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Article: Extended Analysis

Fred Hersch and Julian Lage: Free Flying

by Victor L. Schermer
August 29, 2013

This album is the latest of several recordings in which pianist Fred Hersch solos or joins forces with some highly intelligent, advanced musicians to provide jazz renditions with a sophisticated, chamber music quality. Others are Hersch's Alone at the Vanguard (Palmetto, 2011); Leaves of Grass (Palmetto, 2005)--an ensemble composition based on Walt Whitman's poems--and two additional ...

Album

Brains on Fire

By Heiner Stadler

Label: Labor Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: No Exercise; Three Problems; Heidi; Bea's Flat; Love In The Middle Of The Air; U.C.S.; All Tones; The Fugue No. 2.

Article: Live Review

Mel Martin and His Tenor Conclave: Piermont, NY, September 14, 2012

by David A. Orthmann
October 4, 2012

Mel Martin and his Tenor ConclaveThe Turning Point CafePiermont, NYSeptember 14, 2012 Before the first note sounded in a seventy-five minute set by Mel Martin and his Tenor Conclave, there was a false start of sorts. Most of the band was assembled and ready to hit when they were asked ...

Article: Live Review

Bob DeVos and Don Friedman: Nyack, NY, June 29, 2012

by David A. Orthmann
July 23, 2012

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 ...

Article: Catching Up With

Catching Up With Lewis Porter

by Jeffery S. McMillan
April 11, 2012

On April 19, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Paine Hall on the Harvard University campus, jazz pianist, composer, educator, and author, Lewis Porter's Concerto for Saxophone will receive its world premiere with jazz icon Dave Liebman as the soloist:Dr. Porter was kind enough to answer some questions about the piece and his collaborations with ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Rick Lawn’s Power of Ten Little Big Band: Earth Tones

by Victor L. Schermer
November 18, 2011

Rick Lawn's Power of Ten Little Big BandEarth TonesSelf Produced2011The “little" big band format, an ensemble that may range from seven to 11 instrumentalists, gives the leader/arranger/composer--in this case the multi-faceted reed player Rick Lawn--a chance to finely craft the music and bring in players who are equally ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Frank Giasullo

by AAJ Staff
September 24, 2011

Meet Frank Giasullo: The Frank Giasullo Quartet has created a distinctive sound, enhanced by its strong repertoire of original compositions by Frank Giasullo. Giasullo is a classically trained jazz player but his piano playing and the music he writes comes as much out of his feeling for gospel, folk, and blues ...

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News: Event

Phil Palombi Plays Scott LaFaro's Bass This Weekend at the Kitano

April 28, 2011

A CD release Party at the Kitano in NYC—Friday and Saturday nights, April 29th & 30th! In support of his newest release, entitled RE:Person I Knew—A Tribute to Scott LaFaro, Phil Palombi will be leading a trio at the Kitano this weekend. Joining him on the gigs will be legendary pianist Don Friedman and drum great ...

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Article: Interview

Roberta Piket: Making a Difference

by Victor L. Schermer
February 28, 2011

Roberta Piket is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger with an exceptional range of expression. In the same tune or performance, she moves fluidly between bebop, hard bop, blues, soft and mellow, up-tempo, contrapuntal, and advanced harmonic motifs, making it all come together in meaningful, coherent statements of ideas and emotions. She thinks hard when she ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Resonance Records: Non-Profit Jazz Label with a Mission

by Samuel Chell
March 23, 2010

It's a story often heard before: musically, these are the best and worst of times. Only this time, in 2010, it seems different. Even as the pool of fresh talent expands, jazz continues to witness a dearth of venues along with the slump in CD sales. Uncounted numbers of talented musicians, young and otherwise, are reduced ...