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Trudy Pitts: Extraordinary Pianist & Master of the Hammond B-3
by Pheralyn Dove
[The following is an excerpt from Pheralyn Dove's forthcoming memoir, No Time for Tears: A Book of True Life Stories, and the chapter titled “Today I Cried."]The Student Meets the MasterTalking to keyboardist Trudy Pitts is like going on an adventure. It's the type of escapade where wanderlust, laughter and discovery are ...
Greg Osby And Cohort Of Rising Stars Present 4-Night International Jazz Festival In New York
“Our artists endeavor towards producing works which will reveal the best that fearless and idealistic thinkers can achieve in art music.” —Greg Osby NEW YORK, New York: On September 12-14 and 16, Greg Osby’s independent record label, Inner Circle Music, will present eleven of its daring and forward-thinking artists in live performance in the form of ...
Daniel Bennett: The Bear Truth
by Ludwig vanTrikt
Whether considered a member of Generation X or Y, saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist/composer and bandleader Daniel Bennett's career certainly is indicative of how many young artists' careers are ascending with the advent of the internet. But Daniel has a measured cynicism towards balancing live performance with the wonders of tech.Moreover what is also refreshing about this young ...
Jazz on the Bosphorus: Troubled Waters
by Francesco Martinelli
For seven years now the rather laboriously named Istanbul Jazz Center (confusingly the logo includes the letters “JC's," I don't know why) has been one of the major clubs of the Turkish city. Situated in the posh neighborhood of Ortakoy, in the shadow of the first Bosphorus Bridge, its schedule has featured major international jazz stars ...
Matteo Sabattini: Dawning
by Ian Patterson
Perhaps due to New York's dynamism--and no doubt in part the result of the city's pivotal role in jazz's history--New York jazz ensembles are frequently characterized by bold playing and a hard edge that's arguably less common in many European jazz groups. Italian-born alto saxophonist Matteo Sabattini's New York Quintet builds a bridge between a melodic ...
Steve Lehman Trio: Dialect Fluorescent
by Mark Corroto
Decoding the music of saxophonist Steve Lehman has become a diversion for many a jazz listener (and critic). Sometimes composed with the help of programming software, his harmonies are meshed with mercurial rhythms. When played by his octet, his music gives the impression that it requires a scorecard to keep tabs on its perplexing complexities.
Greg Osby on the Audience and Musicians Who Play for Themselves...
Continuing our dialogue on the audience equation for creative music, which heretofore has focused on the puzzling conundrum of the African American audience, the always thoughtful saxophonist-composer and record label (Inner Circle www.innercirclemusic.com) head Greg Osby weighs in on the audience in general, with a particular emphasis on calling into question musicians who only seem to ...
Talkin' Blues with Jimmy Herring
by Alan Bryson
Jimmy Herring is a musician who blurs lines, both in terms of genres and roles. Over the past two decades his work with the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers Band, Frogwings, Phil Lesh & Friends, Project Z, Jazz is Dead, and Widespread Panic has cemented his position as one of the world's premier ...
The Landrus Kaleidoscope: Capsule
by Dave Wayne
After exploring post-bop and free-ish jazz with his first two CDs, multi-reed player Brian Landrus extends his stylistic range into the realm of electric jazz with Capsule. Despite listing Fender Rhodes and electric guitar among the CD credits, Capsule is not really a fusion record. Rather, it's a jazz recording with some electronic instrumentation, along the ...
Jim Hall Live! Volumes 2-4 to be released as a Limited Edition box set - ArtistShare fan-funded project
Over three hours of unreleased music form the Jim Hall Live! performances (1975) will be included as a box set in Jim's latest fan-funded project. In this new ArtistShare adventure listeners will join Jim in discovering new music from the Jim Hall—Live! performances at Bourbon St. in Toronto (1975). The original recording was released on Horizon ...
