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Idle Hands: Solid Moments
by Dan Bilawsky
Producer and Posi-Tone co-head Marc Free wears a lot of hats, including those of curator and cooperative chemist. Since 2018, Free has been piecing together various outfits and concepts, tipping his hat to touchstones, adding new slants to his label's rich catalog and engaging in outreach and audience development in the process. Not content to simply ...
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Art Hirahara
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Art Hirahara is a jazz keyboardist and composer based in New York, NY. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Art moved to New York in 2003 to be challenged by its pool of world-class musicians. Here he has honed his craft, performing in a wide range of musical situations ranging from straight ahead standards to time cycle-based progressive jazz to free improvisation. From the traditional to the avant-garde, Art has found a sound of his own that cuts across genres and boundaries. Art began his training in music at the age of four, studying with Sue Shannon, an unconventional classical piano teacher who taught improvisation and composition from the earliest stages of musical development
Royal Hartigan & Blood Drum Spirit: Time Changes
by Karl Ackermann
Drummer, pianist, and composer, Royal Hartigan, first encountered bassist Wes Brown and saxophonist David Bindman at Wesleyan University. The three were instrumental in the early development of the Ghanaian-American group Talking Drums and recorded Blood Drum Spirit (Innova) in 1993 with Kevin McNeal on guitar. The ensemble's follow up, Blood Drum Spirit: Royal Hartigan Ensemble Live ...
Something Blue: Maximum Enjoyment
by Paul Rauch
Maximum Enjoyment is a curated effort by Posi-Tone producer Marc Free to feature the label's artists individually and collectively. The recording features a talented front-line of alto saxophonist Alexa Tarantino, trombonist Nick Finzer, and tenor saxophonist Sam Dillon, backed by an uber rhythm section featuring pianist Art Hirahara, bassist Boris Kozlov, and drummer Rudy Royston.
2019 Providencia International Jazz Festival
by Pablo Reyes
In just two days, the Festival Internacional de Jazz de Providencia met the expectations of the public. The eighteenth edition of this event, held in the Sculpture Park of Providencia, Chile, was produced by its new director and a Chilean drummer with a long career, Alejandro Espinoza. Unlike in previous years, Espinoza developed a program emphasizing ...
Phronesis, Art Hirahara, Marcus Klossek and a Posi-tone focus
by Bob Osborne
Featured on this show are new releases from Phronesis, Art Hirahara, and German guitarist Marcus Klossek. There is also a focus on the excellent Posi-tone label with great music from a selection of artists from their exciting roster. Recent ECM releases and classic cuts from Ornette Coleman and Miles Davis complete two hours of great jazz. ...
Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches To Play Record Release Concert At DROM NYC On June 14 With Emmy-Nominated Actor Rob Morrow
Banjo Nickaru & Western Scooches are likely the only band today infusing elements of Gullah-Geechee and world rhythms with folk traditions, Americana, New Orleans influences, and 1920s jazz. The forthcoming sophomore album, Get Us Out Of Fearland , due June 15, builds upon the multicultural exuberance that made the band’s debut, Very Next Thing, a transcendent ...
Dream Ago
Label: Big Modern Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Dream Dancing, Cole Porter
Cake of My Childhood, Gabrielle Stravelli & Pat O'Leary
Little Zochee, Pat O'Leary & Gabrielle Stravelli
Where Is The Song?, Bob Dorough
If Only Love Was Blind, Gabrielle Stravelli
Didn't You Tell Me, Gabrielle Stravelli, Jason Robinson & Pat O'Leary
Bicycle Blues, Ray Gallon, Pat O'Leary, Gabrielle Stravelli and Jason Robinson
It Might As Well Be Spring, Rodgers & Hammerstein
Dream Ago, Gabrielle Stravelli & Pat O'Leary
Prism, Gabrielle Stravelli & Pat O'Leary
More, Gabrielle Stravelli
Now I Know, Gabrielle Stravelli, Pat O'Leary & Jason Robinson
Central Line
By Art Hirahara
Label: Posi-Tone Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Central Line; Kuroda Bushi; Astray; Drawing With Light; Introspect; Little Giant; The Giant Catfish; Sensitive Animal; Tracing The Line; Entanglement; As Minhas Meninas; Redwood Thaw; Kin-Ka: Gold Coin; Yuyake Koyake.
Gabrielle Stravelli at The 75 Club
by Tyran Grillo
Gabrielle Stravelli The 75 Club New York, NY December 18, 2017 Jazz vocalist Gabrielle Stravelli's third album, Dream Ago, was the core subject of an intimate performance at The 75 Club, welcoming to her stage pianist Art Hirahara, bassist Pat O'Leary, and drummer Rob Garcia, and where she proved ...
