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Ryan Truesdell: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
by Edward Blanco
Pianist, band leader and composer Ian Ernest Gilmore Green, or as he is better know, Gil Evans, played an instrumental role in the development of free, modal, fusion and most of all, cool jazz. Evans numbers extensive collaborations with the great Miles Davis and arranging duties for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra in the 1940s among his ...
Ryan Truesdell: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
by Dan Bilawsky
Ryan TruesdellCentennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil EvansArtist Share2012Those who choose to focus their energy on arranging and composing rarely get the attention and praise that comes to their instrument-wielding counterparts, but the cream always manages to rise to the top and get noticed. Such was the case ...
Esperanza Spalding: Buffalo, NY, April 18, 2012
by Kelly E Schultz
Esperanza Spalding Radio Music SocietyUniversity of Buffalo Center for The Arts/ Esperanza SpauldingBuffalo, NYApril 18, 2012It's always a good day when jazz comes to Buffalo, NY. It's a great day when a Grammy Award-winning jazz artist performs for an intimate crowd at University at Buffalo's Center of the Performing Arts.
Anna Borges and Bill Ward: Receita de Samba
by Hrayr Attarian
Boston area husband and wife team Anna Borges and Bill Ward are the creative force behind Receita de Samba, a collection of 11 classics by various Brazilian composers. Both sing on alternate tracks that mix samba and bossa nova with other regional variations. A percussion heavy band that also includes flutist Amir Milstein ...
Meeco: Beauty of the Night
by Chris May
Anyone unfamiliar with Paris-based composer/producer Meeco and his gorgeous, sophisticated jazz can get approximate bearings from two other artists. One is Antônio Carlos Jobim, partly for the influence of bossa nova on Meeco's writing, partly for the heart-on-sleeve romanticism his songwriting shares with Jobim. The second is Astrud Gilberto, who is suggested by the Brazilian vocalist ...
Elly Hoyt: Elly Hoyt
by Ian Patterson
Tasmanian-born Elly Hoyt's self-titled debut catapulted her into the forefront of the jazz scene Down Under, winning the coveted Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album in 2011. Australian jazz is perhaps stronger than ever, with a veritable wealth of young musicians emerging and festivals popping up like 'roos, and this award serves meaningful notice ...
Erin Dickins: In Her Own Voice
by Chris M. Slawecki
It was a long time coming, but for singer Erin Dickins, recording her debut solo album Nice Girls (Champagne Records, 2010) proved well worth the wait.Several musical lifetimes ago, Dickins was a founding member of Manhattan Transfer and appears on their first album, Jukin' (Capitol, 1971). While she has remained close with Tim Hauser, ...
Rae Ann Perez New CD "Midnight in Paris"
Time for something new. The new Rae Ann Perez CD Midnight In Paris has its official release date on October 7th and will be available on CD Bbaby, Amazon, iTunes and more. A new term “World Jazz," is what best describes the 12 song release of Rae Ann's 8 originals compositions and 4 modernized jazz classics. ...
Eliane Elias: San Francisco, CA, September 16. 2011
by Grahame "Buzz" Ware
Eliane Elias Yoshi's San Francisco, CA September 16, 2011 Sometimes you can never anticipate a peak experience. Oh, sure there can be plenty of expectation and great intentions but when it comes, you're blown away and gone. This is what happened at Yoshi's, San Francisco, where Eliane Elias came as advertised, ...
Trio da Paz and Guests: New York, NY, August 18, 2011
by Ernest Barteldes
Trio da Paz with guests Joe Locke, Maucha Adnet, Harry AllenThe Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan GetzDizzy's Club Coca-ColaNew York, NYAugust 18, 2011 During its two-week residence at Manhattan's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Trio da Paz (Romero Lubambo on guitar, Duduka Da Fonseca, drums, and Nilson Matta, upright ...
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