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John Scofield and Joe Lovano at the Regattabar
by Dave Dorkin
John Scofield and Joe Lovano Regattabar Cambridge, MA September 18, 2015 John Scofield has appeared in so many different musical settings, particularly in the past twenty years, that it is easy to forget that while he is capable of exquisite blues, funk, rock and fusion, it is in ...
Keiko Matsui To Release "Live In Tokyo" CD/DVD October 2 Via Shanachie Entertainment
Concert Showcases Soul Quest, Her Most Recent Critically Acclaimed Studio Album Special Guests Include Guitarist Chuck Loeb and Saxophonists Kirk Whalum & Tom Braxton U.S. Tour October 9-November 15 Covers Boston, Washington DC, Cleveland, and Seattle On October 2, Shanachie Entertainment will release Live In Tokyo, the definitive concert experience from contemporary jazz icon Keiko Matsui. ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Over 100 Free Performances For 2015-2016 Season
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Over 100 Free Performances for 2015-2016 Season Plus Residencies with World-Renowned Performers September 2015 — May 2016 Highlights include: Gunther Schuller Memorial Concert; Round Number Birthday Concerts – Anthony Coleman 60, Fred Hersch 60, Ran Blake 80 and Frank Sinatra 100; Annual Film Noir Concert In ...
Gary Burton: On ECM & Playing With Pat Metheny
by Mark Sullivan
Vibraphonist Gary Burton was a busy man at the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival. He was a member of the Mack Avenue Superband (organized by Mack Avenue Records, his current record label), and joined Artist-in-Residence Pat Metheny for two shows. The Pat Metheny/Gary Burton Quartet Reunion took place on Saturday night, and the North American premiere of ...
Yuhan Su: A Room of One's Own
by Hrayr Attarian
Vibraphonist and composer Yuhan Su's second release as a leader A Room Of One's Own is an intensely impressionistic work that captivates with its creative energy. Compared to her enchanting debut, Flying Alone (Inner Circle, 2012), the current album is more cohesive with the eleven tracks intricately interlinked. If her first was a series of charming ...
Michael Ricci: A Modern Day Jazz Messenger
by Ian Patterson
All About Jazz is celebrating its twentieth anniversary but for founder Michael Ricci it's business as usual. For the Philadelphian that means dedicating huge amounts of time and energy to giving jazz musicians everywhere a platform, promoting the music globally, providing numerous services and encouraging debate around the key issues facing jazz today. This ...
Bruno Råberg Quartet: Hot Box
by Mark Sullivan
Bassist-composer Bruno Råberg leads an adventurous, empathetic pianoless quartet on Hot Box, his seventh recording as a leader. Born in Sweden, he has been living in the U.S. since 1981, and is a professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. His collaborations with trumpeter Phil Grenadier and saxophonist Allan Chase go back over 10 ...
Trio \ Def (Drouin/Eagles/Froman) Release Debut Album
Groove-laden tracks, textural scenarios, and multi-hued passages are all front and center on (Drouin/Eagles/Froman)—the debut album from trio \ DEF. The cooperative threesome of bassist Marc-Andre Drouin, guitarist Wayne Eagles, and drummer Ian Froman digs deep, delivering music that’s alternately menacing and disarming, barbed and beautiful, and patient and restless. High-octane jams, earthy encounters, and airy ...
Mark Shuman: Morphine's Music Still Resonates With me Today
by Nenad Georgievski
Music documentaries made by fans easily fall into two categories: they either fend off non-believers or they turn them into true believers and draw them into the fold. Director Mark Shuman's film Journey of Dreams about the band Morphine begins almost by excluding the non-believers but all the way through it opens its gates for everyone ...
Jorrit Dijkstra: Music for Reeds and Electronics - Oakland
by Neri Pollastri
Il sassofonista e compositore olandese Jorrit Dijkstra, classe 1966, da anni negli States e allievo di Steve Lacy, Misha Mengelberg e Bob Brookmeyer, presenta in questo lavoro una serie di composizioni per quintetto di sole ance, nelle quali però sperimenta anche l'uso dell'elettronica. Al suo fianco troviamo musicisti importanti, tra i quali spicca--specie ...
