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Satoko Fujii Trio: Trace A River
by Jerry D'Souza
Pianist and composer Satoko Fujii returns with Mark Dresser (bass) and Jim Black (drums) on another exciting recording. Not only does Fujii go further in her explorations, she also shows a deeper sense of harmony, developed in tandem with her band. Her writing is varied and accentuates her skill as a composer. In the ...
Noah Preminger Group: Dry Bridge Road
by Jerry D'Souza
The consequences of investigating a debut recording are often unknown. In the case of saxophonist Noah Preminger the result is, quite simply, positive. He is a player who invests much thought into his playing. He is rich in churning dense, atmospheric forms with an occasional composition having a lighter ambience. Whatever the stance, the underlying appeal ...
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra: Harriet Tubman
by Budd Kopman
Bassist, librettist, composer, and conductor Marcus Shelby has created with the jazz oratorio and double CD Harriet Tubman, a work that ought to have a place of honor in the intersecting worlds of jazz and American Black history. Performed exquisitely by the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, with vocals mostly by Faye Carol as Harriet Tubman, but ...
Noah Preminger Group: Dry Bridge Road
by Michael P. Gladstone
This is the debut recording from a young and exciting saxophonist who, at the age of 22, seems calm, cool and collected. Noah Preminger heads a group that includes edgy, downtown Manhattan musicians Ben Monder (guitar), Frank Kimbrough (piano), Ted Hebert (bass) and Russ Johnson (trumpet). Such a youthful tenor saxophonist might be expected to eagerly ...
The Stein Brothers Quintet: Quixotic
by Michael P. Gladstone
The theatre darkens and the curtain opens. The opening frame on the silver screen shows a foggy, cliff-side road like the Pacific Coast Highway. An Austin-Healey convertible, with the top down, is negotiating the curves along the scenic stretch. As the camera slowly zooms in on the driver's head, the music from the radio is clearly ...
Bill Cole's Untempered Ensemble: Proverbs for Sam
by Dan McClenaghan
Bill Cole has such a typical American name that those unfamiliar with his music could be forgiven for expecting to hear quintessential American jazz on his recorded offerings. Cole, a rare breed of jazz artist who has focused his efforts on uniting Eastern sounds with the American art form, is a musical seeker who has, over ...
Renowned Jazz Guitarist Mark Elf Debuts Jazz Guitar Conservatory
MarkElfConservatory.com offers students affordable, practical approach to learning jazz guitar with video lessons, narrated tutorials, music PDF and midi-files, access to critiques by Mark Elf and much more Master jazz guitarist Mark Elf, who has worked with the Jazz Giants, Dizzy Gillespie, The Heath Brothers, Clark Terry, Wynton Marsalis, Jon Hendricks and many others, and has ...
Jamie Baum Septet: Solace
by Glenn Astarita
When flautist/composer Jamie Baum releases a new album, many modern jazz aficionados take notice. With a core septet and others sitting in on various works, Baum pays homage to trumpeter/flugelhorn great Kenny Wheeler, and modern classicist Charles Ives. One of the many highlights of this set includes the “Ives Suite," where she rearranges the composer's famous ...
Jessica Jones Live at Bowery Poetry Club, NYC
by David Miller
Jessica Jones Quartet Featuring Candace Jones Bowery Poetry Club New York, New York July 13, 2008 The first notes of Candace Jones' voice hit me like a tornado. Sure, they were sung softly, but that did not lessen their impact. I smiled to myself. So much beauty in the ...
Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra: Harriet Tubman
by Michael P. Gladstone
Harriet Tubman is an ambitious jazz opera, largely composed and arranged by bassist Marcus Shelby for his Jazz Orchestra. Shelby was a member of Black/Note, an ensemble that recorded for Blue Note and Impulse! during the first half of the 1990s. The biographical heroine of this effort is the 18th-century woman who rose from slavery to ...
