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Article: Live Review

Valby Summer Jazz 2012: Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6-15, 2012

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 24, 2012

Valby Summer JazzPrøvehallen in Valby and The Betty Nansen TheatreCopenhagen, DenmarkJuly 6-15, 2012 Good things tend to grow, at least when there's passion and dedication involved, and Valby Summer Jazz, which primarily takes place at the outskirts of Copenhagen in the suburb of Valby, is indeed a labor of love that ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Unity Band

by Ian Patterson
July 16, 2012

Pat Metheny Unity Band Nonesuch Records 2012 It may be premature to write about the Pat Metheny Group in the past tense, but it's been seven years now since The Way Up (Nonesuch Records, 2005) and its last world tour. A feeling is creeping in that the 68-minute opus may have ...

News: Festival

Caramoor International Music Festival Presents The 2012 Jazz Festival, June 28-29

July 3, 2012

Caramoor International Music Festival’s annual weekend-long Jazz Festival has become a premiere destination for jazz music for artists and fans alike. The 2012 Jazz Festival – July 28 and 29 – welcomes some of the industry’s brightest talents and celebrated chart-toppers, demonstrating the breadth and diversity of the state of jazz. On Saturday, the festival kicks ...

News: Event

Ty's Take: 2012-2013 Jammin' At The Gem Talent And Dates

June 30, 2012

The Jammin’ at the Gem Concert Series is back again with five stellar performances lined up. This season kicks off on September 29th with Chick Corea and Gary Burton and the Harlem String Quartet. Corea is one of the most well renown and respected composers in all of music and has received over fifty Grammy nominations ...

Article: Catching Up With

Wayne Krantz: Inspired Transition

by Ian Patterson
June 20, 2012

It's taken guitarist Wayne Krantz the guts of twenty years to pen a CD of songs with lyrics and sing them. Howie 61 (Abstract Logix, 2012) is a departure from the music he has recorded previously, though Krantz, Carlock, Lefebvre (Abstract Logix, 2009) hinted at this new direction. There's less guitar work than might be expected ...

News: Recording

Nonesuch Releases New Pat Metheny Unity Band Record, June 12

June 12, 2012

Saxophonist Chris Potter, Drummer Antonio Sanchez, and Bassist Ben Williams Join Guitarist Metheny First Metheny-led band in 30 years to feature sax also embarks on 39-city summer & fall tour See upcoming tour dates For the first time since his 1980 release 80/81, guitarist Pat Metheny has recorded with a band that features tenor saxophone. Unity ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Unity Band

by John Kelman
June 8, 2012

In a time when compressed music is the norm—often removing the details an artist has worked so hard to capture in recording—it's great to have someone like guitarist Pat Metheny still paying attention to the very minutiae that can make a very, very good record great. Unity Band would be a very, very good record under ...

Article: Album Review

Ro Sham Beaux: Ro Sham Beaux

Read "Ro Sham Beaux" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
May 12, 2012

The four New England Conservatory students who make up Ro Sham Beaux would have you believe that their sound is some kind of convoluted indie-rock/jazz hybrid. That pretense is present in the rock 'n' roll production values of the record and in the album artwork; it's even there in the press release.That's all well ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Wayne Krantz: Howie 61

by John Kelman
May 10, 2012

Wayne KrantzHowie 61Abstract Logix2012He's long been a musician's musician and a guitarist's guitarist--there's a reason Steely Dan's Donald Fagen recruited him for his last solo disc, Morph the Cat (Reprise, 2006), and saxophonists David Binney and Chris Potter called him up for Graylen Epicenter (Mythology, 2011) and Underground ...

Article: Interview

Adam Cruz: Making Some Room

by R.J. DeLuke
May 7, 2012

Playing drums with some of the finest musicians around, touring the globe with them, and teaching music can be a lot on the plate of a person fortunate enough--and talented enough--to find themselves in that situation. In fact, that's a solid career.But for Adam Cruz--a much sought-after drummer on the New York City scene ...