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Saxophonist Dayna Stephens Releases "Gratitude" on Contagious Music

April 20, 2017

Featuring Dayna Stephens, Brad Mehldau, Julian Lage, Larry Grenadier, and Eric Harland. Available on Contagious Music. “Gratitude leaves a lasting impression swimming in honest emotion and beautiful sounds. Dayna Stephens' journey thankfully isn't over, and the results are something we can all be grateful for as well."—Geno Thackara, AllAboutJazz.com “To hear his music is to fall ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Talk Thelonious: NRBQ + Terry Adams plays Terry Adams Arrangements of Thelonious Monk Songs

by C. Michael Bailey
September 24, 2015

Musician and AAJ contributor Skip Heller calls the New Rhythm and Blues Quartet (NRBQ), “the greatest band of all time." A listen to the band's catalog reveals a depth and breadth of material that betrays an omnivorous appreciation of all American Music, all with a wicked and acute sense-of-humor, something so much music lacks. Never a ...

Article: Album Review

Indigo Mist: Cuong Vu - Richard Karpen: That The Days Go by and Never Come Again

Read "That The Days Go by and Never Come Again" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
October 16, 2014

Tributo elettroacustico a Duke Ellington e Billy Strayhorn, recita il comunicato stampa per il lancio di That The Days Go By and Never Come Again, album licenziato a nome Indigo Mist. Ci sarebbe da arricciare il naso vista la valanga di operazioni simili che ormai inflazionano da anni mercato discografico e rassegne nazionali, ma se a ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Trio Logic: Phishbacher, Dominic J Marshall, Bob Henschen Trios

by C. Michael Bailey
March 20, 2014

The traditional jazz piano trio (piano, double bass and drums) remains a robust and productive format for jazz performance and interpretation. Here are three examples supporting this. Phishbacher Trio Dreamcatcher Jazz Sick Records 2014 Pianist and composer Walter Fischbacher with his wife, singer/composer Elisabeth Lohninger ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Christmas IV: Jazz Instrumental - Duke Ellington, Tim Warfield, Manhattan Brass and Ted Rosenthal Trio

by C. Michael Bailey
December 1, 2013

This holiday season has turned out better than the past several when considering quality seasonal music releases. The jazz instrumental contingent has provided several fine recordings for consideration. Harmonie Ensemble / New York, Steven Richman Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn / Piotr Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suites Harmonia Mundi ...