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Trombone Shorty en el 43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona
by Enrique Turpin
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue43º Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaSala Bikini27 de septiembre de 2011La antesala al 43º Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona, que supuso la presentación en Barcelona como líder del volcánico Trombone Shorty, se convirtió en una transparente declaración de intenciones sobre los cimientos en ...
"At the Crossroads": New Emarcy CD from James Carter Organ Trio, Oct. 4
One of jazz's most acclaimed, distinctive improvisers, virtuoso saxophonist James Carter returns to a favored format and simpatico colleagues with At the Crossroads, his 15th CD as a leader and the third showcasing his long-standing Organ Trio. Emarcy Records will release the CD on October 4. Enjoying consistently inspired interplay with fellow Motor City stars organist ...
Craig Taborn - Avenging Angel (2011)
Finally. After more than four years of noting on this space his key contributions to other people's records, including list-topping performances led by David Torn, Chris Potter and Michael Formanek, we get to talk about a record actually led by one of the very top keyboardists working in downtown New York today. That's because a few ...
Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, Saturday, August 6, 2011
by Timothy J. O'Keefe
Natixis Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6, 2011 On a hazy Saturday that started hot and grew more humid, violin and accordion walked a melody as Regina Carter's Reverse Thread opened the main stage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival. Will Holshouser's accordion puffed sounds inspired by zydeco ...
De Nazaten - James Carter: For Now
by AAJ Italy Staff
Le quattro stelle le merita proprio tutte questo For Now che porta la firma dell'effervescente ottetto dei De Nazaten (composto da jazzisti olandesi e percussionisti del Suriname) qui affiancato da uno special guest di chiara fama, il sassofonista americano James Carter. A dire la verità è la seconda volta che questo magico triangolo musicale che ha ...
James Carter: Caribbean Rhapsody
by Dan Bilawsky
Reconciling the improvisational nature of jazz with the semi-rigid confines of classical constructs like the concerto has never been easy. While concertos are meant to highlight a soloist, making this format seem like a perfect home in which a jazz instrumentalist can dwell, the oft-scripted nature of all parts involved, including the solo, works against one ...
Farmers By Nature: Out Of This World’s Distortions
by John Sharpe
As the controlling mind of Farmers By Nature, drummer Gerald Cleaver appropriately pens the liners, explaining the democratic nature of the unit: fully improvising and a complete musical collective. It's a point further emphasized by the order of the musicians' names on the sleeve: Cleaver first, then bassist William Parker and finally pianist Craig Taborn. This ...
Django Reinhardt Festival Returns to Birdland June 28 - July 3
It may start to get HOT in June but not as HOT as it will be at Birdland June 28—July 3 when the Django Reinhardt Festival, due to popular demand, returns for a summer week. The annual November event will perhaps become a bi-annual one. There is a thirst for Django's style of music , as ...
Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel
by John Kelman
He puts out albums under his own name so rarely, while amassing a discography as a sideman/co-leader that's almost unparalleled in its sheer size and stylistic breadth—with over 100 recordings to date, since he first showed up in saxophonist James Carter's groups of the mid-1990s—that it's cause for celebration any time pianist Craig Taborn gets around ...
