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Multiple Grammy Nominee, Vocalist Denise Donatelli Releases Her Highly Anticipated New Recording, "Find A Heart" September 18th On Savant Records

August 25, 2015

Fifth Solo Album Expands Great American Songbook and Embraces Work of Modern Master Composers Beck, David Crosby, Donald Fagan, Sting, The Yellowjackets and Rock Powerhouse Journey. Features All-Star Cast of Musicians With Special Guest Appearance By Chris Botti Denise Donatelli, one of today’s premiere vocalists, alternating between jazz and adult contemporary with ease, has been on ...

Article: Interview

Joe Locke's Love Affair with Language

by Dan Bilawsky
July 9, 2015

On the surface it's not so easy to spot the common thread unifying the greater fabric of Joe Locke's work. Since arriving in New York City in 1981, and emerging as a notable leader on record in the early '90s, this much-vaunted vibraphonist has developed into a protean performer and composer. Duo sessions with pianists Frank ...

Article: Live Review

Chris Botti at Blue Note Jazz Club

by Tyran Grillo
January 9, 2015

Chris Botti Blue Note Jazz Club 10th Annual Holiday Residency New York, NY January 2, 2015 Chris Botti has held his own as a contemporary music darling since making splashes as both a studio and live musician in the mid-1990s. Gracefully sidestepping knee-jerk criticism and bolstered by widespread praise, he ...

Article: Live Review

Tribute to Prentice “Pete” Douglas at Douglas Beach House

by Bill Leikam
October 21, 2014

Tribute to Prentice “Pete" Douglas Douglas Beach House Half Moon Bay, CA October 4-5, 2014 In some ways, for all of us who time and again came to the Douglas Beach House in Half Moon Bay to listen to some of the finest jazz anywhere, the passing of Prentice “Pete" ...

Article: Album Review

Michael O'Neill & Kenny Washington: New Beginnings

Read "New Beginnings" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 4, 2014

Multi-reedist Michael O'Neill gets top billing here, but there's little doubt that the star attraction is singer Kenny Washington, one of the most under-recognized vocal talents operating today. O'Neill, perhaps Washington's greatest supporter and promoter, doesn't hide that fact when discussing the music presented here: he notes that “the arrangements are unique settings, and Kenny's the ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Mike Pope: Cold Truth Warm Heart

by John Kelman
July 22, 2014

Cold Truth Warm Heart isn't Mike Pope's first album as a leader (it's his third), but in the 12 years since The Lay of the Land (Whaling City Sound, 2002), the bassist has, in addition to some serious life-changers, forged a relationship with two musicians of unequivocal significance. First appearing on Joe Locke's State of Soul ...

Article: Live Review

TD Ottawa Jazz Festival 2014, Days 7-9

by John Kelman
July 2, 2014

Days 1-2 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Anat Fort / Susanna Torben Waldorff Wah Wah / Norma WInstone Partisans TD Ottawa Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada June 20-July 1, 2014 For the last three days in Ottawa before heading to Montréal for five days of the Festival ...

Article: Live Review

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival 2014

by Doug Collette
June 21, 2014

Burlington Vermont Discover Jazz Festival 2014Burlington, Vermont May 30-June 8, 2014 During Burlington Vermont's Discover Jazz Festival, Vermont's Queen City teems with a level of excitement and activity unusual even for its ceaselessly vibrant environs. And while the Mainstage of the Flynn Performing Arts Center functions as the center of that universe, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Tim Garland: Songs To The North Sky

by Ian Patterson
June 2, 2014

So much of multi-reedist Tim Garland's recorded output takes nature as its inspiration. The eternal symphony of the sea, the theatre of sky, light and air and the vistas that have accompanied Garland's twenty plus years on the road are ever-present in his works; Songs to the North Sky is no exception. The first of two ...

Article: Album Review

Mike Pope: Cold Truth, Warm Heart

Read "Cold Truth, Warm Heart" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 22, 2014

More than a decade separates Cold Truth, Warm Heart and bassist Mike Pope's previous album, but he hasn't exactly been sitting by idly and twiddling his thumbs in the intervening years. His professional life has been filled with high profile work, as he's held down the fort for everybody from vibraphonist Joe Locke to guitarist Chuck ...