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Article: Live Review

Wynton Marsalis Quintet at The Palace Theater

by Karl Ackermann
May 4, 2016

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 ...

News: Recording

Saxophonist Christian Winther Releases "Refuge In Sound" on Sound Perspective Music

March 9, 2016

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 ...

Article: Album Review

Carlos Henriquez: The Bronx Pyramid

Read "The Bronx Pyramid" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
February 8, 2016

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 ...

News: Recording

Blue Engine Records Releases Carlos Henriquez's Debut Album "The Bronx Pyramid"

October 20, 2015

Critically acclaimed bassist and Latin music master Carlos Henriquez announced the release of The Bronx Pyramid, his debut recording as a leader, on Blue Engine Records. The Bronx Pyramid, the second release from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records, features Henriquez expertly blending modern jazz with Latin rhythms on original compositions and new arrangements of ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis at the Mesa Arts Center

by Patricia Myers
October 20, 2015

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Mesa Arts Center Mesa, Arizona September 25, 2015 A sophisticated and engaging performance by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis was a meld of the trumpeter-leader's ongoing homage to jazz history plus the spark of original compositions from his current ...

News: Recording

Blue Engine Records' Debut Album Release: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra  with Wynton Marsalis' " Live in Cuba" streets on August 21, 2015 

July 20, 2015

Available now for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon Blue Engine Records, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new platform that makes its vast archive of recorded concerts available to jazz audiences everywhere, releases its debut title, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis' Live in Cuba, on August 21, 2015. The album featuring the world-renowned big band ...

News: Performance / Tour

Carlos Henriquez Sextet at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola - Jan. 23-25

January 15, 2015

World Premiere of New CD! January 23-25, 7:30pm & 9:30pm Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Reservations: 212-258-9595 Carlos Henriquez, longtime bassist for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, steps out on his own with exciting new music featuring a blend of Latin and jazz grooves. This gig will feature music from his yet-to-be released ...

Album

Amalgamations

By Ali Jackson

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2014

Article: Album Review

Ali Jackson Jr.: Amalgamations

Read "Amalgamations" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
December 23, 2014

Stretto collaboratore di Wynton Marsalis, il trentottenne Ali Jackson è l'attuale batterista della Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Nato a Detroit, laureato in composizione alla New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, è stato allievo di Elvin Jones, Max Roach e ha operato in vari contesti assieme a Joshua Redman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, George Benson, James Carter, Marcus ...

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Take Five With Tracy Mothershed

by AAJ Staff
August 21, 2014

Meet Tracy Mothershed: I use to listen to my mother play the piano and try to follow her... I would listen to my Grandmother sing and Grandparents dance. My uncle Douglas and I would sing and sing... play records and I would pretend to have a microphone and be a famous jazz singer.