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Mike Holober and the Gotham Jazz Orchestra at The Jazz Standard, NYC
by Budd Kopman
Mike Holober and the Gotham Jazz OrchestraThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkFebruary 11, 2008 That The Jazz Standard was packed on a very cold Monday night for the early set, and sold out for the second set, is a tribute to the following that pianist/composer Mike Holober has built, ...
Cuong Vu: Vu-Tet
by Jerry D'Souza
Cuong Vu has long established his reputation as an adventurous musician who takes his compositions and his trumpet playing into constantly evolving worlds. His is a constant forging of the new and different, traits that he wraps in thought-provoking schematic concepts that include jazz, rock and whatever else that grabs his fancy, as long as it ...
Mark Sherman: Family First
by Budd Kopman
The eminently swinging Family First is vibraphonist Mark Sherman's second release with this working band, the previous one being One Step Closer (CAP, 2005). Sherman has been a stalwart of the mainstream scene for twenty years, and brings a true enthusiasm and deep love to this style of jazz. There can be no ...
Grupo Los Santos: Lo Que Somos Lo Que Sea
by Ernest Barteldes
Grupo Los Santos is a New York-based group that successfully looks at Latin and Brazilian jazz from an American point of view. The result is a mixed sonic bag that allows influences from funk and East Coast jazz into the music without compromising the general sound and feel. At their CD release concert ...
The Festival International de Jazz de Montral Wins the Prestigious 2007 Silver Adrian Award
Montreal, Monday, January 28, 2008 -- The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International presented the prestigious Silver Adrian Award 2007 to the Festival International de Jazz de Montral during a ceremony held today in New York. This was the 51st anniversary of the Silver Adrian Award, considered a very high distinction in the travel sector. A ...
Breaking In: Grupo Los Santos at Jazz Standard, NYC
by David Miller
Grupo Los SantosJazz StandardNew York, New YorkJanuary 7, 2008 Jazz musicians are, in general these days, academics. Formal jazz education is more popular than ever. Some would argue that this training has “mainstreamed" the music as most jazzers are learning the same things in school. Perhaps such detractors need to focus ...
The Willie Williams Trio: Comet Ride
by Dan McClenaghan
The opening and title track of Willie Williams' Comet Ride really does blaze out of the speakers like visitor from the outer reaches of the solar system. Williams' searing tenor wails; trailing a fiery tail of sax, splashing cymbals and loping bass lines. And though the trio configuration--sax/bass/drums, without a chording instrument--suggests a free outing, the ...
Frank Macchia with The Prague Orchestra: Landscapes
by Dan McClenaghan
Listening to the opening notes on Frank Macchia's Landscapes, one can't help but hear a Stan Getz vibe blowing into play. It's not the Getz of the bossa nova sounds with Antonio Carlos Jobim, or his boppish mainstream work, but rather the Stan Getz of Focus (Verve Records, 1961), with the tenor saxophonist improvising over a ...
Yoko Miwa Trio: Canopy of Stars
by Michael P. Gladstone
Born in Kobe, Japan but now a Boston area resident, pianist Yoko Miwa offers up another tasty collection of originals for her third release. She is accompanied by her longstanding trio of bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Scott Goulding, drums with bassist Bronek Suchanek subbing on two tracks. In a typically interesting series of ...
Gregg August Sextet: One Peace
by Michael P. Gladstone
When last heard from, Gregg August's debut, Late August (Iacuessa, 2005), left listeners with a smile for the bassist/composer's bipolar emphasis on Latin and hard bop interests. One Peace indicates a new direction for August. While Late August took advantage of a number of high profile guest musicians including saxophonist Frank Wess ...
