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News: Recording

Recent Listening: Smith, Vu, Lynch, Akinmusire

April 3, 2011

Hundreds of CDs have piled up around Rifftides world headquarters. At a meeting, the staff voted whether to write, long, exhaustive analytical reviews of three of them or highlight many more in an effort to keep up with a jazz scene that—take our word for it—is not dying, at least not in terms of sheer recording ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Brad Mehldau Sampler

April 3, 2011

With pianist Brad Mehldau bringing his trio back to Jazz at the Bistro this Wednesday and Thursday, it seems an opportune time to offer some video footage of him, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard in action. One of the more heavily hyped jazz players of his generations, ...

News: Video / DVD

Sat Eye Candy: Emmylou Harris

April 3, 2011

THEY COME NO BETTER THAN THIS LADY Emmylou Harris is no diva. She doesn't swoop and show off with her singing, finding her power and impact through unique phrasing and an unerring ability to tap into rich emotional wells. One senses the person behind the voice and the songs, a heart and spirit that's fantastically human ...

News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Live Jazz (April 1 - April 8, 2011) Music Schedule

April 3, 2011

Here is what's happening on the Chicago Live Jazz Music Scene for April 1st, 2011 thru April 8th, 2011...[photo from shawnmaxwell.com: Chicago Jazz Saxophonist Shawn Maxwell ...catch the Shawn Maxwell Trio live at Pete Miller's-Wheeling, IL April 6 (6pm), 14 (8pm), 20 (6pm) and 23 (8pm)]... Adelle's1060 College Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187-5720 (630) 784-8015 Open Tue-Thu ...

News: Performance / Tour

Forgotten Series: Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus (1974)

April 3, 2011

By Mark Saleski Part of the genius of Miles Davis (aside from the incredible compositions, insanely great trumpet work, and spooky ability to play just the right notes) was his amazing talent for selecting band members. The list is seemingly endless and the branches extend over an impressive subsection of modern jazz: John Coltrane, Chick Corea, ...

News: Interview

Something Else! Featured Artist: Alan Parsons Project

April 3, 2011

The What-ing What Project? Never, perhaps, has a figure in rock music been simultaneously so famous and so ... anonymous. Alan Parsons, after all, was engineer on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Paul McCartney's Red Rose Speedway; producer for the Hollies' “The Air That I Breathe," Pilot's “Magic" and Al Stewart's “Year of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Kevin Whitehead on the Instant Composers Pool

April 3, 2011

Ars Nova Workshop's Three Nights in Philadelphia with the Instant Composers Pool Orchestra began last night. Taken from the performance, the video below shows a bird-like Tristan Honsinger conducting the orchestra. It continues tonight when, at 8pm, the tentet will take the stage with guest vocalist Fay Victor. Then, on Sunday, members of the ICP Orchestra ...

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News: Recording

Steely Dan Sunday: "Dirty Work" (1972)

April 3, 2011

Since Walter Becker and Donald Fagen first wrote songs with the idea that someone else would sing them and only started a band when they found limited success peddling their songs, some of the earlier Steely Dan tunes sound a little like they were meant for a different act. “Dirty Work" is like that. Then again, ...

News: Interview

Marcus Shelby: Musician/Composer/Bandleader on a Mission

April 2, 2011

Bassist-composer Marcus Shelby is most definitely a man on a mission, and a man more intent on engaging serious subjects in his music than dazzling his audience with aimless instrumental technique. For his previous release his orchestra navigated his original score in tribute to the great emancipator Harriet Tubman. His latest effort is Soul of the ...

News: Recording

Swimmer (Bandcamp, 2011) ****

April 2, 2011

By Paul Acquaro 'Swimmer' is a new release from a group of the same name hailing from Chicago. I'm not entirely sure how I came across this group right now, but I downloaded a copy of their debut from bandcamp.com and have been enjoying the fruits of their labor for a couple days now. Swimmer, the ...