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Barefooted Town
By David Binney
Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2011
Track listing: Dignity; Seven Sixty; The Edge of Seasons; Barefooted Town; Secret Miracle; A Night Every Day; Once When She Was Here.
When The Heart Emerges Glistening
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Confessions To My Unborn Daughter; Jaya; Henya Bass Intro; Henya; Far But Few Between; With Love; Regret (No More); Ayneh (Cora); My Name Is Oscar; The Walls of Lechuguilla; What's New; Tear Stained Suicide Manifesto; Ayneh (Campbell).
R.J. DeLuke's Best Releases of 2011
by R.J. DeLuke
It's that time again--a reluctant glance at some fine records. Take with two grains of salt... a pint of ale and two fingers of Wild Turkey ain't a bad idea either ...The annual process of selecting any list of “best" for the year is a precarious endeavor, especially in music where one man's Miles ...
Troy Collins' Best Releases of 2011
by Troy Collins
Compiling end of the year lists is never easy. Considering the quantity of recordings issued during a year, attempting to mention every noteworthy session would result in a list of epic proportions. These few albums are a cross-section of some of the best modern jazz released in 2011, highlighting sophisticated new developments in composition and improvisation--from ...
Carnegie Hall & Joyce/George Wein Foundation Present Ambrose Akinmusire Big Band
JAZZ TRUMPETER AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE LEADS HIS BIG BAND FOR ITS WORLDWIDE DEBUT PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, IN ZANKEL HALL Jazz trumpeter and Blue Note recording artist Ambrose Akinmusire leads his big band for the ensemble's worldwide debut performance on Saturday, December 3, at 10:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall. The trumpeter, whose talents have been increasingly ...
Noah Haidu: Carving Out His Place
by R.J. DeLuke
New York-based pianist Noah Haidu came to jazz through the blues, listening to the searing, soulful guitar moans of Buddy Guy and Albert King. But his training, at the age of six, had its advent in classical music. He also likes to experiment with electronics. All these things go into the musical blender of ...
Ben van Gelder: Frame of Reference
by Mark F. Turner
It's hard to believe that Frame of Reference is a debut. The compositions are beguiling, spirited yet poised, and doused with the arid phrasing of a seasoned master. But there's also a youthful exuberance that accompanies 22 year-old saxophonist Ben Van Gelder, who studied music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and travels between New York and ...
Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications
Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications from Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians Next Generation Jazz Festival Includes Free Concerts, Clinics, Workshops, and Jazz Competition, March 30 to April 1, 2012 in Downtown Monterey Country's Top Young Players Compete for Performance Opportunities at 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September ...
Le Boeuf Brothers: In Praise of Shadows
by Mark F. Turner
Projects such as the Le Boeuf Brothers' In Praise of Shadows should help quiet the debate on whether or not jazz is stagnating. The twins--keyboardist Pascal and saxophonist/clarinetist Remy--are talented musicians and award-winning composers who are a part of the new breed of young artists, like trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist John Escreet and bassist Esperanza Spalding, ...
Vince Mendoza: Nights on Earth
by John Kelman
It's been 13 years since Vince Mendoza last released an album of all-original music with Epiphany (Zebra, 1999); but it's not as if he hasn't been busy. He's a first-call arranger for high profile jazzers, working on guitarist John Scofield's 54 (EmArcy, 2010), now-deceased keyboard giant Joe Zawinul's Brown Street (Heads Up, 2007), and über-trumpeter Randy ...
