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Chris Washburne and The SYOTOS Band: Fields Of Moons
by Dan Bilawsky
Keeping a band afloat in today's world is no easy feat. Keeping a band in business with a weekly jazz gig for twenty straight years borders on the impossible. Trombonist Chris Washburne has managed to make both happen, while juggling a busy performing career, studio work and teaching commitments at Columbia University, and he shows no ...
Theo Bleckmann: I Dwell In Possibility
by Dan Bilawsky
The title of this record also defines vocalist Theo Bleckmann's artistic philosophy. Bleckmann is probably the only human being to ever properly interpret the music of Kate Bush and the compositions of Charles Ives, and his range as an artist doesn't stop there. Bleckmann's Winter & Winter albums, along with successful side projects, have earned him ...
Assaf Kehati Quartet: Live at Blue Note
by Dan Bilawsky
Assaf Kehati QuartetBlue NoteNew York, New YorkAugust 1, 2010 Guitarist Assaf Kehati brought his enthralling post-modern, Middle Eastern-tinged music to an appreciative though occasionally chatty, crowd during Sunday jazz brunch at New York's Blue Note. Kehati's education--with undergraduate studies at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in his ...
Ryan Keberle Double Quartet @ the Rubin Art Museum August 27th
The Ryan Keberle Double Quartet will be performing at the Rubin Art Museum on August 27th at 7pm as part of their Harlem in the Himalayas series, presented in conjunction with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Mr. Keberle will be performing music from his critically acclaimed, recently released CD, Heavy Dreaming. Here's what the critics ...
Ernesto Cervini: Little Black Bird
by Dan Bilawsky
Wit and wisdom are doled out in equal measure throughout many of drummer Ernesto Cervini's compositions. Whether he is writing a piece in honor of his grandmother ("Nonna Rosa") or musically reliving a bad bird-related experience on his honeymoon ("Little Black Bird"), his music always comes across as smart, with an occasional tongue-in-cheek element at play. ...
Dave Wilson: Spiral
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist Dave Wilson's Spiral isn't directed at one specific jazz-listening demographic. High-brow originals ("Spiral") line up next to new arrangements of neglected jazz works (Richie Beirach's “Elm"), while rock-based performances (Creed's “My Own Prison") reside near gentler soprano saxophone statements ("Summer Breezes"). Fortunately, disparate stylistic directions don't derail the overall sound or focus of this project ...
Jim Rotondi: 1000 Rainbows
by Dan Bilawsky
Trumpeter Jim Rotondi's steady stream of solo albums and work with the collective supergroup One For All--along with his role as a jazz educator and Selmer clinician--have put him at the epicenter of the jazz world. For this, his third album on Posi-Tone Records, Rotondi rounded up some fellow Big Apple-based heavy hitters to join him, ...
Bob Mamet: Impromptu
by Dan Bilawsky
The title of Impromptu is somewhat misleading. All three musicians in this trio have lightning-quick reflexes and great improvisational skills that certainly help to make instant magic, but the songs themselves aren't off-the-cuff creations as the title might imply. Pianist Bob Mamet has crafted ten catchy charts in a variety of styles and leaves plenty of ...
Ken Fowser & Behn Gillece: Little Echo
by Dan Bilawsky
Tenor saxophone and vibraphone frontlines--while not as commonplace as two horn teams--have their place in history. Lionel Hampton and Stan Getz had a marvelous meeting in the studio and Milt Jackson recorded with Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane, on different occasions. Bobby Hutcherson added to this legacy, working with Dexter Gordon and maintaining a ...
Kevin Kastning and Sándor Szabó: Returning
by Dan Bilawsky
Returning is a rare album that is remarkable for its instruments as well as its instrumentalists. Guitarist Kevin Kastning brings some of his inventions, including the 12-string extended baritone guitar and 12-string alto guitar, into play once again, on this fourth duo disc with guitarist Sándor Szabó. A stark immediacy is present on ...
