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Alexis Cuadrado: A Bassist in New York
by Franz A. Matzner
Bassist, bandleader, and innovative composer Alexis Cuadrado has made a name for himself over the last decade with a series of ambitious albums that push the envelope of jazz composition. His latest work A Lorca Soundscape (Sunnyside, 2013) may very well represent the most challenging piece yet to emerge from his restive mind. As thought provoking ...
Bassist/Composer Alexis Cuadrado Presents "A Lorca Soundscape" At The Jazz Gallery, This Friday & Saturday Night!
CD RELEASE CONCERTS THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 & 21 Located at 1160 Broadway, NYC Alexis Cuadrado - bass, percussion, background vocals, compositions, Claudia Acuña - voice, Yosvany Terry - alto saxophone, Dan Tepfer - piano, Henry Cole - drums To be released on September 24, 2013 on Sunnyside Records, A ...
Alexis Cuadrado: A Lorca Soundscape
by Dan Bilawsky
When times are tough, injustice is in the air, and something needs to be said, jazz always finds a way to do the talking. In times past, it was Billie Holiday singing “Strange Fruit" at Cafe Society, drummer Max Roach and vocalist Abbey Lincoln pouring their hearts out on We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite ...
Fabrizio Sotti: Right Now
by Chris M. Slawecki
Right Now consolidates the many different threads that Italian songwriter, guitarist and producer Fabrizio Sotti has explored in his career and weaves them all into a singular, beautiful tapestry. Serving as arranger and producer, he divides Right Now into an even mix of jazzy, reflective originals and soft jazz reflections of songs by Bob Marley, U2 ...
Fusion Groovin’
by Chris M. Slawecki
Analog Players Society Hurricane Season in Brooklyn Studio Brooklyn 2012 Hurricane Season in Brooklyn marks the debut of the Analog Players Society (APS), an extension of the lifelong pursuit of the groove by the percussionist, engineer and producer known as Amon, who first discovered Turkish, West African and Middle Eastern music ...
Numerology: Live At Jazz Standard
Label: Evolutionary Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: First Movement: Zero To Three (Expansion); Four (Formation); Five (Change); Six
(Balance); Second Movement: Seven (Rest); Eight (Manifestation); Nine (Dispersion).
R.J. DeLuke's Best Releases of 2012
by R.J. DeLuke
A ton of fine music came out in 2012, like most years, making these year-end lists very difficult. A lot we don't get to hear, so that limits some. For example, I've not yet heard the 2012 disks of drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Christian Scott or guitarist John McLaughlin and the Fourth Dimension. Having seen each ...
Fabrizio Sotti: The Key to Music
by Fernando Rodriguez De Mondesert
Invited to perform at the 16th edition of the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, this past November, guitarist Fabrizio Sotti was sitting on the beach in Cabarete, along the country's north coast, when this interview took place.Sottis' most recent release, Inner Dance (E1, 2010), was almost his third release, following the guitarist's This World Upside ...
David Gilmore: Numerology: Live At Jazz Standard
by Dan Bilawsky
Numbers and music are inextricably linked together. Numbers exist within every musical impulse and control the very nature of music through their connective ratios and relationships. This concept is explored to the fullest, without coming off as inaccessible “math music," on guitarist David Gilmore's Numerology: Live At Jazz Standard. Gilmore--not to be confused ...
Exit Zero International Jazz Festival: Cape May, NJ, November 9-11, 2012
by Sandy Ingham
Exit Zero International Jazz FestivalCape May, NJNovember 9-11, 2012After the beating the Northeast took from Hurricane Sandy and a snowy nor'easter, people were ready for something positive, and for some it came in the form of the first Exit Zero International Jazz Festival in Cape May, New Jersey.Pianist Ramsey Lewis, bassist ...
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