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Notable and Nearly Missed 2015
by C. Michael Bailey
John Petrucelli Quintet--The Way (Self Produced, 2014). New Jersey-native saxophonist John Petrucelli is an ambitious young man releasing his debut recording, The Way, as a two-CD set. The eleven selections presented are divided roughly in half, original compositions to standards. Petrucelli's quintet contains both a guitar and piano as harmony instruments, providing a fully-realized foundation for ...
Vocalist Allison Adams Tucker Performs At The Blue Note Sunday Brunch January 17, 2016 In Connection With JazzConnect & APAP Conferences In New York
Allison Adams Tucker, the California-based multi-lingual jazz vocalist, will perform at the Blue Note Sunday Brunch in New York City on January 17, 2016 for two sets at 11:30am & 1:30pm. Tucker will be previewing selections from her upcoming album WANDERlust, as well as presenting a program of Brazilian-infused jazz tunes that she sings in six ...
Kenneth Salters Haven: Enter to Exit
by Luca Muchetti
Nove brani per raccontare il proprio mondo musicale, per la prima volta da titolare. Si intitola Enter to Exit il debutto di Kenneth Salters Haven, batterista originario del Connecticut ma dal 2006 stabilmente sui palchi del jazz newyorkese. Dopo una lunga palestra che ha fatto incrociare il compositore e bandleader con Don Byron, Chris Potter, Aretha ...
Dave Stryker: Messin' with Mister T
by Angelo Leonardi
Il “Mister T" del titolo è Stanley Turrentine, il sax tenore scomparso quindici anni fa che ha rappresentato uno dei musicisti più influenti nella carriera di Dave Stryker. Il chitarrista ha collaborato con Turrentine per oltre un decennio e ora lo celebra ospitando dieci eminenti tenoristi contemporanei. L'organico base è il classico organ trio che l'ha ...
Randy Brecker: Hittin' It with "RandyPOP!"
by Bob Kenselaar
In his 62 years playing music--starting trumpet at eight years old--Randy Brecker has played all kinds of music, but for many years now, he's mostly been known as a solid, top-flight, first-call jazz player, a modern post-bop soloist and bandleader who carries around his old '70s fusion-funk Brecker Brothers fame in his back pocket. So, with ...
Lee Ritenour at Scullers
by Dave Dorkin
Lee Ritenour Scullers Boston, MA October 4, 2015 Guitarist Lee Ritenour has made a career as such a versatile session man (with session work ranging from Joe Henderson to Pink Floyd) and has done so many smooth jazz and pop dates that hardcore jazz fans can be forgiven ...
Mirko Pedrotti Quintet: MPQ
by Giuseppe Segala
Mirko Pedrotti, vibrafonista, percussionista e compositore trentino, giunge con questo lavoro al secondo CD a proprio nome, alla guida del quintetto che con lo stesso organico (più qualche ospite, tra cui Saverio Tasca) pubblicò nel 2013 Kimèra. Unica variante, la sostituzione del pianista di allora Luca Poletti con Luca Olzer, che qui compare alle tastiere Rhodes ...
European Jazz Conference 2015
by Ian Patterson
European Jazz Conference Budapest Music Centre Budapest, Hungary September 24-27, 2015 In times when war and poverty are provoking large-scale migrations to Europe, the responses both individually and collectively of the European nations have raised important questions concerning responsibility, human rights, humanitarian aid and trans-national collaboration. In the light of Orwellian ...
The Unity Sessions
by Mario Calvitti
Pat Metheny The Unity Sessions Eagle Vision 2015 Il progetto della Unity Band è nato nel 2012 per soddisfare il desiderio di Pat Metheny di inserire un sassofonista nel suo gruppo, cosa che non succedeva dai tempi di 80/81 quando i sassofonisti erano addirittura due, Michael Brecker e Dewey Redman. ...
Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions
by John Kelman
Pat Metheny Unity Group The Unity Sessions Eagle Eye Media 2015 With the release of the The Orchestrion Project (Eagle Eye Media, 2012) DVD/Blu Ray video and associated The Orchestrion Project (Nonesuch, 2013) two-CD set released just over three months later, Pat Metheny changed his approach to the live recordings that ...
