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Enjoy Jazz, 13th Edition: Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 27-November 1, 2011
by John Kelman
Enjoy Jazz FestivalMannheim/Heidelberg/Ludwigshafen, GermanyOctober 27--November 1, 2011 It's always great to return somewhere that has become an annual port of call, but it's particularly nice to return to Germany's Enjoy Jazz, that atypical jazz festival which--rather than running for a week and concentrating a whack of shows in that short time frame--runs ...
Opus 5 - Introducing Opus 5 (Criss Cross, 2011)
On January 27, 2011, five veterans of the Mingus Big Band, and heavy-hitters on the mainstream jazz scene in their own right met to record an album under the collective name Opus 5. The band consists of Seamus Blake on tenor saxophone, Alex Sipiagin on trumpet and flugelhorn, David Kikoski on electric and acoustic piano, Donald ...
Rico Reeds Signs Tenor Saxophonist and Composer Seamus Blake
FARMINGDALE, NY: Rico Reeds is proud to announce the signing of tenor saxophonist/composer Seamus Blake, one of the finest contemporary jazz artists today. As a leader, Blake released six albums on Criss Cross Records, including his 1993 debut, The Call. He is a long-standing member of the Grammy-nominated Mingus bands and continues to play and record ...
Alex Sipiagin: Destinations Unknown
by Dan Bilawsky
Life on the road can often wear musicians down, but it can also inspire them to great heights. Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin's travels took him to Taiwan, Spain, Italy, France, Japan and Holland in the months preceding the recording session for this album in January, 2011 and each one of those locales helped to stir his creative ...
David Binney: Barefooted Town
by Dan McClenaghan
Alto saxophonist/composer David Binney must not worry about “market saturation." He releases albums, as a leader for both Criss Cross and his own Mythology label, at a rate that many top jazz artists did during the late 1950's and early 1960's. Less than six months into 2011, he has already offered up Graylen Epicenter (Mythology) and ...
Trumpeter/Composer Alex Sipiagin Releases New CD on Criss Cross Jazz Titled "Destinations Unknown"
Alex Sipiagin's inspired ensemble writing on the seven tracks that comprise Destinations Unknown makes it clear that the 43-year-old trumpet master had ample time to infuse the process with tender loving care. Sipiagin recounts that Gerry Teekens notified him of the January 2011 recording date the previous July. First, he reached out to first-callers Chris Potter, ...
Posi-Tone Records: Creating a New Iconic Catalogue
by John Patten
When Posi-Tone Records founder Marc Free was growing up, he looked forward to each new record purchase, cherishing the cover artwork, devouring the liner notes and most of all, feasting on the music. He came to love the music and albums issued by iconic labels such as Blue Note and Impulse!, knowing that even if he ...
Charlier / Sourisse: Imaginarium
by John Kelman
To affirm that jazz is, indeed, a global concern one only need look at transatlantic collaborations taking placed on a regular basis. One look at the list of albums reviewed at All About Jazz and it's patently clear that, while cultural cross-pollination has been going on for decades, it's now a norm rather than a phenomenon. ...
Generations
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2010
Track listing: Greenwood I; Obsequious; Cassandranite; Beyond All Limits; Windy Bahn; Katrina Ballerina; Chance; Blues for Wood; Greenwood II.
Dutch Jazz & World Meeting 2010: December 1-3, 2010
by John Kelman
Dutch Jazz & World MeetingAmsterdam, The NetherlandsDecember 1-3, 2010 As difficult as it can sometimes be to appreciate how far jazz has evolved since making its first infant steps in the United States at the beginning of the 20th Century, it's equally remarkable to consider the scene in Europe. Beginning as a relative ...
