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Rene Marie: Black Lace Freudian Slip
by Dan Bilawsky
Budding jazz instrumentalists are often told that they need to find their own voice but, ironically, those who use their actual voices are often expected to adhere to the sonic standards of those who came before. Fans and press who value originality in jazz instrumentalists wring their hands in frustration when more John Coltrane clones come ...
Holli Ross: You'll See
by Edward Blanco
An ensemble performer for two decades, and co-founder of the String Of Pearls vocal group, jazz vocalist and educator Holli Ross offers her first solo album on the thirteen-track You'll See. Presenting unique interpretations of songs from Duke Ellington, Peggy Lee and Laura Nyro to new material from Brazilian trumpet icon Claudio Roditi and bassist Rufus ...
Thom Gossage Other Voices: In Other Words
by Matt Marshall
According to drummer Thom Gossage, the tracks on this, the fifth release by his Other Voices ensemble, are launched from a single figure--anything from a simple melodic line, to fully composed pieces of music, rhythm scores, electronic soundscapes, chants and poems--that are subsequently abstracted through an assemblage process. The idea came to him after viewing a ...
Rapidly Rising Star Gregory Porter Releases New Video & Remixes of "1960 What?," The Indendiary Track From His Grammy Nominated Debut, "Water"
Remixes by Opolopo, Peas, and Wicked Jazz Sounds Available Digitally on October 25 Gregory Porter, whose 2010 Motema Music debut, Water, was nominated in the 2011 54th Annual Grammy Awards as Best Jazz Vocal Album, will release a powerful cinematic treatment of one of the CD's most powerful and popular tracks, “1960 What?." The video, which ...
René Marie to Show Us Her Black Lace Freudian Slip
René Marie, the award winning jazz, soul and blues singer-songwriter whose voice has been compared by critics to Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn and whose social advocacy to Nina Simone's and Abbey Lincoln's, will be releasing her new album, Black Lace Freudian Slip (Motema Music,) on October 11. Black Lace Freudian Slip is a collection of ...
Volker Goetze and Ablaye Cissoko, Duo Which Earned Critical Acclaim for Their Debut CD, "Sira," Launch International Tour in October
October 13 Show, at Culture Hub in NYC, Will Debut Goetze's Mande Symphony, A Multi-Media Event Featuring String Quartet, drummer Richie Barshay, and Visualist Joshue Ott Duo, Performing Music from Sira, Will Also Appear at the Dalai Lama's Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles Sira, the first recorded collaboration from German-born and NY-based trumpeter Volker ...
JC Stylles: Exhilaration And Other States
by Edward Blanco
The debut album from New York guitarist JC Stylles, Exhilaration and Other States, swings through a varied selection of music running the gamut from Wayne Shorter and Billie Holiday to Cole Porter and Stevie Wonder. Reminiscent of early organ trios, the Australian-born Stylles features an impressive trifecta of his own with drummer Lawrence Leathers, and Hammond ...
Harris Eisenstadt: Canada Day II
by John Sharpe
Are life events audible in music? They would certainly seem to be in the case of Canadian drummer/composer Harris Eisenstadt. Half the tracks on Canada Day II were composed around the time of his son's birth. One track is dedicated to his youngster, and the genesis of two others was related to public schools, so Eisenstadt ...
"You'll See," Solo Debut from vocalist Holli Ross, To Be Released on Miles High Records on October 18
Acclaimed Vocalist, Best Known for her Work with String of Pearls, Joined by A-List of Players: Rufus Reid, Ted Rosenthal, Matt Wilson, Claudio Roditi, and Dennis Wilson After two decades of ensemble performance, which has won her exceptional critical acclaim, vocalist Holli Ross has taken a step outside of the ensemble format to release her first ...
Claire Daly: Mary Joyce Project: Nothing To Lose
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist Claire Daly has always been a true original and, as it turns out, part of that is in her DNA. Mary Joyce Project: Nothing To Lose is a musical/genealogical journey through the life of Daly's father's first cousin, Mary Joyce, who lived her life the way she wanted to, rather than succumbing to societal expectations ...
