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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Billy Carrion Jr.

Read "Take Five With Billy Carrion Jr." reviewed by Billy Carrion Jr


Meet Billy Carrion Jr: I've been around music since I was in my mother's womb. My dad-- singer, Billy Carrion Sr. --would play sounds of Batacumbele through headphones over my mom's belly. My first saxophone experience came at nine. After being taught to read and write, I started my musical journey. At 16, I was ...

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Article: Album Review

Manuel Valera & New Cuban Express: Expectativas

Read "Expectativas" reviewed by Edward Blanco


A follow up to pianist Manuel Valera's 2013 Grammy--nominated New Cuban Express, his seventh album as leader, Expectativas continues the melding of Afro-Cuban rhythms with the modern fusion jazz sound fusing the two into a new form of jazz best described as “modern Latin fusion." Consisting of eleven originals and one cover, the project is a ...

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Introducing Letizia Gambi

Label: Jando Music S.r.l.
Released: 2012
Track listing: 01 Secret Tears (Una Furtiva Lagrima) 02 Appucundria Letizia Gambi feat. Chick Corea 03 I Think Of You ( E Penso A Te) Patrice Rushen, Lenny White 04 Soli feat Gil Goldstein 05 You Are So SPecial (Tu Si 'na Cosa Grande)Gil Goldstein, Wallace Roney, John Benitez 06 A Time 07 'o Sole Mio - Letizia Gambi, Patrice Rushen,Ron Carter, Lenny White 08 The Question Of You feat. Gato Barbieri 09 Passione 10 Bachelorette Letizia Gambi, Ron Cater, Patrice Rushen, Lenny White 11 The Love Of Your Life 12 My Town (Carmela) 13 Munasterio 'e Santachiara In A Sentimental Mood,Patrice Rushen,Ron Carter,Lenny White,H.DelCurto 14 Yo Soy El Sur

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Article: Album Review

Negroni's Trio: On The Way

Read "On The Way" reviewed by Edward Blanco


With its seventh album titled On The Way, Grammy-nominated Negroni's Trio celebrates its ten year anniversary with a live recording of eight originals and two well-known standards, with a little help from saxophonist great Ed Calle and violinist Federico Britos. The father and son team of pianist Jose and drummer Nomar Negroni, has been performing together ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jim Ridl & Terrell Stafford Thurs. Oct. 18th In Olde City Philadelphia!

Jim Ridl & Terrell Stafford Thurs. Oct. 18th In Olde City Philadelphia!

Pianist Jim Ridl and trumpeter Terrell Stafford are Philadelphia jazz musicians and recording artists who continue to receive worldwide acclaim for their artistry, versatility, creativity, and contributions to improvisational music. Jazz Bridge, the Philadelphia-based non-profit organization dedicated to assisting area jazz and blues musicians in need, is presenting these astounding artists in concert on October 18th ...

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Article: Album Review

Manuel Valera: New Cuban Express

Read "New Cuban Express" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Pianist Manuel Valera has been liberally mixing and melding Cuban forms with modern jazz ideals since his first record--Forma Nueva (Mavo Music, 2004)--put him on the map, but his methods have changed and evolved. He expanded his aural framework by working a woodwind quintet into the musical fabric of Vientos (Anzic Records, 2007), which showed glimpses ...

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Article: Album Review

Rick Drumm and Fatty Necroses: Return From the Unknown

Read "Return From the Unknown" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Music has figured large throughout drum industry veteran Rick Drumm's life. From drumming in a 60-piece Youth Band as a teenager to the US Air Force Band, and through various circus bands--including over 1000 performances across the USA in the Barnum and Bailey Circus--to President of world-renowned string manufacturers D'Addario & Company, it's been quite a ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Jim Ridl: Blue Corn Enchilada Dreams

Read "Jim Ridl: Blue Corn Enchilada Dreams" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Jim Ridl Blue Corn Enchilada Dreams Jim Ridl Records2011Jim Ridl is one of our most creative and versatile jazz pianists, an acknowledged master often called upon by his peers for their recordings and live performances. Whether he works along with saxophonists Dave Liebman and Charles Pillow, or flugelhornist ...

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Article: Interview

Tim Collins: Mixing It Up

Read "Tim Collins: Mixing It Up" reviewed by Alan Bryson


Tim Collins likes to mix it up. It starts at home; the vibraphonist is married to a successful concert violinist and is intimately connected to the world of classical music. Recording with pianist Matthias Bublath, Collins has also worked with guitarist Charlie Hunter, who produced his second album, mixing rock, jazz, and string quartets. He seeks ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival 2011, 4-7 de agosto

Read "Newport Jazz Festival 2011, 4-7 de agosto" reviewed by Joan A. Cararach


Newport Jazz FestivalDel 4 al 7 de agosto, 2011Newport, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos Prólogo: como Moisés en Fort Adams (y cantando con Pete Seeger) Un carrito de golf se detiene en la entrada del túnel que lleva del llamado escenario Quad al Harbor Stage. Chubasqueros y paraguas se detienen ante ...


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