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Take Five with Mike Casey
by Mike Casey
About Mike Casey Saxophonist, songwriter, and teaching artist Mike Casey has been a fixture on the jny: Hartford jazz scene and beyond since 2011, when he began attending the acclaimed Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the University of Hartford's Hartt School. In 2015, Mike was one of 24 young jazz composers worldwide chosen ...
Rising Saxophonist Mike Casey Releases Debut Album "The Sound Of Surprise: Live At The Side Door”
Saxophonist and composer Mike Casey is proud to announce the February 7, 2017 release of his debut album The Sound of Surprise: Live at the Side Door. Splitting his time between alto and tenor saxophone, Casey and his longtime trio present a fresh approach to the chordless saxophone trio format over the course of seven first-takes. ...
LiveHuman: ScratchBop
by Mark F. Turner
DJ turntablism and jazz may seem like strange bed-fellows but have often found a creative bond in live events and recordings. For many years, musicians on both sides of the equation have blended instrumental performances with the skill of scratching vinyl / DJ mixing such as Herbie Hancock's Rockit (Columbia, 1983) and Chillin' in Batumi (Exitus, ...
Hal Willner, Ex Eye, Bill Laswell, Zion 80 & Brandon Seabrook
by Martin Longley
Hal Willner The Stone June 14, 15, 17, 2016 Hal Willner spent six nights in residence at The Stone, presenting two sets each evening. This Philadelphian producer has immaculate taste, as illustrated by his greatest achievements: a series of conceptual albums that feature a host of carefully selected artists, assigned ...
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: Cuba: The Conversation Continues
by Karl Ackermann
I believe that there is no country in the world including any and all the countries under colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation and exploitation were worse than in Cuba...in part owing to my country's policies..." --President John F. Kennedy, October 1963 Revolution and musical genres share the characteristic of having an embryonic state. ...
Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz - XXX Edizione
by Paolo Peviani
Sant'Anna Arresi, 01-06.09.2015 Bentornato Butch A Sant'Anna Arresi, Butch Morris era di casa. In occasione della XXX Edizione, il festival Ai Confini tra Sardegna e Jazz gli ha reso giustamente e doverosamente omaggio costruendo una programmazione completamente incentrata sulla sua figura. C'era la Nublu Orchestra (Kenny Wollesen, ...
Miles Electric Band at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Miles Electric Band SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA August 23, 2014 This is not a ghost band--just a great group of musicians who loved playing with Miles and had admiration for the Chief." --Miles Electric Band leader Vincent Wilburn, Jr. Many who first became interested in jazz in the ...
BT3: Ben Tyree Trio Returns! March 29 at SubCulture NYC
From a lifetime of pushing boundaries, leading award-winning projects, and collaborating with a multitude of musical luminaries, guitarist Ben Tyree, returns with his own groundbreaking, jazz/funk/rock trio, BT3 (feat. Jeremy “Bean” Clemons – drums + Kevin Farrell – bass). On Saturday, March 29 @ 10pm, Tyree and BT3 will perform at SubCulture (45 Bleecker St, NYC) ...
Ornette Coleman / Bachir Attar / The Master Musicians of Jajouka: The Road to Jajouka
by Chris May
Jazz has been mixing it up with traditional Moroccan music for almost fifty years. Pianist Randy Weston was a pioneer in the late 1960s, followed by saxophonist Ornette Coleman in the early 1970s. A modern successor to those early adventurers is Boston's Club D'Elf, which describes itself as a Moroccan-dosed psychedelic dub and jazz collective." Club ...
Gary Bartz: Students Are Learning But They Are Learning Backwards!
by Joan Gaylord
"This is folk music. It is good that we have it in the schools, but we need to get it back more into the street--that's where it came from." When saxophonist Gary Bartz is not headlining his own band or touring with McCoy Tyner, he is a professor in the Jazz Studies department ...