Jazz News

Drummer Paul Wertico Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

Source: All About Jazz
December 14, 2009

Seven-time Grammy winner Paul Wertico, a name long-synonymous with innovation and Herculean energy/talent in the world of drums, has stepped out of the box once again to present an album that defies genre boundaries. In addition to the usual suspects of his trio including guitarist John Moulder and bassist Brian Peters, Wertico has combined forces with Israeli guitarist Dani Rabin and saxophonist Danny Marcovitch to form the Mid East/Mid West Alliance. The product of this marriage of talent recently came ...

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New Samo Salamon Albums Featuring Mark Turner and Michel Godard

Source: Michael Ricci
December 13, 2009

The guitarist's Samo Salamon 2008 album Samo Salamon Quartet: Mamasaal feat. Mark Turner is finally available on Emusic and Amazon for downloading...it features a great band with MARK TURNER on tenor saxophone and MATT BREWER on bass: Link to eMusic

There are also samples available on the website of the guitarist - Samo Salamon Website, where you can also request the CD version.

A new album SAMO SALAMON TRIO: Live! featuring the best tuba player around Michel Godard and one ...

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Master Percussionist on Unique Album

Source: Michael Ricci
December 13, 2009

The Layers of Master Percussionist Jerry Leake Emerge on Cubist

Jerry Leake produced his new album like a mad rhythm scientist. He was methodic and resourceful, precisely mixing and pouring one ingredient into the next. It could have ended in disaster with sonic fragments left strewn about haplessly.but it did not. Cubist (Rhombus Publishing; Jan 1, 2010) comes to life with mathematical precision and beauty where each composition resounds its exclusive musical “soul". Cubist reflects and retracts not only music ...

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Vocalist/Lyricist Lorraine Feather's New CD "Ages" Set for February 2010 Release

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
December 12, 2009

Ages, the follow-up to lyricist/vocalist Lorraine Feather's acclaimed 2008 release Language, debuts on February 9, 2010. Language received numerous rave reviews and rose to #1 on the JazzWeek radio airplay chart. Media coverage reached a peak when NPR's Susan Stamberg interviewed Lorraine on the Weekend Edition program. The music on Feather's new release is by Russell Ferrante [Yellowjackets], Shelly Berg, Eddie Arkin, Bela Fleck, and Dick Hyman, who all guest as musicians (some of the tracks also incorporate unusual percussion ...

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Carnegie Hall Presents "The Nativity Triptych"--Three Concerts Featuring Musical Depictions of the Nativity, December 11-13

Source: Michael Ricci
December 11, 2009

“The Nativity Triptych" Includes Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio Performed by Les Violons du Roy, La Chapelle de Qubec and Bernard Labadie, Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12 Third Concert Features John Adams's El Nino, a Modern Nativity Oratorio, with Orchestra of St. Luke's on Sunday, December 13 Vocal Soloists Include Rosemary Joshua, David Daniels, Michelle DeYoung, Dawn Upshaw, Eric Owens, and More From December 11-13, Carnegie Hall presents “The Nativity Triptych"--a weekend devoted to sacred holiday music ...

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Campus Musicians Receive Gift From Pianist Earl Hines' Estate

Source: Michael Ricci
December 11, 2009

BERKELEY -- The gift to the University of California, Berkeley, of the bulk of famous jazz pianist Earl “Fatha" Hines' estate will provide exceptionally gifted low-income students with free musical instruction and the campus's music library with his collection of papers, compositions and memorabilia. Hines' musical archive will become the cornerstone at the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library of a new Archive of African American Music, which would be unique on the West Coast. Hines played to sold-out audiences in ...

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Esperanza Spalding to Perform at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

Source: Michael Ricci
December 11, 2009

On December 11th, 2009, at the City Hall in Oslo, Norway, bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding is one of a number of talented musicians set to perform at a concert in honor of 2009 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, United States' President Barack Obama. The international concert will be televised worldwide the day after the December 10th ceremony to celebrate the occasion. Hosted by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, the performance will also feature Wyclef Jean, Toby Keith, Donna Summer, ...

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Steve Wilson on CW Network TV, Jazziz, NY Times

Source: Seth Cohen PR
December 11, 2009

Steve Wilson prepares for multi-night tribute to Joe Zawinul at the Jazz Standard in NYC, December 17-20, 2009. Wilson appeared on THE CW NETWORK/WGN TV yesterday--the live appearance aired on over 200 stations nationwide, including in Chicago, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and elsewhere. Check out this terrific preview column from JAZZIZ.com. In his NY TIMES preview column today, Nate Chinen praises Steve as “an endlessly adaptable alto and soprano saxophonist, at home in myriad settings.": STEVE WILSON ENSEMBLE (Thursday) ...

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