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Bassist Michael Olatuja's Debut "Speak" out on July 28
British/Nigerian Bassist Presents Uplifting Musical Vision as Composer and Producer Speak, the title of bassist Michael Olatuja's debut album, holds deep personal meaning for its creator, exemplifying in a single word the album's underlying themes of hope, encouragement, inspiration and positivity. The album, which will be released on July 28 on Backdrop, ObliqSound's sub-label focusing on ...
Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst: Equilibrium
by Matt Marshall
Controlled breathing is a centering, grounding device at the heart of many cultural and spiritual traditions. It is appropriate then that it should be the primary force and focus of Mikkel Ploug, Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst's Equilibrium. Human breath not only fuels Pettersen and Badenhorst's wind instruments, but is fully present ...
Oran Etkin Bridges Bamako and Brooklyn on Kelenia
Clarinetist/Saxophonist's Motma Music Debut, Featuring Lionel Loueke, John Benitez, and Malian Musicians, To Be Released on June 9 Through a decade of work in the many musical worlds that harmoniously coexist in New York, 29 year old Oran Etkin has cultivated a singular voice that brings together elements of modern jazz with traditional African and Israeli ...
Jimmy Greene Makes a "Mission Statement" on New Razdaz CD
Saxophonist’s 7th CD as a Leader To Be Released on April 7 Critically acclaimed tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene will release a new CD, Mission Statement, on April 7 on Sunnyside/Razdaz Recordz, home to such eclectic artists as Sam Barsh and Amos Hoffman. Razdaz founder, bassist Avishai Cohen, in whose band Greene played during the nineties, says, ...
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite
by Jerry D'Souza
In June 2008, Brad Shepik premiered his work Human Activity Suite: Sounding a Response to Climate Change in New York. It was born out of his concern for the environment and the impact of climate change. Shepik, who is drawn to the music of other countries, wrote one tune for each of the seven ...
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite
by Stuart Broomer
Brad Shepik's Human Activity Suite is a ten-part mingling of world music materials from various cultures and ecological concerns. Sponsored by Chamber Music America's New Works program, the project sees guitarist Shepik enlarging his usual trio with Gary Versace on keyboards and Tom Rainey on drums to include trumpeter Ralph Alessi and bassist Drew Gress. The ...
The October Trio + Brad Turner: Look's Like It's Going To Snow
by Jerry D'Souza
Collaborations can be effective if all the participants are on the same wavelength. In this instance, Evan Arntzen (tenor saxophone), Josh Cole (acoustic bass), and Dan Gaucher (drums) were the first, when they formed The October Trio in 2004 after they met at a jazz program. Two years later they met Brad Turner (trumpet and flugelhorn) ...
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite
by J Hunter
Theoretically, it should be difficult to do protest music without lyrics; nevertheless, that hasn't stopped Terence Blanchard, Ben Allison, and--most recently--Jeff “Tain" Waits from launching heat-seeking discs aimed right at the heart of some of this decade's most sensitive political issues. Now it's guitarist Brad Shepik's turn at bat with Human Activity Suite, only he's done ...
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite
by Martin Gladu
Deep-blue oceans, airbrushed clouds, flaking dabs of greens receding into desolate plains... Remember the first time you saw a picture of the Earth? Remember that feeling?Did you know one can cover the Earth with one's thumb when standing from the Moon? Defenseless in the pitch-black, still silence of the Universe, our home--at least, that ...
Brad Shepik: Human Activity Suite
by Mark Corroto
Social issues are not new to jazz composers. Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus wrote music in the heyday of the civil right movement and more recently Charlie Haden produced his antiwar Not In Our Name (Verve, 2005) for his Liberation Music Orchestra. Guitarist Brad Shepik, like many of us, is thinking globally. He speaks to the ...
