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Groove du jour
By Ali Jackson
Label: Jazz&People
Released: 2019
Track listing: Escalier; C'est Clair; Dr. Jackle; I'll Be Seeing You; Muhammad's Market; Claqué; Tokyo Dream; Groove du Jour; Flow; Bed-Stuy.
2019 Detroit Jazz Festival
by C. Andrew Hovan
Detroit Jazz Festival Hart Plaza Detroit, Michigan August 30-September 2, 2019 According to the official count, the 40th edition of the largest free jazz festival in North America drew a record crowd numbering some 325,000. Boasting four stages as part of the festival footprint, there seemed to be a reduction in ...
Jazz Sur Son 31 2018
by Luke Seabright
October 5th marked the start of the 2018 edition of Jazz Sur Son 31 in Toulouse and its neighbouring towns. If jazz is part of Toulouse's DNA, a good reminder of this comes from the legacy of one the city's most popular artists, the singer Claude Nougaro who immortalised his hometown in the ballad “O Toulouse." ...
Elliot Mason & Cre8tion: Before, Now & After
by Dan Bilawsky
Jazz has no shortage of albums dealing with the past-present-future continuum--quite the opposite, in fact--but few carry as personal a tone as trombonist Elliot Mason's debut leader date. While speaking to broad concepts in dealing with the music's history and the notion of time taking form as one giant through line, Mason also inserts family ties ...
Aaron Goldberg: Exploring the Now
by Luke Seabright
Aaron Goldberg is a jazz pianist and composer based in New York City. He's released five albums with his trio, featuring Reuben Rogers on bass and Eric Harland on drums. His album The Now, recorded with that same rhythm section and featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel on guitar, was released in 2015 to critical acclaim. As well as ...
Buddy Rich Year-Long Centennial Celebration To Begin At Lincoln Center Tribute on April 7 and 8 at Lincoln Center
Cathy Rich, daughter of the iconic and Award-winning drummer Buddy Rich and vocalist with the Buddy Rich Band, announced today that a year-long tribute will take place celebrating the life and legacy of Buddy Rich on the occasion of the legend’s centennial. After her father’s passing, Cathy devoted herself to preserving the legacy she was born ...
Ted Nash Big Band: Presidential Suite (Eight Variations on Freedom)
by Karl Ackermann
As we live through the most contentious and divisive political cycle in US history, the Ted Nash Big Band Presidential Suite: Eight Variations On Freedom couldn't be more relevant. The significance hits home quickly and pointedly as former Connecticut State Senator Joe Lieberman follows the opening “Overture" with words of JFK that say, in part: ..."civility ...
Wynton Marsalis Quintet at The Palace Theater
by Karl Ackermann
Wynton Marsalis Quintet The Palace Theater Stamford, CT April 30, 2016 There are expectations baked into a live performance from the caliber of a Wynton Marsalis. An artist who has won a Pulitzer Prize for Music, nine GRAMMY awards, serves as the Director of Jazz studies at Juilliard and is actively ...
Saxophonist Christian Winther Releases "Refuge In Sound" on Sound Perspective Music
Christian Winther: Refuge In Sound (Sound Perspective Music). Release Date: March 7, 2016 Featuring: Christian Winther (saxophone) Allyn Johnson (piano) Mike Moreno (guitar) Reuben Rogers (bass) Billy Williams Jr. (drums) Christie Dashiell (vocals on track 3) Saxophonist Christian Winther's new release Refuge In Sound ...
Carlos Henriquez: The Bronx Pyramid
by James Nadal
A common attribute or quality that Latin musicians have is that they are innately connected and tuned into their cultural roots. As in the case of Carlos Henriquez, who holds the bass chair in the prestigious Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Though he performs straight ahead mainstream jazz at a high level with that collective, on ...
