Results for "Bjork"

Cara Dineen

"A very special voice... the lady that can sing" -Dee Dee Bridgewater 'Anomalous Chanteuse' Cara Dineen is a multi-faceted performer, vocalist, and composer. She made quite a stir over the past decade, performing with her two bands: The Brooklyn Sugar Stompers (traditional early "hot jazz" & blues) and jazz/pop mashup band BELLATONIC throughout the NYC- Metro area and beyond. After graduating Summa Cum Laude and obtaining her B.M. in vocal performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2009, she moved to New York where she and her bands were selected to perform for a multitude of high-profile event clients including: SpaceX, Coco Chanel, GQ Magazine, and the NYC Viennese Opera Ball, among many others

Logan Richardson: To Boldly Go Where No Jazz Has Gone Before

by Chris May
March 8, 2021

In a 2016 interview, Kansas City-born alto saxophonist Logan Richardson said: “Jazz will constantly change because there's constantly a new us, new times. There will always be a fight from the conformists--but they don't represent where the tradition is coming from." Richardson was talking not long after the release of his adventurous Blue Note album, Shift, ...

Saxophone Colossi: An Alternative Top Ten Banging Albums

by Chris May
February 18, 2021

Miles Davis once said you could tell the history of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker. You might want to add John Coltrane, you might even want to add Davis. But however you cut it, saxophones and trumpets have been the flag bearers of the music. Trumpets got things rolling and saxophones came into ...

Tara Minton: Please Do Not Ignore the Mermaid

by John Eyles
November 25, 2020

Born in Melbourne, Australia, but resident in London since 2011, Tara Minton is a harpist, vocalist and song writer who straddles the boundary between jazz and contemporary composition. She has an interestingly eclectic musical history; she previously played with Melbourne Opera for some years and also toured with Björk. Please Do Not Ignore the Mermaid is ...

Renowned Brazilian Composer And Pianist Antonio Adolfo Releases "BruMa - Celebrating Milton Nascimento"

June 22, 2020

Antonio Adolfo is one of the premier pianists, composers, and arrangers to emerge from Brazil, a country rife with exceptional musical talent. A prolific recording artist, Adolfo is now releasing BruMa: Celebrating Milton Nascimento. A multi-Latin Grammy and Grammy nominee, Antonio Adolfo is an internationally recognized Latin jazz star. He met singer and composer Milton Nascimento ...

Alice Soyer: A Tale of Two Wings

by Jim Worsley
April 20, 2020

To think of Alice Soyer is to immediately get in touch with your feelings. Soyer is a most accomplished composer, pianist, and vocalist, who also brilliantly shares her distinct impressions through her drawings and paintings. Born and raised just outside of Paris, Soyer's art, in any form, denotes the cherished moments and adventures of her life ...

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Majel Connery, un talento da seguire

by Vic Albani
August 5, 2019

Allora, andiamo calmi per ordine e con calma perché questa signora merita davvero attenzione e quindi anche più spazio del solito. Di sicuro pochissimi ne hanno già sentito parlare. Si chiama Majel Connery e la sua vita è divisa da tempo fra la bay-area in California e New York. Delle due realtà respira da ...

Björk: Jazz Muse & Hyperballadeer

by Ludovico Granvassu
May 21, 2019

If jazz is, as someone put it, the sound of surprise, then it makes complete sense that countless musicians have become enamored with the music of Björk. Like the most innovative jazz musicians, Bjork is a restless artist who tries to continuously reinvent herself, often blending familiar sources in completely unprecedented ways, and deliberately challenging the ...

Ballaké Sissoko at Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre

by Rob Garratt
May 7, 2019

Ballaké SissokoSheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre Le French May Arts FestivalHong Kong May 5, 2019 The kora must be one of the world's great improvisatory instruments, and Mali's Ballaké Sissoko is surely one of the instrument's most visible proponents. Somewhere between a harp and a double lute, the ...