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Recording

Pascal Tremblay Jazz Faction Releases "Lueurs" (Fidelio)

Source: Michael Ricci
June 3, 2011

Pascal Tremblay, saxophonist, composer and arranger leads a remarkable jazz quartet of reknown musicians comprised of guitarist Sylvain Provost, double bassist Frdric Alarie and drummer Jean-Francois Barbeau. For the Lueurs project, Tremblay has augmented this lineup in order to interpret his original compositions and arrangements inspired by impressionistic era melodies. Nothing less than the respected Claudel-Canimex string quartet, joins the core ensemble on this project. Lueurs is a wonderful recording, remarkable for its originality, the quality of its elements and ...

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Festival

Vision Festival 16: A Focus On The Panel Discussions

Source: Chris Rich
June 3, 2011

Vision Festival 16 begins, as it generally does, with some discussion. These events tend to get shorter shrift in what passes for coverage but they speak to conditions well. The short shrift problem in some form or another is endemic and has been since jazz became the runt of the music industry without even the pious cloak of cultural sanctimony and fat budgets worn by classical. It is okay for classical to be an utter stiff in every way as ...

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Recording

Iconic Singer-Songwriter Michael Franks Returns With Sublime New Album Of Penetrating Poetry And Worldly Grooves, Celebrating His Love of Animals, Travel, Literature, Humanity And Life

Source: 1888 Media
June 2, 2011

Time Together, Franks' First New CD in Five Years, Unites Him With An All-Star Cast of Friends Including Gil Goldstein, Chuck Loeb, Till Bronner, Mike Mainieri, Eric Marienthal & Others Michael Franks, the ever-artful singer-songwriter and harvester of the most delectable musical passion fruit known to distingué lovers, has returned with his 18th offering, Time Together, his first for Shanachie, to be released June 14, 2011, and his first since 2006's Rendezvous in Rio. Like James Taylor, Carole King, Joni ...

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Radio

Pre-bop Jazz Trombone This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
June 2, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz celebrates the great voices of pre-WWII jazz trombone. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band joins forces with leading “old-school" players active today. Though all of them claim Jack Teagarden as a major influence and model for their playing, some have taken a special interest in the playing of other lesser-known but important historical figures of the trombone world. The show is distributed in the US by Public Radio International and Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed ...

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Performance / Tour

Outpost 186 leans in to a piano laden summer for Inman Square, Cambridge

Source: Chris Rich
June 2, 2011

Piano players are coming out of the woodwork at Outpost 186. Mothers Day saw an astonishing turnout for Matthew Shipp, who followed a solo set with a long awaited Jim Hobbs duet, sponsored in part by All About Jazz. A snippet of the night awaits below. After a respite from Memorial Day, Hans Poppel has a special concert with area colleagues on Tuesday, June 7th at 9PM following the Julee Avallone Free Jazz Jam at 8PM. The reunion will include ...

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Festival

Wigan's 26th International Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
June 2, 2011

Wigans Big Band theory WIGANS 26th International Jazz Festival will herald the return of the big band sound to the borough. Throughout the four day event starting 14 July—some of the worlds top jazz musicians will descend on the town and organisers hope the popularity of the big band sound will once again ensure sell out shows. Big Bands and Beyond will see performances from The Ryan Quigley Big Band, the Laurence Cottle Big Band and the Pete Cater Big ...

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Performance / Tour

Martin Taylor and Soweto Kinch hit USA as part of "Made in the UK" concert series 2011

Source: Jazz Services UK
June 2, 2011

'Made in the UK,' America's largest series of British Jazz, will showcase four English groups, three Scottish and one from Wales at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (10-18 June 2011). The exciting line up from England includes the Soweto Kinch Quartet, Jason Yarde and Andrew McCormack, Ronnie Scott's All Stars and John Escreet. Martin Taylor and Alison Burns, the Fraser Fifield/Graeme Stephen Duo and Alan Benzie's trio will represent Scotland. Martin Taylor will also perform solo. Representing the Welsh ...

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Recording

Lisa Kirchner New CD "Something to Sing About"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 2, 2011

Lisa Kirchner, a first class singer, delivers her fourth release, with this introduction, “This CD presents songs by some of America's reigning composers, many known for their cross- genre writing, including jazz, pop, classical, folk and art songs, written with distinguished authors for concert, theatre and film venues. The elements are universal—melody, groove, harmony, story and imagery—the musical passport to a chapter in The Great American Songbook..." This outstanding album features eighteen songs by preeminent composers John Adams, Samuel Barber, ...

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