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New Universe Music Festival: Day 2, November 21, 2010
by John Kelman
Day 1 | Day 2 The New Universe Music FestivalRaleigh, North CarolinaNovember 20-21, 2010 It's no small challenge to make a new festival viable, especially when it represents something of a niche within a niche. The attendance at the first day of the New Universe Music Festival was impressive enough, but ...
Take Five With Steve Sacks
by AAJ Staff
Meet Steve Sacks: A jazz saxophonist/flutist and Harvard-trained musicologist, Steve, has for 35 years, focused his talents on the richness and diversity of Brazilian and Latin music. An internationalist fluent in five languages, and with twenty years experience on the New York music scene, Steve has performed, recorded and/or written for a wide variety ...
Jay Phelps: Swing Is The New Avant-Garde
by Bruce Lindsay
At the age of 28, trumpeter Jay Phelps already has a broad range of musical experiences under his belt, including co-founding the award-winning jazz group Empirical. Releasing his debut album as a leader, Jay Walkin' (Specific Records, 2010), seems like a natural next step. But Phelps is clearly not a man to be rushed. The album ...
Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz at Zinc Bar, Nov. 4 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Scott Feiner and Pandeiro JazzZinc BarNew York, NYNovember 3, 2010 For the CD release event for his third CD Accents (Zoho, 2010), pandeiro jazz innovator Scott Feiner took the stage with the same musicians that played on the recording sessions: Freddie Bryant (acoustic and 12-string guitar), Joel Frahm(tenor and soprano saxophone) ...
Brian Rasic: The Life of Brian
by Nenad Georgievski
Good photography can say more than a thousand words--it captures the moment and immortalizes it. Known for his brilliant photography, Serbian-born, London-based photographer Brian Branislav Rasić is known for producing some of rock's most memorable images. For more than three decades, Rasić has photographed the greatest artists in the music world and beyond. Rasić took his ...
Herbie Hancock Set to Perform at Noble Peace Prize Ceremony
Herbie Hancock and his Imagine Project Band have been invited by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to perform at this year's Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, December 11th. Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington will host the 17th annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert which will take place at the Oslo Spektrum arena and be televised worldwide. ...
Take Five With Bradford Rogers
by AAJ Staff
Meet Bradford Rogers: Atlanta native Bradford Rogers is a producer, engineer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. As a member of the house band for the Recording Academy's Atlanta Chapter Awards Series, Bradford has performed with such multiplatinum artists as Michael McDonald, James Brown, Bobby Valentino, En Vogue's Dawn Robinson, Sleepy Brown and Cee-Lo.Instrument(s):Flute, ...
Scott Feiner: Accents
by Dan Bilawsky
While drummer-leaders don't usually get enough credit, pandeiro-leaders usually don't exist. The pandeiro--a small, handheld instrument that marries that best traits of a deeper-sounding, jingle-less frame drum and a tambourine--is a staple of Brazilian percussion. When Scott Feiner first encountered the instrument, during his first trip to Brazil in 1999, he immediately took to it. In ...
Spanish Vocalist Fede4real Releases "JAZzylicious"
It is classy, stylish, and timeless. Spanish singer Fede4real surprises us once again with an album that fills the gap between jazz and the urban sound of our generation. Born in a Equatoguinean family, Fede4real is a multicultural singer songwriter and producer whose debut album Funk Temple was described as “Brilliant!" by Graham J Barclay (Soundwave ...
Free 'Zombies' Download by Tomisheep at All About Jazz
In celebration of Holloween and the new AMC series, The Walking Dead, we present “Zombies," by keyboardist Tomisheep. About the track: Tomisheep lays down a thick groove behind a zombie killing tutorial. In the artist's words: A real Halloween gift for you guys! This is the musical version of the voice of Paul Scofield, taken from ...
