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Introducing "Raindrops," the Third Album from Inimitable Newfoundland Guitarist, Duane Andrews
Every raindrop tells a story Duane Andrews' music is born of an adventurous spirit and a love of music that transcends category. Uniting the Gypsy Jazz of legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt with traditional Newfoundland music, classical training and contemporary composition, Duane's music soars. From this multiple award-winning guitarist, composer, producer and international touring artist comes a ...
Emilie-Claire Barlow Set to Wow Port Hope Jazz Festival
Singer. Actor. Arranger. Producer. Manager. Emilie-Claire Barlow's stellar career reflects her mastery of all of these roles. She returns to Port Hope next week fresh from winning the 2008 Female Vocalist of the Year Award at the National Jazz Awards. Two weeks ago, she was nominated for a Gemini Award for her performance at the 2008 ...
Melody Diachun: EQ
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Many critics love to debate if a record is jazz or pop or funk. However, many excellent recording and performing artists are sometimes either genre-bending or genre-defying. Besides, to serious fans of the art, there is either good music or bad music--that which is worth listening to or that which is eminently forgettable. Among the sea ...
Funding Cuts "Pull Rug out from Under" Jazz Event
A showcase event for Canadian jazz proposed for 2010 and meant to market musicians to international promoters appears to be doomed because of recent federal arts funding cuts. Jazz Festivals Canada, the not-for-profit organization consisting of 19 events across the country, was in the midst of planning Total Jazz Totale, envisioned to take place in Ottawa ...
Puentes Brothers: Morumba Cubana
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Thanks to a recently concluded distribution deal with Ryko in the United States, the smaller Canadian label, Alma will be releasing some of its wonderful catalogue to discerning American and worldwide listeners. Some of this features relatively older recordings, like Puentes Brothers' Morumba Cubana (Alma, 2000). Listeners will soon see it was well worth the wait. ...
Vito Rezza and 5 after 4: Drums of Avila
by Raul d'Gama Rose
One conundrum that bedevils the jazz music industry is that oftentimes a critically acclaimed artist may not necessarily be as well known as he or she should. The work of Vito Rezza bears testimony to this unseemly fact. For instance, Drums of Avila (Alma 2004), now being reissued for the US market in 2008 is Vito ...
Joel Miller: Tantramar
by Mark Corroto
Listening to Tantramar by saxophonist Joel Miller keeps reminding me of the lyrics to “Life is Grand" by the rock band Camper Van Beethoven: “And life is grand, And I will say this at the risk of falling from favor, With those of you who have appointed yourselves, To expect us to say something darker."
Satoko Fujii: Jazz, with a Little Japanese Rock for Good Measure
MONTREAL -- Consider Satoko Fujii something of a late bloomer. Even though she started playing piano at the age of 4, she didn't realize that improvisation was her calling until she was 20, and she didn't start recording as a jazz musician until 1996, when she was in her late 30s. Since then, however, the 49-year-old ...
Guelph Jazz Festival 2008
The Guelph Jazz Festival, which focuses on innovative and creative improvisation, runs in Guelph, Ont., from Sept. 3 to 7, with concerts, workshops and symposiums. Here are some of this year's highlights. Sept. 3: DJ Spooky and Vijay Iyer. A collaboration between one of New York's most adventurous turntablists and one of jazz's most promising young ...
Michael Occhipinti: The Sicilian Jazz Project
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Michael Occhipinti The Sicilian Jazz ProjectTrue North Records2008 It is a fact of history that modern music can be traced to the seven-note diatonic scale (do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti)--solffeggio--that came into existence when the Benedictine monk, Guido of Arrezo created its scale. He did so ingeniously, by nominating syllables from the ...
