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Jean-Michel Pilc: What Is This Thing Called?
by Mark Corroto
Jean-Michel Pilc's solo piano recording What Is This Thing Called? might have been titled “Thirty-one Conversations About One Thing." That 'one thing' being his 31 variations on Cole Porter's composition “What Is This Thing Called Love." Why record 31 versions of one song? Maybe ask yourself why Claude Monet created so many paintings of the same ...
Colonic Youth, Andy Farber, Tal Ronen & Paquito D'Rivera
by Martin Longley
Colonic Youth Trans-Pecos December 22, 2014 In the wintry wasteland, the new-ish Trans-Pecos venue did not seem to boast a particularly peachy set-up. It may or may not still be operated by Todd P, normally known as a promoter of slightly swerved rock outfits, and there were tales of this ...
Nicole Pesce Quartet at the Musical Instrument Museum
by Patricia Myers
Nicole Pesce QuartetMusical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona November 16, 2014 The astounding ingenuity and amazing repertoire of pianist Nicole Pesce dazzled yet another audience at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix when she performed in solo, duo and quartet settings as part of the museum's “I Am AZ Music" series.
Sharel Cassity: Manhattan Romance
by Tom Pierce
Since she relocated to New York City in 1999, the steadily building career of this Oklahoma native includes a Bachelor's from the New School and a Master's at Juilliard. Sharel Cassity studied under a number of renowned saxophonists and recorded two CDs. The second, Relentless (Jazz Legacy, 2009), received a 4-star review in Downbeat, whose Critics ...
Bologna Jazz Festival 2014
by Libero Farnè
Bologna e Ferrara 28.10-22.11-2014. Il Bologna Jazz Festival non è certo un festival che perlustra il fermento dell'attualità, che espone le proposte più “forti" e innovative della ricerca americana ed europea, ma non si può nemmeno definire un appuntamento di mainstream nel senso stretto della parola. Salvo rare eccezioni, l'ottava edizione del ...
Kitty la Roar and Nick Shankland at Scarfe's Bar
by Sammy Stein
Kitty la Roar and Nick Shankland Scarfe's Bar London November 13, 2014 With her elegance and style, Kitty la Roar cuts a beautiful, diminutive figure, gracing Scarfe's Bar in The Rosewood Hotel. La Roar is a singer whose confidence is growing, and with it the quality of her ...
Cat Conner: Cat House
by C. Michael Bailey
West Coast Vocalist Cat Conner's debut recording, Cat Tales (Rhombus Records, 2012) was a critical highlight vocal recording of the year. Conner's grace and sophistication come from the same school that produced Shirley Horn, Rebecca Parris and Patti Wicks. She is a master of the slow ballad and that may be the least of her considerable ...
Paul Jost: Breaking Through
by Gloria Krolak
One of the most endearing moments of jazz vocalist Paul Jost's new solo CD, Breaking Through, in an album of many such moments, is perhaps his chuckle and the “Oh, George," he lets out after a fresh rendition of “Singing in the Rain." Endearing because Jost connects with the listener by the sigh meant for and ...
Ryan Keberle & Catharsis: Into the Zone
by Vincenzo Roggero
Into the zone, ossia quello stato mentale che permette ai musicisti di astrarsi completamente dalle distrazioni esterne per concentrarsi esclusivamente sul processo creativo. Prende forma così una condizione di estrema confidenza, di palpabile intimità tra musicisti, le cose accadono con estrema naturalezza e le idee fluiscono senza impedimento alcuno. È questo l'approccio dichiarato dal trombonista e ...
Stella Bass: Too Darn Hot
by Ian Patterson
Singer Stella Bass is a stalwart of Dublin's live music scene, leading small jazz ensembles and collaborating with the HotHouse Big Band and the Dublin City Jazz Orchestra. Bass's debut jazz recording follows Smoke and Sound (Self Produced 2010), her cabaret tribute to Kurt Weil, Bertold Brech, Marlene Dietrich et al. In the main, Too Darn ...
