Home » Search Center » Results: Henry Cole
Results for "Henry Cole"
Internationally Renowned Saxophonist/Composer Miguel Zenón And His Quartet Tour To Ten European Cities From October 30 To November 13, 2015
“Two words: cultural treasure!” —Sandra Guzman, NBC News Internationally acclaimed saxophonist/composer Miguel Zenón performs in ten European cities from October 30 to November 13, 2015. Zenon will be joined by his quartet featuring drummer Henry Cole, pianist Luis Perdomo and bassist Hans Glawischnig, performing new music as well as music from his highly acclaimed 2014 recording ...
Recent Listening In Brief…
Frank Zappa (1940-1993), a gifted musician who dipped his toe into jazz, never demonstrated more than a smidgeon of what he knew about the genre. But he left us with the memorable observation, “Jazz isn’t dead. It just smells funny.” A web search shows that lesser wits have adapted Zappa’s line to all kinds of topics ...
Miguel Zenon: Identities Are Changeable
by Mark F. Turner
It would simply be enough to just hear Miguel Zenón's saxophone; its fluid, darting, humming bird-like maneuvers, soulful and piercing. Yet as one of the most distinctive altos in jazz, the Grammy nominated and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow is also a gifted composer who continues to deliver insights into his culture as vividly expressed in 2011's ...
Fabian Almazan: Rhizome
by Mark F. Turner
Pianist Fabian Almazan may have initially been recognized for his prodigious skills as a member of Terence Blanchard's ensemble but his debut Personalities(Biophilia Records, 2011) unveiled not only the depth he possesses as a musician but also something Blanchard realized in many of his own recordings--Almazan's forte as a composer. This should not come as a ...
Take Five With Billy Carrion Jr.
by AAJ Staff
Meet Billy Carrion Jr: I've been around music since I was in my mother's womb. My dad-- singer, Billy Carrion Sr. --would play sounds of Batacumbele through headphones over my mom's belly. My first saxophone experience came at nine. After being taught to read and write, I started my musical journey. At 16, I was ...
Fabian Almazan: Espejos
by DanMichael Reyes
Intent is one of those intangible qualities that make a jazz musician. While traits like technical facility, memory, harmonic and rhythmic sophistication play a huge part in the career and development of the aspiring jazz artist, intention is the X-factor that can make a performance special. In an art form that demands spontaneity and thrives within ...
Bassist/Composer Alexis Cuadrado Presents "A Lorca Soundscape" At The Jazz Gallery, This Friday & Saturday Night!
CD RELEASE CONCERTS THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 & 21 Located at 1160 Broadway, NYC Alexis Cuadrado - bass, percussion, background vocals, compositions, Claudia Acuña - voice, Yosvany Terry - alto saxophone, Dan Tepfer - piano, Henry Cole - drums To be released on September 24, 2013 on Sunnyside Records, A ...
Craig Hartley: Books On Tape, Vol. 1
by Dan Bilawsky
The work of any artist is typically the summation of their life experiences to a certain point, but many aren't aware of how or when these experiences seep(ed) into their art; pianist Craig Hartley just happens to have great awareness and a more confessional approach than most, as he lets specific occurrences, influences, events and individuals ...
Festival Da Jazz: St Moritz 2013
by Bruce Lindsay
Festival Da JazzSt. Moritz, SwitzerlandJuly 18-22, 2013How To Run A Jazz Festival 101. Get a big hall, put on some big names: get a small room, put on some smaller names. Stars in the big spaces, up and comers in the little ones. There's a commercial and economic logic to it, maybe even ...
Miguel Zenon: Celebrating the Music of La Isla
by Steve Bryant
For the last decade, saxophonist Miguel Zenón has distinguished himself as one of the most innovative and creative musicians in the modern jazz idiom. The Puerto Rican-born altoist accomplished this feat by reaching back to the musical and cultural traditions of his island. On groundbreaking recordings such as Jibaro (Marsalis Music, 2005) and Esta Plena (Marsalis ...
