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Final Day to Crowdfund Onyx Ashanti's Amazing Beatjazz Cyborg

November 29, 2011

Onyx Ashanti, an artist and inventor based in Berlin, is in the final days of a crowdfunding campaign for the second phase of development for Beatjazz, his “quest to build the most amazing live music performance system ever." It's quite an interesting project that is hitting the end of its IndieGoGo funding window soon, possibly today. ...

News: Music Industry

Jazz Saxophonist Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas Quintet at Scullers Jazz Club on November 29-30

November 29, 2011

Acclaimed jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano is performing with the Dave Douglas Quintet at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on November 29-30, 2011. They'll perform two shows each night, at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $25 each, which you can purchase online, and dinner/show is $67 per person. To reserve for dinner ...

News: Recording

Steve Reid, Kieran Hebden and Mats Gustafsson - Live at the South Bank (Smalltown Superjazz, 2011)

November 29, 2011

The great drummer Steve Reid enjoyed a fantastic career, playing with everyone from R&B singers to free jazz musicians. He recorded two wonderful albums in the 1970's, Novaand Rhythmatismbefore keeping a lower profile the remainder of the decade. In the 2000's he had a career renaissance, teaming up with the electronic musician Kieran Hebden to produce ...

News: Recording

Gerry Hemingway Quintet, Riptide

November 29, 2011

Gerry Hemingway has been deftly mixing it up on drums with some of the most accomplished new jazz artists for years. He has a new album out with his quintet, Riptide (Clean Feed 227), and it shows how he is a jazz composer and bandleader of note as well. First, the quintet itself: along with Gerry ...

News: Interview

Interview: Burt Bacharach (Part 1)

November 28, 2011

What lingers most after you have spent quality time with songwriter Burt Bacharach is the sound of his voice. In my Wall Street Journal profile last week, I describe it as shearling-soft. Burt's voice still has traces of Queens, N.Y., but it's plenty soothing and assuring. And the way he releases words in a sentence is ...

News: Recording

Achim Kaufmann - Verivyr (Pirouet - 2011) *****

November 28, 2011

By Joe Higham On the first listen to this album I sensed that it would be a strong contender for 5 stars. It's an album that covers everything interesting and important in improvised music. It explores, swings, uses dissonance, melody, it surprises and delights you. In fact it's a lesson in what's not being taught in ...

News: Recording

Yes - In the Present: Live from Lyon (2011)

November 28, 2011

There was at least one benefit to the departure of Jon Anderson from Yes in 2008: The presence of new lead singer Benoit David immediately opened the door for a rewrite of what had become a very rote setlist. Anderson had always refused, for instance, to sing tunes from Yes' guitar-driven 1980 release Drama, recorded during ...

News: Recording

Pat Martino - Remember: A Tribute to Wes Montgomery (2006)

November 28, 2011

Here are a couple of stories. One is amazing and funny. The other is just amazing. Wes Montgomery, the great jazz guitarist, didn't know how to read music. That's right, this is the man whose fingers blistered their way around such tunes as “Twisted Blues" and “Four On Six" and who released such monumental records as ...

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News: Music Industry

Cuneiform: Sao Paulo Underground; Mats/Morgan Band

November 28, 2011

Sao Paulo Underground—Tres Cabecas Loucuras (Cuneiform, 2011) This is a very interesting group that combines jazz composition and improvisation with electronics and effects to create an intoxicating and exotic blend of music. Featuring Rob Mazurek on cornet and electronics, Mauricio Takara on drums and electronics, Guilherme Granado on keyboards, electronics and samplers, Richard Ribeiro on drums ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Tony Conrad

November 27, 2011

This week, let's look at some video clips of musician, composer and multimedia artist Tony Conrad, who will be in St. Louis for a performance sponsored by New Music Circle next Saturday, December 3 at White Flag Projects. Conrad, 71, originally is from New Hampshire and has a background in math and computer programming. He has ...