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Jazz in the Islands: 2nd Annual Anguilla Jazz Festival
by Franz A. Matzner
Transparent aqua waters, rich amber rums, miles of snow-white sand, sophisticated cuisine, crashing waves, opulent resorts, unique private villas, the meandering calm of island-time, and for four days each November, nights filled with the pulse of jazz. And not just any jazz, either. Like everything else available on this small Caribbean island, the music ...
Michael Musillami: Playscape Recordings Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
by Franz A. Matzner
Guitarist Michael Musillami has been part of the jazz world for over forty years. Composer, player, and most recently label founder, Musillami has explored the full range of the jazz spectrum. Five years ago this month, Musillami took a leap of faith and put together a remarkable new label that has since proven ...
Moutin Reunion Quartet at Blues Alley
by Franz A. Matzner
Twins, bassist Francois and drummer Louis Moutin have been playing together since they first picked up their respective instruments at age five. As one can imagine, over the years these two extraordinary musicians have formed a musical bond of the deepest level. The fruition of their musical relationship, however, seems to have come after several years ...
Rob Price: At Sunset
by Franz A. Matzner
Jazz is no stranger to eclecticism. Musicians have been bending, breaking, reshaping, and reincorporating since the very beginning of jazz history. In fact, departing from jazz tradition might as well be the definition of jazz. If that is indeed the case, guitarist Rob Price has, with his current release, At Sunset , marked ...
Hidden Heights: Brian Horton at HR-57
by Franz A. Matzner
One of the most enjoyable and distinguishing aspects of jazz is its capacity to shift one night to the next, one venue to another, from moment to moment. Different groupings of musicians performing the same compositions, the same players performing as trios or quartets, or with one member the leader a given night, another the following ...
Ecstatic Swing: Winard Harper Sextet Plays the KC Jazz Club
by Franz A. Matzner
It's been said so often that we've all come to believe it, at least a little bit. Jazz is dead. A moribund art form housed in an ivory cage, academia sponsored, and fellowship sustained. A “museum" art that despite occasional dusting serves only as a bridge to the hailer periods of yesteryear. Depending on who you're ...
Sounding Sinatra: Tierney Sutton Performs at the Kennedy Center
by Franz A. Matzner
As good as a recording may be, there is just no substitute for a live performance. More often than not, an album can obscure hidden talents, and even the best releases, no matter how powerful, lack the vitality and immediacy of music in the flesh. Tierney Sutton's recent performance at the Kennedy Center's Jazz Club proved ...
New Grooves: Lafayette Gilchrist at Bohemian Caverns
by Franz A. Matzner
The darkly lit, basement club Bohemian Caverns just might be the perfect venue for Baltimore raised pianist Lafayette Gilchrist. Both the club's owner and pianist draw on the past glories of Baltimore and Washington's jazz scene, and neither feels any compunction about presenting that history in a totally modernized context. For the club, this means Belgian ...
Urban Survival: Storyhill
by Franz A. Matzner
Less than daring, Urban Survival's sophomore release, Story Hill, covers familiar territory, but unlike many contemporary releases, at least it does it dexterously. More a survey of the contemporary jazz scene than anything else--at least the more popular contours of it--the album presents a series of tunes ranging from the Latin-tinged to basic ...
The Moving Form: Year of the Endless Moment
by Franz A. Matzner
Terrifically and unapologetically pretentious, the Moving Form's current release, Year of the Endless Moment, combines poetry recitation with world music-tinged jazz improvisation to create a musical experience that most closely resembles the offspring of a casual dalliance between Rage Against The Machine and Michael Brecker. Channeling the urban angst of Zack de la ...
