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Lineup Announced For Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 17th Edition June 22-30: Nine Days, 300+ Shows, 20 Venues, 94 Free Events
Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona today announced the complete lineup for the festival’s 17th Edition. The nine-day festival returns to Rochester June 22 to June 30 presenting more than 1500 artists from around the world in 300-plus shows at 20 venues. The 2018 Festival is presented in three series ...
So Cute, So Bad
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: So Cute, So Bad; The Lady Is A Tramp; Face To Face; Frame For The Blues; You
Don't Know What Love Is; Peachie; Tanabata; Pretty Please.
Akiko Tsuruga: So Cute, So Bad
by Dan Bilawsky
On more than one occasion I've sat back while listening to jazz organ giants of yore and thought to myself, “they don't make 'em like this anymore." And while it's true that one-of-a-kind greats like Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, Big John Patton, Brother Jack McDuff, Charles Earland, and Jimmy McGriff are gone for good, and nobody ...
Guitarist Kevin Golden Releases Debut CD "Pelham Parkway"
Jazz guitarist, Kevin Golden releases his debut CD Pelham Parkway. This marks Golden's first recording as a leader, and features seven original tunes penned by him paying homage to the legendary organ trio sounds of Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, and Wes Montgomery. Kevin Golden is on guitar, along with Akiko Tsuruga on organ, and Peter Grant ...
Steve Blum’s Molecular Organ Trio - Celebrating Les Paul at the Iridium on March 30th
The Iridium Jazz Club proudly presents STEVE BLUM’S MOLECULAR ORGAN TRIO Monday, March 30 One show only: 9-10:30 pm Honoring the Great Les Paul 100th Year Celebration On Monday, March 30th, guitarist Steve Blum’s Molecular Organ Trio will make its exciting debut at the Iridium Jazz Club, and it’s about time. Blum, a native New Yorker, ...
Ken Hohman's Top Jazz Releases of 2014
by Ken Hohman
I'd taken a six month hiatus from my radio show, Freedom Jazz Dance, to concentrate on other things. Turns out my timing couldn't have been worse. I was inundated with so many excellent recordings in 2014 that my head was spinning. Fortunately, I now had the time to truly enjoy them! Here are the lucky 13 ...
Carol Morgan: Blue Glass Music
by C. Michael Bailey
Trumpeter Carol Morgan's Blue Bamboo debut, Opening (2010) was received uniformly, with accolades from all quarters. The Texas-native cum Manhattan-ite exploded out of Julliard following the tutelage of trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and seemed to be everywhere at once. Morgan has been a constant in the DIVA Jazz Orchestra (with Sharel Cassity), and fronting her quintet, Carol ...
Oriental Express
Label: 18th and Vine
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1) J’s Groove 4:25
2) Oriental Express 4:45
3) Teach Me Tonight 4:06
4) Frim Fram Sauce 4:55
5) Take It Easy 5:48
6) Bright Eyes 3:48
7) Killing Me Softly with His Song 5:26
8) Magic E 5:43
9) Closer I get to you 3:20 James Mtume, Reggie Lucas
10) Dreamsville 4:30 Henry Mancini
11) Sidewinder 6:19
Lee Morgan (Lee Edward Morgan)
JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 21, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 2 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) 268 313 -45 4 58 1 5 2 2 1 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 221 270 -49 0 57 1 9 3 3 4 Roberta Gambarini So In Love (Emarcy) 176 225 -49 6 54 3 ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 14, 2009
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 6 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) 313 243 +70 7 60 1 4 2 1 1 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 270 247 +23 0 61 1 8 3 4 19 Roberta Gambarini So In Love (Emarcy) 225 192 +33 5 52 3 ...
