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2015: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The year 2015 was a curious blend of ups and downs, with glimmers of optimism offset by its losses. Venues opened to great fanfare, but others closed for a variety of reasons. UNESCO's International Jazz Day became firmly entrenched as the exclamation point on Jazz Appreciation Month activities in April. Daily arts journalism took a hit ...
Space Time Continuum
By Aaron Diehl
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Uranus; The Steadfatst Titan; Flux Capacitor; Organic Consequences; Kat’s Dance; Santa Maria; Broadway Boogie Woogie; Space, Time, Continnum.
Aaron Diehl: Space Time Continuum
by Maurizio Zerbo
Grazie a musicisti come Aaron Diehl, c'è da ben sperare per le sorti future del jazz. Il trentenne pianista statunitense sembra possedere classe e abilità strumentale da vendere, al servizio di una promettente progettualità. Attraverso le sue composizioni si respira un'aura autenticamente genuina di jazz, sprigionante un invidiabile senso dello swing. Dando spazio a ...
Mack Avenue Superband: Live From The Detroit Jazz Festival - 2014
by Dan Bilawsky
Bands fostered by labels and sourced from their stables are nothing new. The concept itself has always carried great possibility, but many a label has dropped the ball on the artistic responsibility side of the equation. At their worst, these types of get-togethers have come off as incongruous gatherings that are crudely slapped together. The concerts ...
2015 Detroit Jazz Festival
by C. Andrew Hovan
Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan September 4-7, 2015 As the world's largest free jazz festival, Detroit's annual Labor Day offering provides a rewarding, but daunting task for anyone set to hunker down in the Motor City all Labor Day weekend. This year about 60 performances were in the offing ...
Newport Jazz Festival 2015: Day 2
by Timothy J. O'Keefe
Newport Jazz Festival Fort Adams State Park Newport, RI Saturday, August 1, 2015 Miles Davis' earliest memory was a flickering blue flame, and a similar flame, one of passion and remembrance, was clearly evident at the 2015 installment of the Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management.
George Wein Brings Storyville To Newport Jazz Festival
NEWPORT, RI – George Wein’s life in music took its most important turn when Newport socialite Elaine Lorillard walked into his jazz club, Storyville, with a Boston University professor in 1953. Lorillard and her husband Louis were interested in bringing some excitement to Newport and the professor thought Wein was just the person to help. From ...
The World of Duke Ellington 2015
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
The World of Duke Ellington 2015 Jazz at Lincoln Center New York, NY April 29, 2015 Duke would have been 116 this year, and what a party he didn't have! JALC raised $3.9M on their gala night and the exceptional quality of all of the performances reflected the generosity ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Introducing Cécile McLorin Salvant
This week, our video spotlight shines on singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, who will be making her St. Louis debut with a performance next Saturday, May 2 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Salvant, 25, is originally from Miami, and first came to wide attention in 2010 by winning first prize in the annual Thelonious Monk International Jazz ...
Various Artists: It's Christmas On Mack Avenue
by Dan Bilawsky
The Detroit-based Mack Avenue imprint has built quite an artist roster over the past fifteen years, so why not boast about it and toast the holidays in the process? It's Christmas On Mack Avenue does just that, turning a spotlight on label mainstays, fairly new signings, heavy hitters, and rapidly ascending stars. It also makes it ...
