Results for "joe lovano"

Rimouski International Jazz Festival: 24th Edition

June 15, 2009

By Marcel Dubois Five hundred kilometers from Montreal along the mighty and majestic St Lawrence River lies the historical city of Rimouski, population 43,000. Founded in 1696, it's an important maritime city that takes pride in its great nautical traditions. Backed up by rolling hills that offer panoramic views of the Gulf as well as splendid ...

Steve Kuhn in New-York - ECM Records CD Release Celebration: "Mostly Coltrane"

June 11, 2009

The Story: The Story

by Mark F. Turner
June 9, 2009

The Story is the real life debut of an exciting new collaborative that is set to make its mark on the jazz world. Invigorated by a young quintet of extremely talented international members--saxophonists Lars Dietrich (Holland) and Samir Zarif (United States), drummer Greg Ritchie, bassist Zack Lober (Canada), and pianist John Escreet (United Kingdom), this eponymous ...

10th Bray Jazz Festival

by Ian Patterson
May 28, 2009

10th Bray Jazz Festival Bray, Ireland May 1-3, 2009 The small town of Bray in county Wicklow is not the most obvious location for an international jazz festival. Situated twenty kilometers south of the capital Dublin and hugging the coast, it has been battered by the Irish Sea since at least 1300, ...

JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards - Join Us!

May 18, 2009

Mark your calendar! 13th Annual JJA Jazz Awards June 16, 2009 3:00-6:00pm at The Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th Street New York, NY Join us at the JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards as we... Announce our 2009 award winners (see nominees below) Honor winners and nominees ...

Joe Lovano Us Five: Folk Art

by Troy Collins
May 13, 2009

Folk Art is saxophonist Joe Lovano's 22nd album as a leader for the esteemed Blue Note label, and surprisingly, his first of all original compositions. Folk Art is unusual not only in its choice of material, but in personnel as well. Pianist James Weidman is the only veteran, rising bass star Esperanza Spalding and percussionists Otis ...

Nathan Eklund: Trip To The Casbah

by Jerry D'Souza
May 10, 2009

Nathan Eklund is based in New York City, where he leads two bands: the Nathan Eklund Group and the Nathan Eklund Quintet. This gives him the leeway to cast his music in different streams and to interpret it in the manner that suits his compositions. Eklund has also been part of projects by Craig Yaremko, Eddie ...

May 2009

by AAJ Staff
May 9, 2009

Jamie Baum & Tomasz StankoJamie Baum Septet and Tomasz Stanko QuartetMerkin HallNew York City April 4, 2009It was a pretty sure bet that “Juxtapositions In Jazz," a Merkin Concert Hall double bill featuring the Jamie Baum Septet and Tomasz Stanko Quartet (Apr. 4th), would live up to its ...

Blame it on the Bossa Nova: Brazil's Other Musics

by Elliott Simon
May 9, 2009

Jovino Santos Neto & Weber IagoLive at CaramoorAdventure Music2008 Felipe SallesTimelineCurare Records2009 Yamandu CostaMafuáAcoustic Music2008 One unfortunate outcome of Brazilian bossa nova's ...

Joe Lovano Debuting New 'Folk Art' Quintet

May 3, 2009

Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano will mark his 21st recording for Blue Note with the release of Folk Art, fronting a new quintet he formed in 2008. Due May 19, the nine songs are all original Lovano compositions, the first time he’s released only new material on one record. Dubbed the US Five, Lovano finds himself ...