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Lorraine Klaasen: A Tribute To Miriam Makeba
by Dan Bilawsky
The late Miriam Makeba is a musical hero in her native South Africa, but her importance in the grand scheme of South African history goes well beyond her vibrant vocals. Makeba became a cultural icon and symbol for freedom, fighting the good fight against apartheid for--and with--her countrymen. She was exiled from her homeland because of ...
Mosaic Records Celebrates the John Coltrane Quartet - "The Complete Sun Ship Session" Released for the First Time
Mosaic Records is set to release The Complete Sun Ship Session which includes newly discovered and previously unissued alternate takes from one of the final studio sessions by the John Coltrane Quartet. The three LP set will be released May 21 and is also being made available on a two CD set through Verve Records on ...
Vocalist Carol Duboc Offers Insight into Trials and Triumphs of Love with New Album, "Smile", on Gold Note Music, Inc.
Since her emergence onto the adult contemporary/urban jazz scene in the early 2000s, Carol Duboc has generously shared her wisdom and insight about love and romance in song-via both compelling original material and uniquely stylized covers of pop classics, as on her most recent recordings Songs For Lovers (2008) and Burt Bacharach Songbook (2009). On her ...
Will Calhoun - "Life in This World" Album Release at the Blue Note Featuring Marc Cary and Charnett Moffett - Friday, May 17 Through Sunday, May 19
Special Guests Donald Harrison and Nicholas Payton Drummer/percussionist Will Calhoun is set to perform at The Blue Note in New York from Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, with sets at 8:00PM and 10:30PM. The performances will serve as an album release engagement for his new project, Life In This World (available May 14 on ...
Yellowjackets Embark on New Chapter with Latest Project, "A Rise in the Road", Available June 25 on Mack Avenue Records
A Rise In The Road, the Yellowjackets‘ second Mack Avenue Records offering, is indeed an appropriate title for a time-honored jazz ensemble that has never been fearful of facing newer musical horizons, not to mention the myriad challenges of life itself. Throughout their storied 32-year history, the Yellowjackets have undergone numerous lineup changes, never failing to ...
Bob James and David Sanborn Pay Tribute to Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond on New Album, "Quartette Humaine", Available May 21 on Okeh
OKeh will release keyboardist-composer-arranger Bob James and alto saxophonist David Sanborn‘s new album, Quartette Humaine, on May 21, 2013. The project is the first collaboration between the two musicians since their 1986 Platinum-selling, GRAMMY® Award-winning album, Double Vision. An all-acoustic quartet offering, Quartette Humaine pays tribute to the late iconic pianist-composer Dave Brubeck, putting a prime ...
Korean Vocalist Youn Sun Nah Draws on Chanson, Folk, Pop and Jazz Influences for New ACT Music Album, "Lento", Available June 11
Female singers who manage to stir a whole genre are seldom found. Diana Krall and Norah Jones are such outstanding talents who gave vocal jazz a whole new colour, and Korean singer Youn Sun Nah has been equally phenomenal. In the last few years she has conquered the music world with her albums Voyage (2009) and ...
Available Now: Composer/Saxophonist Joshua Kwassman Spins the Tale of Friendship on "Songs of the Brother Spirit" - His Debut Album of All Original Extended Compositions on Truth Revolution Records
Featuring Guitarist Gilad HekselmanThe journey from adolescence to adulthood can be a harrowing one. For composer and saxophonist Joshua Kwassman, that was true in a very literal sense, as a three-day bike trip, in August 2010, with an idolized childhood friend collapsed into chaos and shattered his youthful illusions. While that trek itself found Kwassman growing ...
Michel Camilo to Release Adventurous Solo Piano Album, "What's Up?", Available May 14 on Okeh
11-Track Project Spotlights a Collection of Originals, Latin and Jazz Standards OKeh will release GRAMMY, Emmy, and Latin GRAMMY® Award winning pianist and composer Michel Camilo‘s new album, What’s Up?, on May 14, 2013. The project is the Dominican Republic-born musician’s debut for the label and is OKeh‘s second overall release as part of the new ...
Pianist Marc Cary Releases "For the Love of Abbey", June 11 on Motema Music
A STERLING SOLO PIANO TRIBUTE TO CARY’S MENTOR AND LONGTIME EMPLOYER, THE LATE ABBEY LINCOLN View video footage of Marc Cary performing live with Abbey Lincoln Marc Cary has gained a reputation as one of the most creative pianists of our time, a bandleader with musical interests that encompass jazz, go-go, hip-hop, electronic music, Indian classical ...
