining adoring fans at ...

Album Review

Eric Person: Thoughts on God

Read "Thoughts on God" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 26, 2012

Revered saxophonist Eric Person parlays God's message via the jazz vernacular, his spiritual ascension and unbridled fortitude equating to one of the finest modern jazz outings of 2012. Here, Person interlinks the Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus connection, branded by his personalization of the jazz idiom, teeming with impressive compositions and inspiring arrangements. Tinted by a little big band sound, bop, and jaunty soloing extravaganzas by the thirteen-piece ensemble, the musicians wind down a few notches on “"Never Far From ...