Results for "Fabian Almazan"

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 29-30, 2013

by R.J. DeLuke
July 12, 2013

Saratoga Performing Arts CenterFreihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, NYJune 29-30, 2013 Fiery music that burned with intensity, eclectic compositions that shifted in time signature and tempo, sweet melodies and down-home dirty blues--all were heard at this year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival in upstate New York, an event that is among the ...

Terence Blanchard: Magnetic

by Mark F. Turner
May 23, 2013

One of today's foremost jazz musicians and composers Terence Blanchard's achievements have soared since his formative days in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers to a trajectory of successful bands, recordings and award winning film scores such as 2007's A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina) (Blue Note). He's still pursuing new challenges with the upcoming ...

Record-Busting 100+ Bassists Serenade Tivoli

by Fradley Garner
September 29, 2012

Record-Busting 100+ Bassists Serenade TivoliThe seeds were planted by Oscar Pettiford, the seminal American cellist and bassist who put down roots in Copenhagen in 1958, and by the homegrown virtuoso Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, who played his vintage Italian bass like the nimblest-fingered guitarist when he wasn't bowing like Giovanni Bottesini. In August, 2012, the ...

Terence Blanchard: New York, NY, June 21, 2012

by Bob Kenselaar
July 10, 2012

Terence Blanchard The Jazz Standard New York, NY June 21, 2012Terence Blanchard is an important presence in jazz today on a number of levels. He's one of the most accomplished trumpet players around, consistently showing a great command of the instrument, a distinctive voice, and a highly inventive approach ...

Undead Music Festival, Greenwich Village Edition: New York, NY, May 9, 2012

by Daniel Lehner
May 24, 2012

Undead Music FestivalGreenwich Village EditionKenny's Castways, Sullivan Hall and Le Poisson RougeNew York, NYMay 9th, 2012Despite its constant and ambitious expansion into other geographic and spatial situations, the Undead Music Festival (formally the Undead Jazz Festival, a change that says more than a bit about the nature of the ...

Linda Oh: Initial Here

by Mark F. Turner
May 20, 2012

President Theodore Roosevelt's famous quote, “Walk softly and carry a big stick," epitomizes Linda Oh, the soft-spoken bassist/composer who draws total respect with her intrepid musicianship. With her highly acclaimed self-released debut, Entry (2010), and increased visibility through recording dates and gigs like Dave Douglas' “Tea for 3" Tour, Oh is emerging as one of jazz's ...

The Vicarious Life

Featuring the music of Fabian Almazan
Duration: 9:59
April 16, 2012

Jake Saslow: Crosby Street

by Mark F. Turner
January 26, 2012

One of 2011's many notable debuts is saxophonist Jake Saslow's Crosby Street, an ode to the street in New York's iconic SoHo, where the musician's formative years recalled the neighborhood's sights, music, and people. An analogy is formed between the music and the community, one that speaks of a distinct personality carried in Saslow's full-bodied horn ...

Personalities

By Fabian Almazan

Label: Biophilia Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Shostakovich String Quartet No.10 (3rd Movement) Opus 118; H.U.Gs (Historically Under-Represented Groups); Personalities; The Vicarious Life; Grandmother Song; Bola de Nieve; Russian Love Story; Sin Alma; Tres Lindas Cubanas; Una Foto.

Fabian Almazan: Personalities

by Mark F. Turner
September 29, 2011

Fabian Almazan began creating some buzz with his sparkling piano chops in trumpeter Terence Blanchard's group on Choices (Concord Music Group, 2009). Originally from Havana, Cuba, Almazan is not only one of the young rising stars in New York, but is also classically trained and has received a number of awards as a composer in film, ...