Results for "AAJ Staff"

David Bixler and Arturo O'Farrill - The Auction Project (2010)

September 17, 2010

By Mark Saleski Over the years, there have been a lot of musical hybrids that have surprised our ears by revealing hidden commonalities in melded musical genres. For instance, I'm fairly certain that my only exposure to hip-hop back before the mid-1980's was with Sugar Hill's “Rapper's Delight," and Blondie's “Rapture." The idea of Run-D.M.C. teaming ...

Tinderbox Founder Alyson Greenfield on Putting Together Her First Festival

September 17, 2010

On Sunday, September 26, the Tinderbox Music Festival will be held for the first time. The festival, which will be held at the Brooklyn-based venue Southpaw, is designed to create a new space for women musicians to connect and perform together. 100% of its proceeds will go to non-profit groups dedicated to empowering and educating young ...

Silent Movies

September 17, 2010

For his new album, Silent Movies due out on Pi Recordings this month, guitarist Marc Ribot states that he's exploring “the strange area between language and spatiality that exists partly in between music and visual image, and partly as a common property of both." While he's worked on several film scores in the past, such as ...

Other Matters: Edwin Newman, 1919-2010

September 19, 2010

Edwin Newman's death at age 91 is not the end of an era. The broadcast news era that produced Newman ended long ago, as you may have noticed in most of the news programs you watch on television and, particularly, on cable. Newman worked for NBC News. He was of a generation of broadcast news people ...

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - Puerto Rico, More Than Salsa. November 6th, 2010 @ Symphony Space.

September 19, 2010

Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra explore new and existing trends in Puerto Rican music. Special attention is paid to folkloric and traditional forms, especially Bomba and Plena. The traditional instruments of Bomba and Plena are employed and special guest percussionists are invited. Repertoire will highlight the works of William Cepeda with arrangements by ...

Latin Jazz Conversations: Danilo Perez (Part 5)

September 19, 2010

Pianist Danilo Pérez has spent his life making a difference in a variety of ways that have touched countless people around the world. As a performer, Pérez has applied enthusiastic creativity and smart musicality consistently, raising the artistic bar wherever he performs. From his younger days performing on Panama's lively music scene to later Stateside gigs ...

Orrin Evans Quartet - Clean House

September 18, 2010

Laurie Pepper and the Pirates

September 19, 2010

Laurie Pepper is one smart cookie. When I interviewed her for  my Wall Street Journal article on business-minded spouses of deceased jazz greats (Laurie is Art Pepper's widow), she told me the secret of her success: Making friends with worldwide collectors of bootleg recordings and releasing the material they send her on her Widow's Taste label. ...

Marco Benevento: Fall Tour Dates

September 18, 2010

SOUNDTRACKS, SOLO SHOWS AND TRIOS KEYBOARD KID HAS A HAND IN IT ALL Marco Benevento will tour the U.S. and Canada this Fall in support of his latest release, Between The Needles & Nightfall. The run begins with four nights in Canada and five nights in New England. The stretch includes a stop at the Massachusetts ...

Study Says Twitter Followers Are Better Than Facebook Fans

September 18, 2010

A new report says Twitter users who followed a brand were 2X more likely than Facebookers who “liked" them to say they might make purchase. Marketers may argue that the artist to fan relationship is deeper than with a deodorant and better served by Facebook than 144 characters. Then again, there are levels of fandom. In ...