Results for "AAJ Staff"

Julio Resende's Piano and Trio Shine Warmly on "You Taste Like a Song"

August 27, 2011

Portuguese pianist Julio Resende has a kind of poetic touch. His trio date You Taste Like A Song (Cleen Feed 216) waxes that way. A reflective Silencio—For the Fado opens the album with a beautifully glowing balladic-free piece that seems full of saudade longing. The trio has alternating bassists and drummers and they all do good ...

Soft and Hard Running Bop from Pianist-Composer Falkner Evans

August 27, 2011

Falkner Evans write some early -mid-sixties style Blue Note hard and soft bop pieces that have a nice solidity. That is, on his CD The Point of the Moon (CAP 1024). The pieces range from a sort of Mobley meets Andrew Hill hipness, to flat-out hard bop, all arranged well for a sextet that includes Matt ...

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, August 26-September 1

August 27, 2011

Highlights This Week After a short break, jazz returns on Friday nights at the Black Dog, and tonight (8/26) is a big one—guitarist Jef Lee Johnson with bassist Yohannes Tona and drummer Michael Bland. With his own style of jazz/blues/rock, and the small space of the Black Dog, there is a good chance that the decibels ...

Jazz Around Town: I Quake at the Amount of Jazz in Town...

August 25, 2011

So, did the earth move for you?  As a former dweller in Southern California, I tend not to feel them (not to mention the jackhammers going outside my office windows that day). Friday, August 26, 2011 Johnny Matt Band with Jon Seiger @ Wegmans, Eastway, 5:30 pm The Po Boys Brass Band with String of Pearls ...

The Tierney Sutton Band Releases "American Road" on BFM Jazz.

August 26, 2011

You've undoubtedly heard these songs before, but we guarantee you've never heard them sung like this. On American Road (BFM Jazz, Sept. 6, 2011), the Tierney Sutton Band reimagines more than a dozen timeless songs that are woven deep into the American cultural fabric, songs as venerable as “America the Beautiful," “Wayfaring Stranger" and “Amazing Grace" ...

Vocalist Dana Lauren to Perform at Scullers Jazz Club on September 27th, 2011.

August 26, 2011

September 27, 2011 Show: $18 Dinner & Show: $60 Show time: 8pm In 2006 jazz vocalist Dana Lauren made her debut at Scullers with Arturo Sandoval and since then, the now 23 year old has performed at some of the Nation's most prestigious jazz venues, recorded two albums, was a ...

Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra to Celebrate 10th Anniversary Season in 2011/12

August 26, 2011

NEW YORK—The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance announced today that it will celebrate the 10th Anniversary season of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), directed by Arturo O'Farrill, in 2011/12 at Symphony Space on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The ALJO will present three landmark programs to celebrate its first decade of existence. On October 14 ...

The Jazz Session #304: Carmen Staaf

August 25, 2011

3 Tips for Better Social Music Video Marketing

August 26, 2011

An ongoing series of posts at REELSEO explains how to move beyond an obsession with clicks and impressions to focus on building relationships between one's brand (or band) and video viewers. Given the hype surrounding music video impressions, numbers that don't indicate real views and are often gamed, the series is definitely worth reading with an ...

MySpace Shares Comeback Plans, Focus on Music

August 26, 2011

In late June, Specific Media bought MySpace for $35 million and announced Justin Timberlake's involvement. Yesterday, they hinted at more of their comeback plans via an AdAge interview setting the stage for a possible press conference next week. Al Dejewski, the new senior VP-global marketing for Specific Media who will also oversee marketing for Myspace, discussed ...