Results for "Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services"

Scotty Barnhart: Say It Plain

by Warren Allen
May 22, 2009

Jazz tradition is a tricky thing. Play too far within it, and there's the risk of being called limited or unimaginative. Venture too far away, and critics worry more about finding a label than hearing the sound. It leads to headaches and debates, which trumpet player Scotty Barnhart avoids completely with a debut album that is ...

Scotty Barnhart Prefers to "Say It Plain" on New Jazz Release

May 19, 2009

New York, New York-May 19, 2009 -- Scotty Barnhart has released his first solo offering Say It Plain. After 17 years as a featured soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra it was time to make his own statement. Say It Plain totally encapsulates his experience as an artist and the advent of a long overdue solo ...

Tonight! Dom Minasi and Michael Bisio at The 5C Jazz Cafe (NYC)

May 8, 2009

Dom Minasi - “One of the most inventive guitarist in modern jazz “ and Michael Bisio - “Michael Bisio is a bassist to savior, rich in timbre and precise his playing,” The 5C Jazz Cafe 68 Ave C (corner of E 5th St) New York, NY 10009 212-254-1142 $10 Cover ...

Dave Siebels: Dave Siebels with Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 6, 2009

There is the big band that has horns, piano, drums, and bass--electric guitar, optional. There is the Hammond B3 organ. Where you have both, you have an inferno of music. Organist Dave Siebels has scored nine television series and 35 films, produced 27 albums, and conducted 65 musical variety shows. His performance and recording ...

Phil Woods: Philology

by George Kanzler
May 2, 2009

When pianist Jim McNeely replaced Hal Galper in the Phil Woods Quintet in 1990 it was the current winner--repeating in 1991--of the Downbeat Readers Poll as top jazz small group. But, as McNeely remembers, his first days with the alto saxophonist's band included a benefit concert for the local volunteer fire department in Delaware Water Gap, ...

Bob Albanese: One Way / Detour

by Warren Allen
May 1, 2009

For his Zoho debut, New York pianist Bob Albanese shows a nice array of colors and sides with some excellent original compositions and a few great standards. His love of classic jazz is evident throughout, but so too is a desire to push some limits. Throughout the album, he shows a touch for angular Latin rhythms ...

MoonJune Records

by Martin Longley
April 30, 2009

Leonardo Pavkovic is a looming presence on the ever-expanding scene of polynational, polymusical globe-gobbling. Some might deem his MoonJune Records operation a special home for European prog rock, but this is only one aspect of its makeup. “MoonJune is a label for progressive music," he announces, holding court, at an Egyptian kebab cafe in Astoria. “Whatever ...

Dom Minasi Interview

April 26, 2009

Cape May Jazz Festival Continues to Rebuild

by Ken Franckling
April 26, 2009

The 31st Cape May Jazz FestivalCape May, New JerseyApril 16-18, 2009 As it works to regroup from its own financial problems of the past several years, due in some measure to over expansion, the Cape May Jazz Festival team didn't need the impact of a full-blown recession. L to R: ...

Frank Wess Nonet: Once Is Not Enough

by Woodrow Wilkins
April 23, 2009

In the musical numbers game, trios and quartets are a dime a dozen, with occasional duos and quintets. Anything larger than the latter is usually presented as a group, big band or orchestra, if anything at all, with Frank Wess Nonet defying that model.Wess is an NEA American Jazz Master, and a veteran of ...