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Marianne Solivan: Spark
by Angelo Leonardi
Marianne Solivan si connette alla grande tradizione di cantanti di jazz come Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter e Carmen McRae. La forma vocale esuberante, lo spessore timbrico, la tensione bluesy, la fantasia interpretativa ne fanno un'interprete di primo piano sulla scena musicale di New York. Questo secondo disco da leader -dopo il debutto del 2012 con Prisoner ...
Lainie Cooke: The Music is the Magic
by C. Michael Bailey
Lainie Cooke is a singer not afraid to take chances. Her third recording, The Music is the Magic, she populates her recital with near standards: songs that are familiar but not cliche. Supported by a reeds-led quartet anchored by drummer (and producer on this recording) Ralph Peterson, Lainie displays a command of vocal jazz that is ...
Red Piano Records To Release The New Recording From: Pianist/Composer Ran Blake & Vocalist Christine Correa: The Road Keeps Winding
The Road Keeps Winding, the second volume in their ongoing tribute to Abbey Lincoln Available on April 21, 2015 Brooklyn-based Red Piano Records is proud to announce the release of The Road Keeps Winding from pianist/composer Ran Blake and vocalist Christine Correa. This album represents the second volume in the duo's ongoing, respectful and creative tribute ...
Orrin Keepnews, RIP
The influential jazz producer, record company head and author Orrin Keepnews died today at his home in El Cerrito, California. He would have been 92 tomorrow. Keepnews guided the recording careers of Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins and many other leading jazz artists of the 20th Century. The announcement of his death came ...
Institute of Jazz Studies Executive Director Job Opening
Quick: where is the largest, most comprehensive jazz archive and research center in the world? New Orleans? St. Louis? Kansas City? Try another river city farther east. Would you believe Newark, New Jersey? It's true. On a hill above the prosaic Passaic River, where it has been housed at Rutgers University—Newark (RU-N) for nearly 50 years, ...
Stephanie Jordan Big Band Tribute To Lena Horne At Baton Rouge Community College Black History Month Concert
NEW ORLEANS, LA: New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan will perform a tribute concert in honor of the legendary Lena Horne at the Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) Magnolia Performing Arts Theater, 201 Community College Drive (Florida Blvd.), Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Thursday, February 26, 2015, at 6:00 pm. Sponsored by the BRCC Student Government Association ...
Duane Eubanks' "Things Of That Particular Nature" Available January 2015!
The great trumpeter Duane Eubanks will release his new recording—Things of That Particular Nature—on January 20, 2015 Sometimes all one needs to move along is a little prompting. With a bit of discipline, motivation and, maybe, a little help from the Universe, opportunities will arise and lead the willing to his goal. Philadelphia trumpeter, Duane Eubanks ...
Charlie Haden Memorial And Celebration Of His Life Tuesday, January 13, 2015 @ 7pm @ The Town Hall NYC
Family and friends, including many jazz greats, will come together to celebrate the life of CHARLIE HADEN (1937-2014), one of the most innovative and influential bassists in the history of jazz. A three-time Grammy winner, Haden has received many awards and accolades throughout his five-decade career including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the NEA Jazz Master ...
Iconic Band Spain, Featuring Singer/Bassist Josh Haden, Announce 6-Week East Coast and European Tour
U.S. Swing From Jan 28 - Feb 3 Hits Boston, NYC, Philly, D.C. and Brooklyn; Euro Leg Runs From Feb 7 - March 11, Hitting 30 Cities In Twelve Countries; Josh Haden To Perform at Charlie Haden Memorial Show at Town Hall NYC on Jan 13 New Album SARGENT PLACE Dubbed “Dark Swagger” by Los Angeles ...
Steve Coleman and Five Elements at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Steve Coleman and Five Elements SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA December 14, 2014 “The main thing that I consciously try to follow is things I find in nature, in universe. Basically I see the universe as sort of giant palette of forms within forms."--Steve Coleman He is a 2014 MacArthur ...
