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Kai Hoffman: Do It While You Can
by Bruce Lindsay
The visual image, the cover design and the positivity of the album title--Do It While You Can--all point in the general direction of a Good Time about to be had. Singer (and French horn player) Kai Hoffman ensures that a good time is exactly what's on offer, crafting a set of songs that makes the most ...
Newport Jazz Festival: Natalie Cole, Freddy Cole, Gregory Porter, Dee Alexander
2013 NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL GIVES VOICE TO AN EXCITING SLATE OF SOULFUL LEGENDS AND RISING STARS FEATURING NATALIE COLE, GREGORY PORTER FREDDY COLE AND DEE ALEXANDER NEWPORT, RI: Continuing the rich tradition of presenting the best of emerging and established musicians, the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival, produced by Newport Festivals Foundation, will feature an eclectic slate ...
Umbria Jazz Winter: Orvieto, Italy, December 28, 2012 - January 1, 2013
by Sara Villa
Umbria Jazz Winter 2013Orvieto, ItalyDecember 28, 2012--February 1, 2013Dee Alexander's Evolution Ensemble Dee Alexander's sensitive and virtuosic voice, together with the exquisite harmony of her group, charmed the Umbria Jazz Winter public with two different concert series. The first was dedicated to the memory of Alexander's mentor, Light Henry Huff, and ...
Jazz FM Awards 2013 Nominees Announced
And the Nominees are... Jamie Cullum, Sonny Rollins and Roller Trio up for the Inaugural Jazz FM Awards 2013 With three months to go until the first Jazz FM Awards Powered by Klipsch, the nominations have been announced today, revealing that 2013 see’s Jamie Cullum up for UK Jazz Artist of the ...
The Golden Age Of Song
Label: Rhino Records (2)
Released: 2012
Track listing: Something's Got A Hold On Me; Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive; Lovin' Machine; Bei Mir Bist Du Schön; Get Here; A Place In The Sun; Don't Go To Strangers; I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good); My Baby Just Cares For Me; Mad About The Boy; I'll Sail My Ship Alone; Reet Petite; Sweet Country Love Song; September In The Rain; The Lady Is A Tramp; Get Away Jordan; When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You);
Be Good
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2012
Track listing: Painted On Canvas; Be Good (Lion's Song); On My Way To
Harlem; Real Good Hands; The Way You Want To Live; When Did
You Learn; Imitation Of Life; Mother's Song; Our Love; Bling Bling;
Work Song; God Bless The Child.
Brooklyn Butterfly Session
Label: Heavenly Sweetness
Released: 2012
Track listing: Gogo Soul; Hard Bob Merry Go Round; Eunice K; Sam's Intro; A Composer Of Modern Day; Bolshoi Drunk Ghost; The Baggart; Freaking Sunshine;
R.J. DeLuke's Best Releases of 2012
by R.J. DeLuke
A ton of fine music came out in 2012, like most years, making these year-end lists very difficult. A lot we don't get to hear, so that limits some. For example, I've not yet heard the 2012 disks of drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Christian Scott or guitarist John McLaughlin and the Fourth Dimension. Having seen each ...
Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2012
by Dan Bilawsky
Transcendent recordings don't come with a label identifying their magnificence, but they're easy to pick out. I had the honor and privilege of receiving, and listening to, more than 375 CDs for review consideration in 2012. I reviewed approximately 165 of them and these were the 15 that rose above the rest. Some are bold and ...
Gregory Porter's "Be Good" Is Best Jazz Vocal Album In iTunes' Best Of 2012
Grammy nominated vocalist Gregory Porter’s album Be Good has been named the Best Jazz Vocal Album in iTunes’ Best of 2012. The award is the latest in the spate of accolades and acclaim that Porter has earned since the February release of Be Good, his second release for Harlem-based Motema Music. Porter made history when iTunes ...
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