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Ted Nash: The Goal Is Creativity
by R.J. DeLuke
A New York City morning often starts early, sometimes 6 a.m., for this musician who is trying to elongate the hours available in a day. There's a lot to get to. Practicing the saxophone or flute. Sitting down to go through the elusive and demanding task of writing music worthy of the plateau, which these days ...
Joe Locke: Lay Down My Heart - Blues & Ballads Vol 1
by John Kelman
In a rarefied space, Joe Locke continues to evolve, engage and impress. There simply isn't another vibraphonist of his generation with Locke's stellar chops, thorough understanding of history/tradition--not just of jazz, but of music, period--and ability to build programs based on thematic concepts that not only stand out in his gradually growing discography, but fit contextually ...
The Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan Truesdell at Jazz Standard
by Dan Bilawsky
The Gil Evans Project directed by Ryan TruesdellJazz StandardNew York, NYMay 17, 2013 Somewhere along the way, the centennial of a notable jazz figure's birth became a major cause for celebration and reflection. Unfortunately, these celebrations have occasionally become last hurrahs for the dearly departed, as their life's work fades ...
Dawn Upshaw/Maria Schneider: Winter Morning Walks
by Dan McClenaghan
Maria Schneider proved her genius as a composer and arranger beyond any doubt with Concert in the Garden (ArtistShare, 2004), and she did it again on her second masterpiece of orchestral jazz, Sky Blue (ArtistShare, 2007). With Winter Morning Walks, Schneider introduces her first works with major orchestras, the Australian Chamber Orchestra on the nine part ...
Take Five With Matthew Sheens
by AAJ Staff
Meet Matthew Sheens:Born in Bowral, Australia. Lived in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide before leaving for the US at 22 to complete my Masters at the New England Conservatory in Boston.Was the first Australian to win a Downbeat Magazine award (Best Soloist in 2009/2011), and has performed across Australia, USA, New Zealand, Japan, The ...
Teri Roiger: Dear Abbey: the Music of Abbey Lincoln
by Hrayr Attarian
With Dear Abbey, singer Teri Roiger does something remarkable. She interprets thirteen of vocalist Abbey Lincoln's compositions, maintaining the legendary singer's emotive articulation and dramatic delivery, yet marking each song with her own individuality. She thus pays the ultimate homage to an innovator who blazed her own unique artistic path. Roiger's warm contralto, ...
Juilliard Jazz Presents "An Evening with Wycliffe Gordon" on Monday February 4
Juilliard Jazz presents “An Evening with Wycliffe Gordon” on Monday, February 4 at 8 PM in Juilliard’s Paul Hall. Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon is artist-in-residence this season at Juilliard Jazz and performs with Juilliard Jazz Ensembles. The program features arrangements by Wycliffe Gordon, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and James Brown. The two Juilliard Ensembles performing ...
Live At Kitano
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Helix; Blues In The Closet; Arabesque; Dusk; Single Petal Of A Rose; Falling Waltz; Lover Man; Hymn.
Composer/Producer/Conductor Ryan Truesdell’s Groundbreaking Project "Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans" Nominated For Grammy Awards In Three Categories
CD also earned one of France’s highest honors: LES COUPS DE COEUR from the Académie Charles Cros Renowned composer/producer/conductor RYAN TRUESDELL’s highly acclaimed CD CENTENNIAL: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare) has earned three nominations in the 55th annual GRAMMY Awards. CENTENNIAL has been nominated in the categories of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best ...
Juilliard Jazz Presents an Evening of Brazilian Jazz
Juilliard Jazz presents an evening of Brazilian jazz with guest artist, pianist Paulo Braga, performing with the Artist Diploma Ensemble, the most advanced Juilliard Jazz musicians, on Tuesday, November 20 at 8 PM in Paul Hall. Joining Mr. Braga from Brazil will be Eduardo Ribeiro on drums; Manual Silveira on flute and saxophone; and Marinho Andreotti ...


