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The Waitiki 7, in Hi-Fi Vinyl (Pass Out Records) - 02/08/2011
From egg-shaped plush chairs or towering cabinets carved like totem poles, hi-fi sound once poured over the conversation pits and cocktail hours of yesteryear. The warm tone and stop-and-listen vibe continue with exotica innovators WAITIKI 7's latest venture, WAITIKI in Hi-Fi (Pass Out Records; April 12, 2011). The vinyl-only release of new material finally gives listeners—die-hard ...
Harold Rayford Celebrates the Release of "I Am the Instrument" During the 2010-PAW Convention
In celebration of his first Live Project I Am the Instrument, Harold Rayford will make several concert appearances during the PAW (Pentecostal Assemblies of the World) convention in Minneapolis, MN, August 8㬊. Rayford will perform new songs from “I Am the Instrument" during the entire week of the PAW Convention, including the following dates: Thursday-August 12th-Aenon ...
Dave Holland and Pepe Habichuela, Hands (Dare2 Records) - 07/28/2010
From Granada Caves and New York Clubs: The Collaboration of Flamenco Guitarist Pepe Habichuela & Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Parallel lives, parallel movements: through the streets of Wolverhampton, England and the jazz clubs of New York, the caves of Granada and the flamenco bars of Madrid. Over strings and oceans and language barriers, masterful jazz bassist ...
Al Cobine Tribute in Richmond (IN) on April 25th
A tribute to one of Richmond's musical legends is being planned by the Starr-Gennett Foundation. Al Cobine, 1946 graduate of Richmond High School and 1950 graduate of Earlham College, will be recognized by a concert in his honor on April 25th, 3:30 PM at Reid Hospitals Lingle Auditorium. Cobine, a resident of Bloomington, passed away in ...
Craig Brenner & the Crawdads "Live to Love" Reviewed by George Fish
Bloomington, Indiana's Craig Brenner & the Crawdads have a new CD, “Live to Love," that not only romps with boogie and blues, but also with jazz, R&B and even country in a delightful potpourri of ten original songs. Craig Brenner, leader of the group and composer, lyricist and arranger of all ten original numbers on the ...
Craig Brenner Featured at New Orleans Jazz National Park During 1st Weekend of Jazz Fest
Craig Brenner to Perform at the Jazz National Park on April 24, 2010, 2 p.m. Pianist Craig Brenner will perform at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park on Saturday, April 24, from 2 - 3:30 p.m. The Park is located at 916 N. Peters in the French Quarter, New Orleans, LA. Called “a fine and ...
Claude Thornhill: Godfather of Cool
Claude Thornhill was a pianist, composer, and arranger whose 1940s big band helped shape the sound of modern jazz, with orchestral bop and ethereal ballads tinged with classical influences that set the stage for later masterpieces by Miles Davis and Gil Evans. Through his unusual instrumentation and subtle sense of dynamics, Thornhill and his collaborator Evans ...
Live from Cafe Bohemia: Hardbop in the Heart of Greenwich Village
In the mid-1950s Cafe Bohemia was one of the most happening jazz clubs in New York City—a Greenwich Village club that caught the vibe of Manhattan’s thriving art and intellectual scene. On any given night a visitor might hear Charles Mingus, Art Blakey, or Kenny Dorham holding down the stage, with future cult figure Herbie Nichols ...
Charles McPherson's Post-Bird Bop: A 70th-Birthday Tribute
Charles McPherson is an alto saxophonist who spent much of his early career under the spell of jazz great Charlie Parker–but who fired the Parker sound with his own intense energy and expressive skills. Championed by jazz writer Ira Gitler, McPherson made a number of records for Prestige throughout the mid-to-late 1960s, garnering generally good reviews ...
Blank Slate Festival Set For August 8th in Indianapolis
Blank Slate: art in the moment, is a festival new to Indianapolis which celebrates the art of improvisation. A full slate of musicians and bands are on the bill, as are visual artists who will be engaged in a fluid improvised dialogue with the musicians on stage. Blank Slate will be held on Saturday, August 8th ...
