Results for "Billy Joel"
Ghosts In The Machine, Part 3: Jazz Musicians And Popular Music

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Part 3: The GhostsIn a recent essay in Commentary, Terry Teachout, arts and culture critic for the Wall Street Journal, makes an argument for the date on which the jazz era officially ended and the rock/pop era beganMay 9, ...
Meet Jonathan Glass

New York, New York, we can't imagine our latest jazz Super Fan thriving anywhere else, inspired as he is by the sports teams, the museums, the art galleries, the theater, and the jazz clubs-perhaps most of all, the jazz clubs. You might have spotted him, sketchbook in hand, capturing the spirit of the night's performance for ...
Brad Mehldau: Suite: April 2020

"Suite: April 2020 è un'istantanea musicale della vita nel mondo in cui ci siamo trovati tutti. Ho cercato di ritrarre al pianoforte alcune esperienze e sensazioni che sono allo stesso tempo nuove e comuni a molti di noi." Con queste parole di una semplicità disarmante Brad Mehldau introduce in una nota di presentazione il suo terzo ...
Eddie Daniels: 'Sings' Ivan Lins

Eddie Daniels, one of the finest of clarinetists during his decades in jazz, is still an active, curious, exploring musician. He welcomes new things. His latest album, Night Kisses: A Tribute to Ivan Lins (Resonance Records), set to be released at the end of July, represents something new for him. Music is an art ...
4 Wheel Drive: 4 Wheel Drive

Sometimes it's not so much who's doing the playing as how well they play together. Just as some bands seem to perform beyond their individual skill sets, there have been heavily heralded, much hyped super groups" that amounted to almost nothing of substance. In the case of 4 Wheel Drive, a quartet consisting of ...
UHHM: UHHM

UHHM's self-titled debut album throws progressive rock and free jazz into a dizzying, heavily improvisational mix of satisfying songs and forgettable avante-garde experiments. Created in 2017, UHHM is a Baltimore-based trio with Nick Sala on guitar, Jack Naden on drums and Chris Frick on keyboards and French horn. Their genre-blending and experimental compositions ...
Lou Lanza: Scenes from an Italian: The Billy Joel Project

Lou Lanza is a charismatic jazz artist with a unique approach to his creativity. His 2018 album Scenes from an Italian: The Billy Joel Project is not about original songs, but it is actually about offering an original spin on the tunes of one of the most beloved songwriters of all time: Billy Joel.Through ...
Singer-Songwriter Alexa Ray Joel Returns To Cafe Carlyle, February 24-March 7
Café Carlyle is pleased to welcome back Alexa Ray Joel for a two-week engagement, February 24–March 7. Reviewing a previous engagement at the Café, The New York Times called Joel, daughter of music legend Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, “a singer following her own heart,” adding, “Her original work... is firmly grounded in a pop ...
Eufórquestra Announces New Album "Fire" Out March 25

Fort Collins/Denver-based band Eufórquestra (pronounced: yoo • FOHR • keh • struh) returns with their fourth full-length studio album, Fire, set for worldwide release on March 25, 2014. Fire was produced by Kyle Hollingsworth (The String Cheese Incident) and mastered by Dominick Maita, whose credits include Billy Joel and Herbie Hancock. The album spans 14 funk-infused ...
Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock Honored at Kennedy Center (Video)

The elite of Washington D.C. honored five giants of the performing arts Sunday night at the 36th annual Kennedy Center Honors. Billy Joel, Carlos Santana, jazz musician Herbie Hancock, opera singer Martina Arroyo and Shirley MacLaine were saluted in a ceremony that will air Dec. 29 on CBS. President Obama served as the master of ceremonies. Watch: ...