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John Butcher: So Far
by Sammy Stein
Saxophonist John Butcher's career could have taken an academic path. He completed a Ph.D in theoretical physics--Charmed Quarks to be precise--but left the academic world behind shortly thereafter. As a saxophonist, Butcher has played with and collaborated with many musicians. He is not afraid to try completely off the wall musical experimentation.
Joan Chamorro and Andrea Motis: Feeling Good
by Bruce Lindsay
Feeling Good is well named: the feelgood vibe is strong and the love of music that reaches out from this album is pretty much guaranteed to leave listeners with a similarly good feeling. It's the second album from Joan Chamorro--bassist, saxophonist and director of Barcelona's Sant Andreu Jazz Band--and the band's star member, the teenage singer ...
Magos Herrera: Rebirth in New York
by Gabriel Medina Arenas
New York City became the new jazz mecca during the 1920s, when many top jazz musicians from Chicago and the rest of the U.S. migrated to the Big Apple. Jazz musicians from around the globe moved there every decade, knowing New York has some of the top jazz venues in the world, a dozen jazz festivals, ...
Kiko Berenguer: Aire
by Bruce Lindsay
Spanish saxophonist Kiko Berenguer has a keen ear for a melody. He's also a lover of flamenco. Both of these characteristics are apparent from the opening bars of Aire, his third album as leader, which combines jazz and flamenco in a set of original tunes. The lightness of Berenguer's compositions and the energy that ...
Barcelona Voll-Damm Jazz Festival 2013
by Bruce Lindsay
Barcelona Voll-Damm Jazz Festival Various Venues Barcelona October 29-November 3, 2013 A short quote, repeated to me more than once over the course of a few days in Barcelona, proved to be at the heart and soul of the 45th Barcelona Voll-Damm Internacional Jazz Festival. It goes something like this--"On the ...
Manuel Gutierrez: Illa Da Lua
by Bruce Lindsay
Manuel Gutierrez has built up a sizeable discography, but he's not previously released an album under his own name. Illa Da Lua is his debut as leader, but it's worth noting that the cover gives equal prominence to his rhythm section partners, bassist Tom Warburton and drummer Dani Dominguez. It's a fair share of the credits, ...
Finding Carlton Screenings In Europe - June 2013
Finding Carlton continues to gather interest, both within the jazz community and with others. The film will have its first screenings in Europe in June. All screenings will include a post film discussion with the Director of the Film. Barcelona, CASA ASIA, June 11 Berlin, The TAGORE CENTER, June 13 Paris - MUSEE QUAI BRANLY - ...
Charles Lloyd / Jason Moran: Hagar's Song
by Enrique Turpin
No habrá que pasar por alto que la grabación de Hagar's Song no está producida por Manfred Eicher, sino por el propio Charles Lloyd junto con su mujer y mánager Dorothy Darr. El asunto debió de surgir de un modo natural, mientras el matrimonio observaba tal vez una de las fantásticas puestas de sol que se ...
Jose James: No Beginning No End
by Enrique Turpin
Tal vez no sea intención de José James (Mineápolis, 1978) reemplazar a D'Angelo en el reinado del neo-soul que se empezó a fraguar a mediados de los años 90, pero puede que lo logre sin proponérselo. En su cuarto trabajo --y primero para Blue Note-- ha recuperado el testigo que seguía en el suelo a la ...
Jorge Rossy: When Rhythm Becomes Harmony
by Marta Ramon
Jorge Rossy arrived at Berklee College of Music in 1990 to study trumpet, despite already being a professional drummer. In Boston, the front line musicians--most of them were his teachers at the school--would hire him to play important gigs. Even with this brief anecdote one can get an idea about the Spanish multi-instrumentalist's special charisma and ...
