Jazz News

Fretless Guitarist Timucin Sahin Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
July 14, 2010

Turkish-born/New York-based guitarist Timuin ahin is one of those artists who defines the avant-garde genre. He'll admit that his music is not for everyone, it is not for the casual listener, but it's the music that he hears and the music that he loves. This is not dance music per se, but there is a pulse that underlines ahin's work, that binds the freely improvised and the structured, producing layers of interest in his pieces that go beyond simply being ...

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New Releases from Cadence Jazz Records Featuring Jimmy Bennington and Perry Robinson

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2010

"Jimmy Bennington and Perry Robinson show no generation gap. Bennington plays like a veteran and Robinson delivers with a young lion's innocence. This is a pairing that over the past few years seems to have brought out the best in both. Here they stretch out in relaxed but dynamic fashion over three tracks and produce what is arguably some of their finest work to date." --Cadence

A legend from the 1960's, Robinson, who has recorded historic music for the Savoy ...

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George Caldwell's "Americana" at Cobi's Place on August 8th

Source: cobi narita
July 13, 2010

Tribal Records and the Jazz Center of New York present George Caldwell's “Americana." Sunday, August 8, 2010, at 7 p.m., followed by a Meet-The-Artists Reception. George Caldwell plays selections from “Americana," his new CD, at Cobi's Place, 158 W. 48th St. (btwn 6th and 7th Aves.) New York, NY 10036. JCNY: [email protected] or 516-624-9406 George Caldwell- piano; Longineu Parsons- trumpet; Von Barlow- drums; Bassist- tba. *Admission by Advance Sale only! Limited Seating! Please make check for $25 payable to ...

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Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz: Episode 14, "Sultry Sirens, Part 2"

Source: J. Scott Fugate
July 13, 2010

Soulandjazz.com Presents: Continuum--A Journey Through Jazz Episode 14: “Sultry Sirens, Part 2" Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here. This week's journey continues with a summer serenade by the sultry sirens of Jazz and Blues--featuring a fine flock of divas from the 1950's to today. This show has the rare effect of being able ...

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Harvey Pekar, 'American Splendor' Creator, Dies at 70

Source: Michael Lorenz
July 13, 2010

Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book American Splendor attracted a cult following for its unvarnished stories of a depressed, aggrieved Everyman negotiating daily life in Cleveland and became the basis for a critically acclaimed 2003 film, died on Monday at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He was 70. A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County coroner's office said that no cause of death had yet been determined. Capt. Michael Cannon of the Cleveland Heights Police Department, which was summoned to ...

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Ben Stapp & the Zozimos Collective @ the Stone

Source: Ben Stapp
July 13, 2010

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New Youtube Channel for "Jim Cullum's Riverwalk Jazz"

Source: Michael Ricci
July 13, 2010

Ever wonder what we look like?

The long-running Public Radio International jazz series “Riverwalk Jazz" announces a new YouTube Channel, “Jim Cullum's Riverwalk Jazz."

Please visit and subscribe to the new channel here: RiverwalkJazzRadio

The new YouTube channel gathers together videos of live performances of The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and musical guests, recorded for later broadcast on the national radio series. Guests artists appearing in the videos include pianist Dick Hyman, vocalist Catherine Russell, actor/playwright Vernel Bagneris, vocalist Topsy ...

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Saxophonist Nat Birchall Interviewed at AAJ

Source: John Kelman
July 13, 2010

Two of the most over-used phrases in music journalism are “overnight star" and “out of nowhere," and so apologies for starting with them here. But when it comes to describing British saxophonist Nat Birchall, they have an unusual degree of exactitude. Birchall, born in 1957 in the rural seclusion of the hill country of North-West England, where he still lives in 2010, and a saxophonist since 1979, didn't make an impression on Britain's national jazz scene until 2009, when he ...

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