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Bobby Avey: A New Face

by Dan McClenaghan
July 22, 2010

The CD is called A New Face, referring to the set's leader, pianist Bobby Avey. He was an even “newer" face on 2006's Vienna Dialogues (Zoho Music), a duet set with veteran saxophonist David Liebman that explored the music of pre-twentieth century classical composers, including Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mahler and Brahms.For this, Avey's debut as ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 12, 2010

July 20, 2010

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks151Jason Moran Ten (Blue Note)240156+8416814213Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto)191209-18048183176Brad Mehldau Highway Rider (Nonesuch)177103+7405131541213Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri)173132+4125144578Ray Vega & Thomas Marriott East-West Trumpet Summit (Origin)166142+24047186310Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast)160169-9050213754Joe Chambers Horace To Max (Savant)159156+30511982746Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory 6 String Theory (Concord)15886+7254483945Yotam Resonance (JLP)147165-18043461089Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden Jasmine (ECM)145138+7050281187One For All Incorrigible (JLP)1381380036111121116Nnenna ...

Tune into the Jason Moran "Ten" Listening Party at All About Jazz

July 19, 2010

How I Got Here: From music student to jazz master

July 18, 2010

How I Got Here" is a series of conversations with newsmakers about the path they took to their present place In America. (CNN)--Jason Moran is a jazz musician who has one foot in the past, one in the future and a career grounded in the present. From the past, Moran has built on the tradition of ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 5, 2010

July 13, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 209 238 -29 1 55 1 7 2 11 9 Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up) 191 150 +41 6 63 2 3 3 10 9 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 169 152 +17 0 63 2 ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 28, 2010

July 6, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 37 — Jason Moran Ten (Blue Note) 380 76 +304 21 60 1 2 2 11 8 Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes Double Portrait (Blue Note) 345 133 +212 13 63 2 4 3 1 3 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 238 229 +9 ...

Ketil Bjornstad: Remembrance

by Dan McClenaghan
July 6, 2010

The disc is called Remembrance, but it could just as well have been tagged “Prayers" or “Hymns," or “The Search for Peace and Tranquility," words that seems a fit with the music of Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad.Bjørnstad began his sojourn at ECM Records with Water Stories in 1993. In his eight recordings for the ...

Recent Listening: Jason Moran

July 4, 2010

Jason Moran, Ten (Blue Note) It is possible that Jason Moran is the messianic paragon that the tide of jump-on-the-Bandwagon critical enthusiasm proclaims him. I am willing to cede that judgment to the leavening passage of time. It is no abandonment of restraint, however, to agree that Moran is an original thinker and a hell of ...

JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 21, 2010

June 29, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 2 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 229 199 +30 3 62 1 5 2 7 3 Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden Jasmine (ECM) 186 160 +26 2 59 2 5 3 6 5 Brad Mehldau Highway Rider (Nonesuch) 169 161 +8 1 54 ...

Blue Note Records Signs Ambrose Akinmusire

June 28, 2010

JAZZ TRUMPETER & MONK COMPETITION WINNER “DESTINED FOR MUCH WIDER RECOGNITION" (NEW YORK TIMES) EMI's Blue Note Records has signed jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Ambrose Akinmusire. The 28 year-old winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition will head into the studio this Fall to record his major label debut with labelmate Jason Moran as ...