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Jazz Radio Returns: Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back for a second season!
REEDS & DEEDS II RETURNS FOR A SECOND SEASON ON WECB After an outstanding debut, Lydia Liebman's “Reeds & Deeds II" is returning for a second season on January 23rd, 2011. “Reeds & Deeds II" is broadcast on WECB Online Radio from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Bringing jazz beyond the college campus, Liebman's weekly Sunday ...
Joe Lovano with Family and Friends: Cleveland Heights, December 28, 2010
by Matt Marshall
Joe LovanoNighttownCleveland Heights, OhioDecember 28, 2010 Late into the third set of his homecoming gig with family and friends at Nighttown, saxophonist Joe Lovano took to the mike to remind all in attendance that “Cleveland has always had a creative music scene goin' on." It felt part pep talk, part classic ...
Lol Coxhill / Roger Turner: Success With Your Dog
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Listening to soprano saxophonist, Lol Coxhill on Success With Your Dog, it is tempting to dwell on the thought that Coxhill pushes the straight horn further, much further, than the late Steve Lacy. It is, of course, natural. Coxhill emerged around the same time as Lacy, and both men came long after Sidney Bechet, and the ...
Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 2: January 8, 2011
by Gordon Marshall
Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Vernon Reid's Artificial Afrika Slick and heavy electric forays characterize the work of veteran guitarist Vernon Reid. However far into space he goes, his instrument is always under control; usually, his music is ...
Azar Lawrence: Mystic Journey
by Glenn Astarita
Saxophonist Azar Lawrence's influential faculties and stylistic attack loom as significant contributions to the state of jazz, a genre that continually reinvents itself. He's played with jazz greats including McCoy Tyner and Miles Davis, amid stints with soul and pop icons. On Mystic Journey, Lawrence rekindles the John Coltrane connection, featuring Rashied Ali's presence and the ...
Ray Brown's Great Big Band / NYJO / Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Ray Brown's Great Big BandKayakBrown Cats Productions2010 Sixteen years have passed since Ray Brown's Great Big Band (love that name!) recorded Impressions of Point Lobos, one of the stellar albums of 1994. Brown has ended that prolonged hiatus with Kayak, which should brighten many a listener's catalog ...
Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 1: January 7, 2011
by Gordon Marshall
Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 What with the snow, the lines, the standing-room-only crowds, New York City's Winter Jazzfest can be a hectic, hectoring hell of force-feeding, a speed-read tasting menu of mad musical difference, as hard to digest in the instant ...
Walter Smith III: Redefining a New Era in Jazz
The rich airy transparent sound is what identifies rising modern tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III. His music explores the many different avenues in jazz and introduces a new melodic perspective. When he plays, his creativity is made apparent through his ability to incorporate new musical ideas and undercover a unique relationship between harmonic and rhythmic composition. ...
Mike DiRubbo: Chronos
by Dan Bilawsky
Piano has always been part of the package on saxophonist Mike DiRubbo's albums. Still, when DiRubbo made his Posi-Tone debut with Repercussion in 2009, he left the piano behind, relying instead on some harmonic underpinnings from vibraphonist Steve Nelson. Now, on his follow-up disc for the label, he moves into different piano-less territory with his first ...
Winter Jazzfest, New York City, Day 2: January 8, 2011
by Daniel Lehner
Day 1 | Day 2 Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 7-8, 2011 Kirk Knuffke Quartet Trumpeter Kirk Knuffke certainly has an enthusiasm for the “hot" jazz of the 1920's, even if it isn't straight from the source. Knuffke's quartet--co-fronted by trombonist Brian Drye, and backed by ...
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