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Jean-Louis Matinier / Marco Ambrosini: Inventio
by John Kelman
By this point heading for longstanding status with ECM Records, it's always intriguing to follow an artist through the label's discography, as one relationship seems to lead, inevitably, to another. While French accordionist Jean-Louis Matinier made his first appearance with the label on fellow Frenchman Louis Sclavis' Dans La Nuit (2000), it was his tenure with ...
Dewa Budjana: Joged Kahyangan
by Geannine Reid
Guitarist, composer and producer Dewa Budjana is from Waikabubak, West Sumba, Indonesia. Budjana has been building a collection of jazz-inspired works and CDs, while also playing and composing for the rock band Gigi. Budjana's influences are varied and he has always infused the traditional sounds Indonesia no matter what genre he is exploring. Budjana's ability to ...
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra Announces Self-Titled Summer Album Release To Feature Guest Collaborators Victor Wooten And Howard Levy
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra are no strangers to pushing musical genre boundaries and on July 9th, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra will release a self-titled album of cerebral tunes that further blur the lines of jazz. Each member of Jonathan Scales Fourchestra contributes a distinctive voice to the ensemble. Wielding steel pans, Jonathan Scales incorporates a contemporary jazz attitude ...
Pointing Fingers... And Naming Names
by Jack Bowers
As the countdown continues toward the last Big Band Report in June, the time has come to point fingers and name names--in other words, to compile a short list of contemporary jazz musicians who have risen above the norm to help make life more pleasurable for one devoted listener. These are, mind you, personal choices, and ...
Indonesian Guitar Legend Dewa Budjana Releases "Dawai In Paradise" on MoonJune Records
MoonJune Records is proud and pleased to present the incredible artistry of legendary world-class guitarist, Dewa Budjana. Renowned throughout his native Indonesia, his status as a maestro is well-deserved and immediately apparent. Dewa's fifth solo album, Dawai In Paradise, explores his vast, diverse array of guitar stylings in a host of fresh, powerful, intriguing musical settings. ...
Alberto Mizrahi: Matzah to Menorah: A Holiday Jazz Celebration
by Hrayr Attarian
There is a well-established legacy of fusing the sacred with the secular in jazz. Pianist Duke Ellington's Concert of Sacred Music (RCA, 1966) is, perhaps, the most ceremonial example of this but there is a myriad of other recordings. Guitarist Grant Green's gospel-inspired Feelin' the Spirit (Blue Note, 1962), pianist/harpist Alice Coltrane's exploration of Hinduism and ...
Bela Fleck & The Flecktone Win Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition
Port Washington, NY: eOne Music is happy to announce that Béla Fleck and Howard Levy, of the group Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, have won a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition for their “Life In Eleven," from the band's #1 Billboard Jazz Chart album Rocket Science. For the new album Rocket Science, pianist/ harmonica player Howard ...
Bela Fleck (BEY-Lah Fleck): See Curious, Creative Mind
by R.J. DeLuke
Béla Fleck has taken his instrument--the banjo--to heights that seemed unimaginable prior to couple decades ago. There have been virtuoso players in its long history, but the sounds Fleck elicits through electronics, and the musical landscapes he treads upon, are groundbreaking.He's got all that in his pocket. But as a twenty-something musician whose prowess ...
As You Spend Your Life
Label: Southport Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: For My Mother's Love; As You Spend Your Life; We Got It; It Didn't Rain; Playa Bonita; Into The
Looking Glass; Simone; And He's Growing Old; Touch; Another Quiet Night; The City Shines.
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Spring 2012 U.S. Tour Dates
TOUR STARTS MARCH 1 AT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have announced plans for a Spring tour in 2012. The run starts on March 1 at University of Wisconsin and will take the band through San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Omaha, and more before wrapping up on April 28 ...
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