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Richard Sussman Quintet: Nyack, NY, July 22, 2012
by David A. Orthmann
Richard Sussman QuintetNyack Jazz Week at the Turning Point CafeNyack, NYJuly 22, 2012Unlike the performance of certain forms of popular music, in which musicians dutifully strive to reproduce perfect versions of tracks from a record, a jazz CD release party proceeds from entirely different expectations. Befitting the music's emphasis on improvisation ...
Bob DeVos and Don Friedman: Nyack, NY, June 29, 2012
by David A. Orthmann
Bob DeVos and Don FriedmanNyack Library Carnegie RoomNyack, NYJune 29, 2012The spate of live performances that expressly pay tribute to various figures from bygone eras of jazz raises a number of complex questions about the music and the business which surrounds it. Do concerts and club dates in honor of musicians ...
Brian Patneaude: All Around Us
by David A. Orthmann
A lot of the good things about All Around Us start from the bottom and work their way up. Saxophonist Brian Patneaude's compositions are a sturdy, coherent lot; they're also rife with odd time signatures, changing tempos, and an amalgam of Latin, funk, and jazz elements. The tunes are a virtual playground for bassist Mike Delprete ...
Joe Hunt Group: New York, NY, May 12, 2012
by David A. Orthmann
Joe Hunt GroupSmalls Jazz ClubNew York, NYMay 12, 2012“It's tough keeping up with these young bloods," Joe Hunt said to the audience with a smile. He was referring to three student musicians from the New England Conservatory (where Hunt directs an ensemble), all of whom are a half century younger than ...
Dmitry Baevsky Quartet: New York, NY April 22, 2012
by David A. Orthmann
Dmitry Baevsky QuartetSmalls Jazz ClubNew York, NYApril 22, 2012Going out to hear live jazz is seldom as easy as finding a suitable place, plunking down some hard-earned cash, and then simply taking in the sounds. Befitting a music that once thrived in dance halls, sporting houses and other places where art ...
Chloe Brisson: Blame It On My Youth
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by David A. Orthmann
Chloe Brisson, a young, prodigiously talented singer in the early stages of a presumably long and fruitful career, had the good fortune to record in exactly the right circumstances. Saxophonist Fred Haas, Brisson's teacher and mentor, wrote arrangements for thirteen tracks that are tailor-made for her voice and interpretative skills. Nonetheless, Blame It On My Youth ...
Dmitry Baevsky: The Composers
by David A. Orthmann
In some respects, The Composers is cut from the same cloth as Down With It, Dmitry Baevsky's 2010 release on Sharp Nine. The alto saxophonist selects seldom-played compositions from the jazz canon and executes thoughtful interpretations, so that the heads of tunes like Cedar Walton's “Ojos de Rojo," Wayne Shorter's “Mister Chairman," and Duke Ellington's “Self ...
"BBQ Suite" Will Get The Full Treatment
Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and Bobby Watson will bring the heat to a saucy project. This is no big-band tribute to sounds of the past. The next show by the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra is all about now. This time, the KCJO, a powerful alliance of 17 of our town's top musicians, gives free rein to ...
Goodbye, Cecil's
by David A. Orthmann
In the hallway around the corner from the bandstand at Cecil's Jazz Club, hangs a poster for Slugs' Saloon. Through most of the 1960s, until its end in 1972, Slugs' was one of the most important jazz clubs in New York City. Unlike many of the upscale establishments that appeared in its wake, it was a ...
John Raymond: Strength & Song
by David A. Orthmann
"Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; For the Lord God is my strength and song. And he has become my salvation." These words, taken from Isaiah 12:2, are quoted on the inside jacket of trumpeter John Raymond's Strength & Song and serve as the inspiration for its title, as well ...
