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News: Recording

Orchestre National de Jazz - Shut up and Dance: Music of John Hollenbeck (Bee Jazz, 2010)

May 12, 2011

Daniel Yvinec, artistic director of the Orchestre National De Jazz writes in his liner notes that he had the music of percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck in his thoughts for a long time, hearing him in his mind's eye and on the pages of his journal. He was finally able to persuade Hollenbeck to write a ...

News: Trends

Every Album, Single, Download, Spin, and Stream in 2011...

May 12, 2011

The following is a detailed count of music transactions and plays in the United States, specifically between the dates of January 3rd and May 1st of this year. That includes albums (physical and digital), paid downloads (sorry, no P2P), on-demand and non-interactive stream, and traditional radio spins. The tally was presented by Nielsen at the NARM ...

News: Recording

Graham Reynolds' "The Difference Engine": Triple Concerto and Remixes of Note

May 12, 2011

Graham Reynolds composes and conceives of music as a man of his time. Perhaps that's more true of some than others, but Maestro Reynolds most definitely fits with his time, in whatever ways that can be. Our century is no doubt too new to understand where we are and are going, what we are becoming, what ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bryan Nichols Inhabits "Bright Places"

May 12, 2011

Bryan Nichols brings a lot to the Twin Cities jazz scene, as a pianist, a composer and an educator. What the world may have lost in a potential genetics researcher (his undergraduate major at Iowa State) has been easily compensated in our gain of artistic vision. A Twin Cities native, Bryan spent a few years honing ...

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News: Recording

Eric Alexander "Don't Follow the Crowd"

May 12, 2011

If jazz today has a brand, then saxophonist Eric Alexander is its standards bearer. He upholds the tradition and champions the cause like no other instrumentalist from the contemporary jazz realm. Two decades and dozens of recordings into his career, Alexander has flourished while the power of many of his peers has faded, disappeared or proved ...

News: Radio

The Traneumentary: Michael Cuscuna (Commentary)

May 12, 2011

He's baaack!!! Mosaic Records founder, renowned reissue producer and overall jazz authority Michael Cuscuna takes us inside the famous New York jazz spot Birdland circa 1961 and comments on the John Coltrane Quartet's historic recording of “Afro Blue." Excerpt featured in this episode: “Afro Blue" from the album Live At Birdland.

News: Interview

A Clifford Jordan Revival

May 11, 2011

Rifftides reader Debra Kinzler's notice that a quartet of Clifford Jordan's admirers will revive his Glass Bead Games prompts me to post a slightly revised version of a 2007 piece about a landmark recording that became unavailable for too long. Ms. Kinzler informs us that tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, pianist Eric Reed, drummer Billy Drummond and ...

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News: Recording

Roy Orbison: Monument Singles

May 11, 2011

With images of lower Memphis struggling with a swollen Mississippi River, I spent yesterday listening to Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection (1960-1964), a newly remastered, three-disc set from Sony Legacy. As readers know, I love everything about Memphis—the energy, the kindness of strangers, the ribs and pork shoulder, the city's rich blues and rock history, ...

News: Award / Grant

New Honor for Randy Weston

May 11, 2011

NEA JAZZ MASTER RANDY WESTON TO RECEIVE HIS MAJESTY KING MOHAMMED VI'S HONOR FOR HIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO MOROCCO'S GNAOUA MUSIC TRADITION ON MAY 11 The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, welcomes leading Moroccan cultural and intellectual figures for a series of talks from May 1-21 on the occasion of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sonic Youths Thurston Moore: Solo Album, Summer Live Dates

May 11, 2011

NEW SOLO ALBUM DEMOLISHED THOUGHTS OUT MAY 24 Legendary Sonic Youth singer/songwriter/guitarist Thurston Moore will release his new solo album Demolished Thoughts on May 24 via Matador records. He'll be heading out for a solo tour starting May 20 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Kurt Vile will join Thurston Moore for a number ...