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The Black Butterflies: 1 de Mayo
by Matt Marshall
The Black Butterflies1 de MayoThe Black Butterflies2010 While this is just the debut release from The Black Butterflies, a group led by 27-year-old saxophonist Mercedes Figueras, veterans would do well to prick up their ears and take note. The Butterflies deftly blend the Latin rhythms of Figueras' ...
Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Rekindles Cuban Fire Suite
by Jack Bowers
On June 5, 2010, with the temperature in Albuquerque hovering around 100 degrees, the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra couldn't have wished for a better time to perform Johnny Richards' incendiary Cuban Fire suite, first recorded in 1956 by the Stan Kenton Orchestra. The sold-out concert was the opening event in the city's annual Jazz and Blues Under ...
Corey Christiansen Quartet: Outlaw Tractor
by John Barron
Guitarist extraordinaire Corey Christiansen displays a crisp attack with scorching solos on Outlaw Tractor, a disc full of no-nonsense, organ-based, groovy jazz. Christiansen, who is also a well-known educator and author of guitar-related instructional material, recruits the talents of organist Pat Bianchi to create a rollicking vibe reminiscent of the classic pairing of Wes Montgomery and ...
31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland
by Matt Marshall
31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 15-25, 2010 In its 31st offing, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland followed a familiar yet engaging formula. One that, over the years, has made it the largest music festival in Ohio and the largest educational jazz festival in the country. The clinics and workshops for ...
Dr. Lonnie Smith: Spiral
by Dan Bilawsky
Vitality and age might be normally be at odds with one another, but not when discussing Dr. Lonnie Smith--the inimitable organ shaman of the modern soul-jazz epoch. Whether turning in clever takes on the music of indie rocker Beck, recasting familiar standards in his organic organ mold or shaping his own compositions to his liking, Smith ...
B3 Blowout Featuring Joey DeFrancesco and Three More at the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Organists (in order of appearance): Trudy Pitts, Joey DeFrancesco; John Medeski; Dr. Lonnie Smith Jazz FridaysKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Verizon HallApril 30, 2010 This was a blowout of a concert, culminating with four of the world's greatest contemporary jazz organists battling it out on four Hammond B3s (with legendary ...
The State of Organ Jazz 2010 (Part 2): Stanton Moore and Organissimo
by C. Michael Bailey
The State of Organ Jazz 2010, Part I: Wayne Escoffery, Dan Pratt and Matthew Kaminski dealt with some very fine organ-based jazz, that, for the most part, colored within the lines. This second installment focuses on the organ, guitar and drums trio and is devoted to two artists who definitely got their nuclear funk on: drummer ...
Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz
by C. Michael Bailey
Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz Concord Music 2010 Ray Charles spent the 1950s and 1960s transforming the atomic American musics of gospel, the blues, R&B and country into what has been tagged “soul." Should jazz have been immune to his considerable charms? No, of course not. During the ...
Guitarist Steve Howe Interviewed at AAJ
Steve Howe has been a major figure in contemporary music for over 40 years. He first came to international prominence with Yes; he's a key figure in rock supergroup Asia; and his distinctive guitar style makes him one of the most recognizable players on the scene. His love of jazz is less well-known but it has ...
Steve Howe: Great Guitars and Great Guitarists
by Bruce Lindsay
Steve Howe has been a major figure in contemporary music for over 40 years. He first came to international prominence with Yes; he's a key figure in rock supergroup Asia; and his distinctive guitar style makes him one of the most recognizable players on the scene. His love of jazz is less well-known but it has ...
