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Center City Jazz Fest: Five Years Strong
by Geno Thackara
Center City Jazz Festival Philadelphia, PA April 30, 2016 “The Fifth Annual Center City Jazz Festival is officially sold out!" Thus tweeted a spokesperson from @ccjazzfest two days before the start of Philadelphia's annual celebration (most likely its founder, local trombonist Ernest Stuart). I'm not sure if there was any backup plan ...
Coltrane-Younger-Douglas Trio al Cremona Jazz
by Vincenzo Roggero
For Turiya Trio Auditorium Giovanni Arvedi Cremona 16.04.2016 Un contrabbasso che parte sottovoce per aumentare gradualmente di intensità, gocce di rugiada che arrivano da delicate escursioni sulle corde dell'arpa ed il sax tenore che entra in sordina per poi abbandonarsi ad un viaggio che profuma di misticismo e di spiritualità, dove ...
Harp Happenings: Brandee Younger And Pacific Harp Project
by Dan Bilawsky
Harp happenings are relatively rare in jazz, but they are there. And when two highly agreeable and strikingly different harp-centric affairs appear on your doorstep around the same time, it really makes you stop and take notice of the instrument, its potential, and the players who are moving it forward and outward in various directions. Both ...
Live At The Breeding Ground
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
Track listing: Soul Vibration; Wax And Wane; Essence Of Ruby; Hortense; REspected Destroyer;
Dames; Blue Nile; He Has A Name (Awareness); Effi.
Brandee Younger 4tet: Live At The Breeding Ground
by Dan Bilawsky
While a list of currently operating notables on nearly any given instrument could fill anywhere from a chapter to a book or two, a rundown of head-turning active jazz harpists might only fill out a very small portion of a leaflet. The most important among them--Latin jazz trailblazer Edmar Castaneda, refined role model Carol Robbins, and ...
Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2014
by C. Andrew Hovan
Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival 2014 Cultural District Pittsburgh, PA June 20-22, 2014 With its modest beginnings back in 2011, the Pittsburgh JazzLive International Festival had nothing but an uphill battle in terms of sustaining a free jazz festival. It took a billion dollar endowment to keep North America's largest free ...
Camille Thurman: Origins
by Hrayr Attarian
Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist Camille Thurman is not just another girl singer accessorizing with a horn. She is a first class saxophonist that blows the proverbial roof off the place and an accomplished stylist who uses her vocal cords like she does her various woodwinds, with agility and sophistication. Her sophomore effort Origins is a testament ...
Edmar Castaneda: A World Of Music
by Ian Patterson
The harp may be the least common instrument in jazz/improvised music--even the humble kazoo gets more of a run out. Dating back over 5,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, the harp in its various guises is common to nearly all cultures across the continents. Throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America the harp is an important element of ...
WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series Returns Saturdays In October + 1 In November
WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM’s Award-Winning Kids Jazz Concert Series Returns with Five Free, Interactive Programs for Young People Fall Series Includes Concerts Featuring The Firey String Sistas!, Courtney Bryan Ensemble featuring Brandee Younger,New York Voices, Ignacio Berroa and Victor Jones Orchestrio NEWARK, NJ: WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM’s award-winning, free Kids Jazz Concert Series, which brings jazz ...
Michael Campagna: Moments
by Edward Blanco
Michael Campagna may be one of the newest ambassadors of modern jazz on the scene today, and Moments--his debut on the Netherlands' Challenge Records--highlights his talent as an improviser and composer, as well as showcasing his chops as a saxophonist and flautist. A follow-up to his debut as leader--Passionate Nature (CDBY, 2006)--Moments is a personal representation ...
