Jazz Articles about Charenee Wade

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Charenee Wade: Offering - The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

Read "Offering - The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
June 14, 2015

As it often happens with many artists so in tune with the times that they are actually ahead of their time, the immense contribution of musical/cultural revolutionary Gil Scott-Heron continues to be revealed and acknowledged. Albeit, there has been a perpetual cult surrounding this enigmatic figure which defied any sort of categorization both in music and personality, but judging by the posthumous releases of his catalog and continuing tributes, his legacy has taken on the iconic qualities it deserves. His ...

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Suresh Singaratnam: Lost in New York

Read "Lost in New York" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
November 13, 2010

The breathtaking narrative of Lost in New York is couched in an abstract interplay between performers and their instruments, as they describe what must have been a most challenging newcomer's journey to that often forbidding city. Trumpeter Suresh Singaratnam's high-wire act documents every nuance with some of the most rarefied excursions to emerge from a horn. An astute observer of his own life and those around him, Singaratnam allows the angst of being, and observing, to permeate the heated rush ...

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Suresh Singaratnam: Lost In New York

Read "Lost In New York" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 30, 2010

Born in Zambia but brought up in Toronto, Canada, trumpeter Suresh Singaratnam is formally trained in both jazz and classical music, latterly at the Manhattan School of Music. Lost In New York is an album of original compositions that chronicles the young musician's early years in the city. It's a mix of experiences and emotions that are reflected in the tunes, which are divided into three groups of three to reflect the major changes in those early years.

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Suresh Singaratnam: Lost in New York

Read "Lost in New York" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 11, 2010

International in residency, Suresh Singaratnam is also multi-faceted when it comes to his music. Lost in New York, his third release, is an amalgamation of sound. Born in Zambia, Singaratnam has also lived in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. He revealed a hint of his eclectic interest when, as an eighth-grade student, he asked a music teacher if she knew any trumpet player who played both jazz and classical music at a high level. The ...

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Suresh Singaratnam: Lost in New York

Read "Lost in New York" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron
February 11, 2010

New York-based trumpeter/composer Suresh Singaratnam makes his debut as a leader with Lost in New York, a well-conceptualized set of original progressive jazz. A recent graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, the Toronto native explores a musical landscape as diverse as his adopted New York home, toying with syncopated ostinatos, extended vamps, layered rhythms and straight-up bebop. Singaratnam is an agile improviser with strong technique who can manage his way through an up-tempo blues like “M104" and ...