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Yo Miles, Jing Chi, Mar Russo and Arc Trio with John Daversa Big Band
by Len Davis
We finish our tour of Europe with German Band Metrik system and Hungarian band European Mantra. Jimmy Haslip, Vinnie Colaiuta and Robben Ford from Jing Chi, Yo Miles from Upriver and French Canadian guitarist Michel Cusson. Saxophonist Marc Russo with Benny Rietveld, Christian McBride band, German composer and keyboard placer MSM Schmidt and The ARC trio ...
Day 3 at Newport Jazz Festival: Hearing the Future and Honoring the History
by Dave Kaufman
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Sunday, the fest's final day, was glorious, with perfect weather and large, enthusiastic crowds. Friday and Saturday had killer lineups, but the festival arguably saved the best for last. There were a total of 17 acts. This included young emerging stars such as Samara Joy and ...
Renewing the Legacy: The Day 2 Musical Odyssey at the Newport Jazz Festival
by Dave Kaufman
Day 1 | Day 2 | Part 3 The first day at the Newport showcased a multitude of performers who could be described as “beyond jazz" or “jazz adjacent." Their performances were greeted enthusiastically, and they added a palpable energy and a festive vibe. In the last two days of the festival, the balance ...
Miho Hazama M_Unit: Beyond Orbits
by Angelo Leonardi
Uno degli eventi al Monterey Jazz Festival del 2021 è stato il concerto dell'M_Unit di Miho Hazama, la giovane compositrice e bandleader giapponese che s'è imposta tra le figure più innovative della sua generazione. In quell'occasione Hazama ha presentato la suite in tre movimenti “Exoplanet" che--incisa poi in studio--costituisce il fulcro del disco appena pubblicato dalla ...
Miho Hazama's M_Unit: Beyond Orbits
by Chris May
Beyond Orbits is the fêted composer and conductor Miho Hazama's fourth album with M_Unit. She founded the band in 2012, two years after moving from Tokyo to New York and while she was still studying for a masters in jazz composition at the Manhattan School of Music. Hazama released M_Unit's first album in ...
Introducing Drummer Mecadon McCune
by Sanford Josephson
Mecadon McCune has been immersed in music since he was born. His father is veteran jazz pianist Brandon McCune; his mother, Christine Clemmons-McCune, is an opera singer. “My dad made sure that I was learning piano since I was about four years old," he said, “but growing up I really did not like learning the piano. ...
Nicole Zuraitis: How Love Begins
by Dan Bilawsky
Love is not for the faint of heart. Its tides are unpredictable, bound to different souls, intensifying and ebbing in parallel to the feelings and favors of each individual who exerts their gravitational pull on an evolving romance. Musically charting those waters--depicting the full scope of that sea through song--is no simple feat. Yet some supreme ...
Registration Now Open For New Jersey Performing Arts Center's TD Jazz For Teens Education Program
Announcing New Class: Music Composition & Arranging Impacting Thousands of Young Musicians for the Past 25 Years Fall Semester: October 7–December16, 2023 Spring Semester: January 27-May 18, 2024, 10:00am-5:00pm (schedules vary) New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Colton Institute for Research and Training in the Arts, 24 Rector Street, Newark, NJ, 07102 (Newark Penn Station ...
George Freeman: The Good Life
by Jack Bowers
For guitarist George Freeman, The Good Life has also been a long life. He was a nimble-fingered ninety-five-year-old plectrist when this splendid album was recorded in May and June 2022, which makes it all the more grievous to know it would be organ maestro Joey DeFrancesco's last recording date; he died of a heart attack some ...
Donny McCaslin, Kira Linn, Meshell Ndegeocello, Alexander Claffy & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
This week's playlist features two recent albums by, or featuring, Donny McCaslin. Also, a new record by German baritonist Kara Linn plus a score of forward looking bass players and leaders, from Meshell Ndegeocello to Linda May Han Oh, Ben Wolfe and Philly natives Christian McBride and Alexander Claffy.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison ...
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