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News: Recording

Noah Preminger Plays Ballads on Tenor: "Before the Rain"

March 24, 2011

Coltrane's Ballad album gave much credence to the idea that a cutting-edge player could still say something important within the ballad form. Since then there have been others. Young tenor saxman Noah Preminger weighs in with his own Before the Rain (Palmetto) and he does it with style. He has picked the right players for this ...

News: Opinion

Music That Needs to be Heard: Is Anyone out There?

March 24, 2011

[Full disclosure. I am the Vice President of the Twin Cities Jazz Society.] The Twin Cities Jazz Society sponsors a series of concerts every year, dubbed Jazz From J to Z. The series title is intended to describe the wide range of music that falls under the jazz label, from trad to swing to big band ...

News: Opinion

My Midlife Jazz Crisis - Stage 4: The Brand of Jazz

March 24, 2011

The issue of branding has increasingly become a driving force in everything we do both personally and professionally. Just think of Facebook and how we brand ourselves through accumulating the most friends or associating ourselves with certain activities or groups, etc. Facebook has become the quickest and most accessible form of personal brand recognition. I recently ...

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News: Radio

Celebrating Time Out: David Sanborn on Paul Desmond

March 24, 2011

In 2009, Dave Brubeck's musical masterpiece Time Out turned 50 and on behalf of Legacy Recordings, I produced a podcast series celebrating this timeless work. Along with interviewing Dave Brubeck himself about the album, I also interviewed three additional musicians saxophonist David Sanborn, bassist Mike Richmond and drummer Bill Bruford to discuss the influential work of ...

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News: Technology

ECM Records USA Facebook Page

March 23, 2011

Dear ECM Fan, We have started a Facebook page for friends of ECM who live in the USA. It is a place where you will be able find info on album release dates, tour activity, see artist photos and covers, and also hear sneak peeks from albums that are already out in Europe. Check it out, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Presents Joe Lovano and Scott Colley @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music!

March 23, 2011

CONNECTION WORKS PRESENTS The 4th SEASON OF BROOKLYN JAZZ WIDE OPEN The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Concert Hall 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 718-622-3300, Tickets are $15, and $10 for students and seniors NEXT CONCERT! Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2 sets ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Candy Dulfer to Perform Saturday, May 21 at the Pageant

March 23, 2011

Saxophonist Candy Dulfer (pictured) is coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, May 21 at The Pageant. As best as StLJN can tell, the Dutch-born saxophonist last appeared here in 2004 at the Saavis Center (now the Scottrade Center) as part of the backing band for Prince. Her most recent CD Funked Up ...

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News: Recording

Saxophonist/Composer Curtis Macdonald Releases New CD "Community Immunity" on Greenleaf Music.

March 23, 2011

Community Immunity, the title of saxophonist and composer Curtis Macdonald's debut album (Greenleaf Recordsת/5/11), may seem to be just a clever play on words, but to the artist, being a member of a community is vital to the creation of his art. Whether he's in his current home of New York City or Alberta, Canada, where ...

News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Bobby Matos (Part 3)

March 23, 2011

The music business presents a crazy ride for any young artist, sending them through waves of ups and downs. When an artist first ventures into the wild frontier known as the music business, all the rules and everyday procedures seem absolutely foreign. Everything must be learned, and in many cases, it must be learned the hard ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Hal Blaine

March 23, 2011

Last week I was on assignment for the Wall Street Journal in Palm Desert, Calif. I was there to interview drummer Hal Blaine, who is probably America's greatest living rock and pop musician (you can read my article in today's edition here). If you're like me and grew up in the '60s listening to the radio, ...