Results for "Jazzheads"

Manhattan School of Music Chamber Jazz Ensemble and TACTUS feat. Dave Liebman: Sky Changes

by John Kelman
August 27, 2012

Jazz and classical music have long been bedfellows. As far back as the 1920s, clarinetist/soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet was quoting Italian opera in solos, and in the 1950s/60s, notable composers/arrangers like Gil Evans and George Russell were, at least in part, driven to innovation through exposure/study of contemporary classical music, with Gunther Schuller even coining the ...

Bobby Sanabria Big Band: Multiverse

by Dan Bilawsky
August 9, 2012

Drummer/historian/educator/percussionist Bobby Sanabria is more than the sum of his parts; he's actually the sum of all parts, collected, absorbed and observed over the course of his musical life. The Nuyorican jazz giant is a stylistic sponge, historical repository and bringer of the boom, but he's a true artist above all else. He understands that music ...

Susie Arioli featuring Jordan Officer: All The Way

by Dan Bilawsky
June 7, 2012

Vocalist Susie Arioli's performances on All The Way are all about impact through intimacy. Arioli's laidback and understated vocals don't fall in line with the textbook definition of “powerful," but her ability to create highly emotive atmospheres in cloistered and relatively calm surroundings marks her as a powerful singer nonetheless. For this, her ...

Jazzheads Jazz Festival Took Place In New York City On May 4-5, 2012

May 13, 2012

This year Jazzheads celebrates its 20th anniversary as a label. The first annual Jazzheads Jazz Festival took place at the Players Club in New York City on May 4-5, 2012. The Players Club is the beautiful 18th century townhouse that belonged to Edwin Booth, the great Shakespearean actor and brother to John Wilkes. The townhouse has ...

Jeff Lederer: Sunwatcher

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 19, 2012

Una nota fotografia di Elliot Landy che immortala Albert Ayler in Prospect Park (poi usata per la copertina di The Hilversum Sessions) è citata da Jeff Lederer, che la ripropone con se stesso al posto dell'eroe per questo Sunwatcher, raccolta di notevole bellezza, che propone il sassofonista newyorkese tra le voci meritevoli di conoscenza approfondita. L'attacco ...

El Cumbanchero

January 17, 2012

Album: El Cumbanchero
By Mark Weinstein
Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2011
Duration: 04:38

El Cumbanchero

By Mark Weinstein

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2011
Track listing: El Cumbanchero; La Mulata Rumbera; Doña Olga; Aruancó; Av. Pinto Tapiro; Perla Marina; Armoniosos De Amalia; Danzón De Liz; Contigo En La Distancia.

Mad About Thad

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2011
Track listing: Bird Song; Quiet Lady; Mean What You Say; A Child Is Born; Lady Luck; Three And One; Evol Deklaw Ni; Elusive.

Sunwatcher

By Jeff Lederer

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2011
Track listing: Albert's Sun; Cristo Redentor; Arnold Schoenberg's Son; Snake In The Blackberry Patch; Albert's Love Theme; Arshawsky; Break Bread Together; Turiyasangitananda.

Mad About Thad

By NYJAZZ Initiative

Label: Jazzheads
Released: 2011
Track listing: Bird Song; Quiet Lady; Mean What You Say; A Child Is Born; Lady Luck; Three And One; Evol Deklaw Ni; Elusive.