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Jeff Holmes Quartet: Of One's Own
by Bruce Lindsay
It's not the job of liner notes to critically appraise the recording for which they were written. Liner notes are supposed to be laudatory, occasionally hagiographic, but they're never meant to critique. That's the job of the review. Reviews don't make good liner notes and vice versa. Exceptions prove rules, however. So congratulations must go to ...
Dafnis Prieto: Experiments in Spontaneity
by R.J. DeLuke
Improvisation--music in the moment, eloquently once called “the sound of surprise"--takes place in genres besides jazz. But in America's indigenous art form, it is a cornerstone. The degree to which a song might contain improv varies greatly. Sometimes it's hard to tell in a highly arranged piece where the musicians are taking liberties. Other times its ...
Jazz For Obama 2012 @ Symphony Space on October 9th
The Jazz Concert for America's Future Jazz For Obama 2012, Tuesday October 9th Featuring Ron Carter Dee Dee Bridgewater Jim Hall Roy Haynes Kenny Barron Joe Lovano Kenny Garrett Christian McBride Jimmy Heath Jeff Tain Watts ...
Arturo O'Farrill Sextet: Detroit Jazz Festival, September 2, 2012
by Steve Bryant
Arturo O'Farrill SextetDetroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISept. 2, 2012This year's Detroit Jazz Festival had so much from the Latin side that one could choose from the genre buffet. If the Puerto Rican plate didn't move you, there was The West Coast flavas and even some Spanish sabor. For the fans of good ...
Changing of the Guard: The 33rd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival
by C. Andrew Hovan
The 33rd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MichiganAugust 31- September 3, 2012They don't call it the largest free jazz festival in North America for no reason. Every Labor Day weekend in Detroit, jazz fans try to wrap their brains around the diverse and generous offerings of one of the country's most successful jazz festivals, ...
David Bixler: The Nearest Exit May Be Inside Your Head
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist David Bixler's ties to pianist Arturo O'Farrill have had positive and negative consequences. The positives are a raised profile, a fairly steady gig for twelve years and counting, and the opportunity to paint atop brilliantly arranged Latin platforms of varying shapes, colors and sizes for audiences around the world. So, one might wonder, what could ...
Arturo O'Farrill: The Noguchi Sessions
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Arturo O'Farrill has been around the block a few times and is rightly respected for his role in elevating the Latin big band genre, but he has shied away from the idea of recording a solo piano album for a long time. In the fall of 2011, O'Farrill found himself sitting behind a Steinway piano ...
13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival
13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival-Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, March 30 until April 30, 2012 presented by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. This music series is New York City's longest continuously running grassroots festival dedicated to jazz. More than 500 artists will be performing in 40 events at venues from Coney Island to Williamsburg ...
Prez Fest 2012 Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie at Saint Peter’s Church Sunday, March 4th
Prez Fest 2012 Celebrating Dizzy Gillespie: Trumpeter, Composer, Arranger, Bandleader and NEA Jazz Master Featuring Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, David Sanchez Quartet, The New York University Jazz Orchestra conducted by Rich Shemaria featuring “Special Guest Trumpeter" and other festival participants: Donald L. Maggin, Stanley Crouch, Gary Giddins, Jimmy Heath, Mike Longo & ...
27th Havana International Jazz Festival: Havana, Cuba, December 15-18, 2011
by Louis Heckheimer
27th Havana International Jazz Festival Havana International Jazz Festival Plaza Havana, Cuba December 15-18, 2011 [Note: This is the second of a series of articles reporting on concerts and other activities that took place, as well as profiles of Cuban musicians who took part.] The Havana International Jazz Festival ...
