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Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen: The Satie Project II
by Dave Wayne
The music of Eric Satie may well be some of the most malleable and adaptable works ever composed. This could be partly due to the fact that Satie himself stood well outside of the musical mainstream of his time, thus his compositions are comparatively unencumbered by the stylistic baggage of his era. Satie was avant-garde before ...
Matt Wilson Quartet: Gathering Call
by Glenn Astarita
Other than leading his Arts & Crafts and Quartet ensembles, drummer Matt Wilson may be among the most recorded jazz session drummers of recent times. With guest pianist John Medeski, the ensemble delves into a set consisting of Wilson originals and a mixed bag of pop and jazz tunes, penned by diverse artists such as Beyonce,' ...
Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski: Gathering Call
by Dan Bilawsky
Drummer Matt Wilson may define the ideal of unabashed enthusiasm better than anyone else in jazz. His cymbals and drums even seem to be smiling when he sets sticks to them, so it should come as no shock that musical zeal is a key factor in the success of Gathering Call. For his eleventh album as ...
Matt Wilson Quartet + John Medeski: Gathering Call
by Mark Corroto
When he is not occupying the drum chair of one of dozens of bands that he is called upon to inject with his contagious effervescence, drummer Matt Wilson can be found leading his two bands, Arts & Crafts and the Matt Wilson Quartet. Both quartets feature stellar bassists, Arts & Crafts--Martin Wind and here, Chris Lightcap. ...
Charles Evans: Subliminal Leaps
by Eyal Hareuveni
On his six release as a leader young baritone saxophonist Charles Evans chose to feature a chamber jazz quartet that is inspired by the innovations of contemporary music of the twentieth century. Evans wrote pieces specifically for veteran sax master Dave Liebman, playing only the soprano sax here, and his musical vision is realized with two ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies & Contemporary Improvisation Departments Present Nearly 50 Free Performances For The Winter/spring 2014 Season
Plus Two Events at Museum of Fine Arts and Residencies with World-Renowned Performers January 16 – May 30, 2014 Highlights include Sun Ra Centennial Concerts; World Premieres of Charles Mingus’ Half-Mast Inhibition and Gunther Schuller’s From Here to There; A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall; Jazz and the Struggle for Freedom and Equality; residency by Dave Holland; ...
Satoko Fujii & Natsuki Tamura: Gen Himmel / Dragon Nat / Tornado
by Hrayr Attarian
Pianist Satoko Fujii and her husband trumpeter Natsuki Tamura are one of the most boldly creative and fearlessly innovative couples in contemporary music. For the past three years they have also been quite prolific, releasing eight albums on their own Libra Records alone. This increase in productivity, however, has not come at the expense of quality ...
Wayne Wallace’s Latin Jazz / Jazz Latin Earns Grammy Nomination For “Best Latin Jazz Album”
World-renowned trombonist, composer, arranger, and producer Wayne Wallace has earned a GRAMMY nomination for “Best Latin Jazz Album” for his CD Latin Jazz / Jazz Latin his seventh CD on the Patois label. The CD, which topped the radio charts and earned rave reviews and a place on numerous top CDs of the year lists, displays ...
Gary Smulyan / Dominic Chianese: Bella Napoli
by Dan Bilawsky
Capri records seems to be committed to promoting meetings between actor-singers and jazz heavies. First came the pairing of Wilford Brimley and drummer Jeff Hamilton's trio in September of 2013. Now, right on the heels of that release comes a meeting between Dominic Chianese--best known as Uncle Junior on HBO's The Sopranos--and baritone saxophone ace Gary ...
Legendary Jazz Group Weather Report Rises With Legacy Project
Documentary “Calm Before The Storm" to be directed by Tony Zawinul Seminal jazz group Weather Report rises again with the Weather Report Legacy Project and crowdfunding initiative. The new project, launching December 9, 2013, will support the creation of a documentary, “Calm Before the Storm." The film documents the group from its beginnings in 1970, through ...
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