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Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix
by Angelo Leonardi
A dodici anni dal debutto funk di Retox e dopo il sentito omaggio a John e Alice Coltrane di tre anni fa (Pursuance: The Coltranes) la sassofonista newyorchese realizza il disco della prima maturità, dimostrando di saper padroneggiare le molte influenze assimilate dall'infanzia. Influenze che partono dalla musica latina che ascoltava nel quartiere di Washington Heights e attraversano la Black Music nella sua interezza, da Sly Stone, James Brown, Charlie Parker e i boppers fino a John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter ...
read moreJean-Paul Bourelly: Black Lives - From Generation to Generation
by Vic Albani
Doppio CD o doppio vinile prodotto in HI-Res e con packaging di lusso dalla Jammin'colorS, agenzia per artisti jazz, world, funk, alternativi, hip-hop, electro e sperimentali nonché etichetta indipendente. Il lavoro che ha pubblicato in tanta pompa magna è un ampio collage di musica nera realizzato da 25 musicisti africani, caraibici e afroamericani guidati dalla visione creativa di Stefany Calembert (compagna del bassista jazz Reggie Washington) e produttrice estemporanea dell'etichetta belga. A tutti è stato chiesto di comporre ...
read moreOleg Kireyev and Keith Javors: The Meeting
by Howard Mandel
How far must a reeds virtuoso from Bashkiria--a town in the Ural Mountains, southeast of Moscow towards Mongolia--and a pianist-composer-educator from southern Illinois, now living in Philadelphia, have to go to get together? Not very, based on the music Oleg Kireyev and Keith Javors arrive at on The Meeting. Simply to a shared sense of joy in swinging rhythms, warm, rich harmonies and singable songs. In their second co-led album Kireyev and Javors offer more delightful proof that ...
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by Jerome Wilson
The previous album by saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, Pursuance: The Coltranes, (Ropeadope, 2020) was a multifaceted tribute to the music of both John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane. Her new album takes on societal and human issues with similar diversity but in a more compact and organized manner. It moves from a socially aware mix of soul, R'n'B, and jazz fusion in its first half to full-blown spiritual jazz in its second. The album begins with the sound of sirens ...
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by Mike Jurkovic
True to her nature, saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin keeps the flame to the dynamite on her smoking follow-up to the wildfire of Pursuance (Ropeadope, 2020), her still hot-to-the-touch dedication to the music and spirituality of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane. Co-produced with maximum female power by Benjamin and Terri Lyne Carrington, the torrential riptide “Amerikkan Skin" ambushes one's consciousness via the urgency of police sirens only to give way to the equally urgent dictum of radical thinker, activist, educator ...
read moreLynne Arriale Trio: The Lights Are Always On
by Jack Bowers
Music with “a message" need not be inscrutable or bombastic, as pianist/composer Lynne Arriale proves time and again on The Lights Are Always On, whose ten original Arriale compositions are dedicated to caregivers, healers, truth-tellers and defenders of democracy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the brazen hoax-fueled attack on the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. In fact, much of the music on Arriale's sixteenth album as leader is more understated than emphatic, ...
read moreVarious Artists: Black Lives - From Generation to Generation
by Glenn Astarita
Indeed, African Americans are the architects of several musical formations, hearkening back to Scott Joplin's development of 'ragged' rhythms i.e., Ragtime, along with blues, funk, jazz, and other genres, often evolving into various tangents and offshoots. And on this comprehensively entertaining set produced by Belgian Stefany Calembert with assistance from her husband and acclaimed bassist Reggie Washington, they righteously bestow Black Music as a “source of moral truth and potent weapon against racism." Numerous stars such as saxophonist ...
read moreWin a Meet-and-Greet with Marcus and E.J. Strickland!
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Michael Ricci
Want to meet Marcus and E.J. Strickland and see some great music? For every $5 you donate to help The Jazz Session host Jason Crane fight cancer, you’ll receive a raffle ticket for a special drawing to win tickets the Strickland’s CD release party at Joe’s Pub in NYC on Friday, August 21. All donations must be made by 10 p.m. ET this Monday, August 17. The winner will get two tickets to the show, an autographed copy of the ...
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Jazz by the Riverside with E.J. Strickland
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All About Jazz
As New York's JVC Jazz Festival, the major jazz festival, closes for the first time in 37 years, Riverside offers an alternative venue for jazz this June. Jazz by the Riverside is one way to enjoy jazz live and in person this summer. This Friday night series of concerts is not to be missed... All performances begin @ 7:30 p.m. Join us Friday Night, JUNE 26 at the Riverside Church for a night of jazz with E.J. Strickland. E.J. Strickland ...
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E.J. Strickland Quintet at the Jazz Gallery Thursday, Feb. 15th
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
THE E.J. STRICKLAND QUINTET LIVE @ THE JAZZ GALLERY
Thursday, Feb. 15th, 2007 290 Hudson st. (b/w Spring & Dominick sts.) 9pm & 10:30pm sets $12/$15 cover (10$ for members) (212) 242-1063 http://www.jazzgallery.org/
E.J. Strickland - drums Marcus Strickland - tenor & soprano saxophones Jaleel Shaw - alto saxophones Luis Perdomo - piano Hans Glawischnig - bass (plus special guests) ...
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The E.J. Strickland Project @ The Jazz Gallery Friday, May 13th 9:00pm & 10:30pm sets
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All About Jazz
May 12, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] THE E.J. STRICKLAND PROJECT Featuring: E.J. Strickland-drums Charanee Wade-vocals Gretchen Parlato-vocals John Ellis-tenor & soprano saxophones Myron Walden-alto saxophone Mike Moreno-guitar Boris Koslov-bass Kahlil Kwame Bell-percussion If you enjoyed the debut, then you’ll surely enjoy this second performance, featuring more music from drummer/composer E.J. Strickland @The Jazz Gallery 290 Hudson St. (b/w Spring & Dominick Sts.) 212-242-1063 Friday, May 13th, 2005 9:00pm & 10:30pm sets $12/$15 ...
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The E.J. Strickland Project @ The Jazz Gallery Friday, May 13th 9:00pm & 10:30pm sets
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All About Jazz
May 5, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] THE E.J. STRICKLAND PROJECT Featuring: E.J. Strickland-drums Charanee Wade-vocals Gretchen Parlato-vocals John Ellis-tenor & soprano saxophones Myron Walden-alto saxophone Mike Moreno-guitar Boris Koslov-bass Kahlil Kwame Bell-percussion If you enjoyed the debut, then you’ll surely enjoy this second performance, featuring more music from drummer/composer E.J. Strickland @The Jazz Gallery 290 Hudson St. (b/w Spring & Dominick Sts.) 212-242-1063 Friday, May 13th, 2005 9:00pm & 10:30pm sets $12/$15 ...
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The E.J. Strickland Project @ The Jazz Gallery Thursday, Feburary 17th 9:00pm & 10:30pm sets
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All About Jazz
“Far from a simple collection of tracks, In This Day is a unified and thoughtful work, the songs’ elegant trajectory creating a logical thematic progression…. Not purely a straight ahead drummer, Strickland distills a variety of styles to propel equally diverse compositional influences” (Ken Micallef, Downbeat Magazine)
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