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The Crouchites: Thinly Veiled
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Masters of irony or useful idiots? Perhaps neither, most likely both. The Crouchites, featured in the latest edition of Blackzz Times, could pass as the poster boys...other than The Bad Plus...for the type of jazz so adamantly condemned by Stanley Crouch. Yet, Crouch himself is the sole special guest of this production! Crouch's perfunctory performance in ...
The Boobs Trio: Saggy
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Credit The Boobs Trio for their topical sense of humor, sorely missed in the contemporary jazz repertoire. The jazz industry has taken itself far too seriously in the last 30-40 years and Saggy, featuring three young jazz performers of note, raises hope for levity to take on jazz with ripping vengeance. Their take on the now ...
No hay ritmo como "Cachao": Lincoln Jazz Concert Series at Miami Dade Concert Auditorium
by Javier AQ Ortiz
A salient benefit of residing in South Florida is an octogenarian called Israel López “Cachao." The venerable master keeps shrinking and walks in short shuffled steps. Once his powerfully nimble hands grab the double bass, however, he seems to be intravenously connected to the Fountain of Youth . He belongs to that rare breed of musical ...
Divine Reeves
by Javier AQ Ortiz
On Saturday, April 20, 2002, the audience at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, in West Palm Beach, experienced godly jazz enthralled by Dianne Reeves and her stunning tour’s quartet. At the luxurious, spacious, comfortable and acoustically impeccable Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., Concert Hall, Reeves was able to elicit the type of excitement ...
Dewey Redman Blows His Birthday in Miami Beach
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The second coming of the JVC Jazz Festival-Miami Beach started small on May 15 2002. A trio, consisting of Matt Wilson on drums, a John something or other in bass and Redman playing tenor sax, Chinese cornet, his voice, gestures and character at Jazid. In such a venue, almost anyone can conjure a “standing room only” ...
JVC Jazz Festival-Miami Beach 2002
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Upstairs at the Van Dyke Café on Friday, May 17, 2002, Dr. Lonnie Smith regaled the jazz loving public, during the second edition of the JVC Jazz Festival-Miami Beach , with two sets of steadfast music that excited the place up. Smith performed the organ with Bob Devos on guitar and Adam Nussbaum sticking it to ...
Mark Towns: Passion
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Guitarist Mark Towns releases his second recording, after his Flamenco Jazz Latino, joined once again by special guest Hubert Laws. Although the former Mongo Santamaria flutist is the most acknowledged player in the recording, the rest of the ensemble has some nice surprises in stow for the listener. Simply stated, this is quite a pleasant disk ...
Luis Mar: Live at the Nuyorican Caf
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The Nuyorican Café, located in an alleyway in Old San Juan, is a smoky small venue with a centrally located generous bar and just the perfect ambiance for a gig with Luis MarÃ-n. It isn't the most acoustically correct place; yet, the live sound of this recording is largely unaffected. In this disk, MarÃ-n, who alongside ...
Luis Mar: Inconsolable
by Javier AQ Ortiz
In Inconsolable, singer Gilberto Monroig is reinterpreted through jazz by pianist Luis MarÃ-n. Monroig was a chain-smoking bohemian adept at various popular repertoires, although mostly dedicated to romantic fare throughout his career. On his way of becoming one of the most important Puerto Rican singers ever, he was even Tito Puente's vocalist for a couple of ...
Henry Mora Orchestra:
by Javier AQ Ortiz
The West Coast's Henry Mora Orchestra is a mambo-era dance type of big band with its own updates to such musical reliquaries in the arrangements, R&B vocal inflections, its manifest salsa influences and the contemporary expressions of the soloists. 'Round Midnight, however, is a swinging danceable piñata with a mixed bag of candy. Not all tastes ...
