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Gian-Carla Tisera: Nora La Bella
by Geannine Reid
Gian-Carla Tisera was raised in Bolivia and completed her Masters in Opera Performance at the University of Southern California. In 2004, she recorded Bolivian Baroque with Florilegium early music ensemble under the Dutch label Channel Classics and has toured with Florilegium throughout Europe, Bolivia, Turkey, Singapore and the United States. In 2012 Tisera produced and recorded ...
Rafael Rosa: Portrait
by Ian Patterson
In jazz terms Puerto Rico has certainly punched above its weight, producing Juan Tizol--a mainstay of Duke Ellington's bands in the 1930s and 1940s, Eddie Gomez and Manolo Badrena--who came to prominence in the 1960s/1970s through their respective associations with pianist Bill Evans and Weather Report--and latterly David Sanchez. Lesser known--though perhaps that's soon to change--is ...
Tyrone Birkett | Emancipation: Post Modern Spirituals: The Promised Land
by Hrayr Attarian
Saxophonist and composer Tyrone Birkett's early output, particularly his In the Fullness of Time (Convergence Records, 2006) was dangerously close to the over-sentimental, syrupy and innocuous sounds of (gasp!) smooth jazz. What kept the record from falling over into that, much maligned, genre was Birkett's superlative improvisational chops and his robust devotional sense. On his sophomore ...
Take Five With Billy Carrion Jr.
by AAJ Staff
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 ...
Manuel Valera & New Cuban Express: Expectativas
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 ...
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
Negroni's Trio: On The Way
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 ...
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 ...
Manuel Valera: New Cuban Express
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 ...
Rick Drumm and Fatty Necroses: Return From the Unknown
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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