Jazz Articles

Sabine Kuhler & Crisp featuring Sheila Jordan: Fly Away

by Michael P. Gladstone
July 15, 2006

Jazz vocal enthusiasts who are looking for something different might want to try this new German release featuring the singing of Sabine Kuhlich, which also has the added bonus of three guest appearances by the much-venerated Sheila Jordan.

Originally from Gera, Germany, Kuhlich was educated in Europe and the US; in addition to singing, she also plays piano, saxophone and clarinet. After her debut album, Kuhlich spent six months in New York, and two of her compositions from ...

David Becker / Joe Diorio: The Color Of Sound

by Budd Kopman
January 1, 2006

David Becker's previous release, Euroland, was a multitracked affair where Becker himself played all the instruments to produce a layered sound that evoked different images through music. On The Color of Sound, Becker plays duos with his mentor, Joe Diorio. For the most part, they both play standard electric guitar, but Becker throws in some synthesizer, a “tabla" guitar (a guitar with a playing card woven between the strings, plus an acoustic pickup to produce a pitched ...

Alex Alves: Verde

by John Kelman
November 24, 2004

Something of a child prodigy, Brazilian guitarist Alex Alves began studying classical guitar in '75 at the age of six and, by the age of eleven, was performing in concert with the Musica Popular Brasileira Orchestra. During his teenage years he performed with a variety of groups in diverse contexts including Brazilian music, jazz and rock. At the age of twenty, he relocated to Germany, where he has lived ever since and, in the ensuing years, studied classical music composition ...