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Nnenna Freelan With The Charleston Jazz Orchestra at Charleston Music Hall
by Rob Rosenblum
Nnenna Freelon with the Charleston Jazz Orchestra Charleston Music Hall Charleston, SC January 18, 2018 If you were expecting fireworks and bombastic performances of favorite pop tunes, jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon might have disappointed you in her Charleston debut last Friday night at the Charleston Music Hall. But if your ...
Five Women XI – Cheryl Bentyne, Hilary Gardner, Sinne Eeg, Fay Victor, Andrea Marr
by C. Michael Bailey
Cheryl Bentyne Rearrangements of Shadows: The Music of Stephen Sondheim Artist Share Records 2017 Sometimes, a gathering of our better angels happens, resulting in an exceptional event. In the present case, these better angels are: post-bop jazz, jazz arrangement, Stephen Sondheim and the irrepressible Cheryl Bentyne. All of these elements are ...
Nicole Henry with the John Toomey Trio in Norfolk
by Mark Robbins
The Attucks Jazz Series kicked off the 2017-2018 season with bombastic vocalist Nicole Henry backed by John Toomey on piano, Jimmy Masters on bass and Chuck Redd on drums. Ms. Henry, winner of the Soul Train's “Best Traditional Jazz Performance," presented a varied repertoire including songs by Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers and many jazz ...
Troels Jensen and The Healers feat. Miriam Mandipira: My Love
by Chris Mosey
After studying music in her native Zimbabwe, Miriam Mandipira moved from that unhappy country, first to South Africa, then 10 years ago to Denmark. Here she became a mainstay of the local blues scene. Her influences, she said, were Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith but she sounded more like Aretha Franklin and Randy Crawford and still ...
Tortilla Soup with Tony Lindsay At Yoshi's
by Walter Atkins
Tortilla Soup with Tony Lindsay Yoshi's Oakland Post Eclipse Party Oakland, CA September 1, 2017 Powerhouse band Tortilla Soup lit up Yoshi's Oakland with their savory blend of soul, R&B, funk, Latin rock, and salsa along with special guest vocalist Tony Lindsay of Santana fame.
Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs At The Paramount
by Mike Perciaccante
Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs The Paramount Huntington, NY July 5, 2017 Michael McDonald has had a long and storied career. In the early days he was a member of Steely Dan's touring group. Over time he became one of the many adjunct members of the band, working on 1975's Katy ...
Videos: Back Women Cross Over
African-American women came into their own in the early 1960s as solo pop singers. Long pegged as jazz or R&B recording artists in the '50s or members of girl groups in the early '60s, African-American women began to cross over to the pop charts thanks largely to exposure on major record labels, runs at supper clubs ...
David Finck: The Bass, Scatting Offenses, and the Back Hoe
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
David Finck is not only a first-call bassist with a long resume of high-profile recordings and gigs, but he's one of the most versatile musicians on any instrument. Finck has been in the studio, touring, and/or sharing the world's greatest stages with everyone from Andre Previn to Ivan Lins, Woody Herman to Natalie Cole and Kenny ...
Intervista a Enrico Pieranunzi
by Daniele Vogrig
Da Charlie Parker a Bruno Canino, da Chet Baker a Domenico Scarlatti, passando per George Gershwin e la musica folklorica romana. In occasione di un suo recente progetto dedicato alla figura di Gershwin, abbiamo avuto il piacere di incontrare Enrico Pieranunzi per una lunga e stimolante chiacchierata, ripercorrendo insieme la sua carriera ultra- quarantennale.
Tim Ray Trio: Windows
by Angelo Leonardi
Il pianista Tim Ray è noto soprattutto per le collaborazioni con protagonisti della musica pop (Lyle Lovett, Aretha Franklin, Bonnie Raitt) piuttosto che con jazzmen (Gary Burton, Esperanza Spalding, Phil Woods, Dave Douglas, Brian Blade, Lewis Nash) o con organici classici come la Boston Classical Orchestra. Professore associato al Berklee College of Music ...
