Results for "AAJ Staff"

Shauli Einav's Opus One at iTunes

November 23, 2010

Israeli Saxophonist-Composer Shauli Einav Makes Impressive Debut with Opus One on Plus Loin Music Stateside release on French label due out on January 11, 2011 and currently available at iTunes Catch Shauli Einav Quartet at Small's Dec 3 Opus One marks the emergence of a promising new talent on the ...

The Sacred Jazz of Deanna Witkowski

November 22, 2010

Pianist, vocalist, composer and winner of the 2002 Great American Jazz Piano Competition, Deanna Witkowski is one of the more important sacred jazz artists today. With a very original and virtuous style, she mixes contemporary and Latin jazz genres doing so from a spiritual perspective. Based in New York, Deanna has worked in different projects relating ...

Gary Burton Quartet + Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - London Jazz Festival

November 22, 2010

Gary Burton Quartet + Scottish National Jazz Orchestra—London Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. 17th November 2010 Following a warm up week in New York, tonight's concert was the first major outing for Gary Burton's new quartet, and compelling stuff it was too, hitting the pocket from the off. As early as the second tune, ...

Murcof and Francesco Tristano - London Jazz Festival

November 22, 2010

Murcof and Francesco Tristano—London Jazz Festival, Queen Eliizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. 16th November 2010 There was promise here for sure. The combination of Fernando Corona aka Murcof's minimalist electronica grace and the idiosynkrasia of 'not'-pianist Francesco Tristano ought to have delivered something special, but I'm not sure it did. Things started promisingly enough with Tristano scattering ...

These Funky Things (Remind Me of Sco)

November 22, 2010

John Scofield Trio + Scottish National Jazz Orchestra—London Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. 15th November 2010 Hurray! I finally managed to get to see John Scofield last week. Through some bad luck with timings and being based in Manchester, somehow it's taken me this long. Technically I did see him many years ago at ...

Jazz News: Brubeck Back in Action

November 22, 2010

Dave Brubeck is back in action after cardiac surgery, as noted in this story from the Worcester, Massachusetts Telegram-Gazette: Brubeck Makes Up-Tempo ReturnTicker repaired, pianist keeps beat By Peter Landsdowne WORCESTER—Joined by alto saxophonist and flutist Bobby Militello, bassist Chris Smith and drummer Cody Cox, perennially popular pianist Dave Brubeck kicked off the 16th ...

Happy Birthday, Coleman Hawkins!

November 22, 2010

Unsigned Treasures: Murray Flint - The Journey (2010)

November 22, 2010

By Nick DeRiso An album about dreams reclaimed, Murray Flint's The Journey traces his own road back from painfully debilitating tendonitis. After nearly a decade away from the guitar, Flint discovered the finger-style approach long associated with Merle Travis. The technique simultaneously sounds more complex, since the performer also includes bass and rhythm signatures, but also ...

Songs Set in a Bed of Improvisation

November 22, 2010

Drummer Gerald Cleaver was last in Philadelphia when Ars Nova Workshop hosted the Michael Formanek Quartet in October, and he’ll be returning two more times before the New Year: on December 2 with the Gerald Cleaver Group and on December 12 with Mario Pavone’s Orange Double Tenor. Cleaver began playing drums, trumpet, and violin at an ...

Jazz Radio Commentaries: Rusty Hassan PT. 2

November 17, 2010

Rusty Hassan has a kind of mystery about his look in this photo, but though he is indeed a nuanced gentleman, there seems little mystery about this thoughtful, even-tempered man-about-jazz; he remains one of DC's go-to guys when it comes to the history of the music and his weekly program on WPFW is a pillar of ...