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Take Five With Marc Brenken
by AAJ Staff
Meet Marc Brenken:Marc Brenken (born June 17th, 1973) started to play piano at the age of eight and has constantly been developing his own musical language since his studies at the Folkwang Academy of music in Essen, Germany. In 2006 his debut cd eight short stories (with his quartet featuring trumpeter Christian Kappe) was ...
Laurence Hobgood / Charlie Haden / Kurt Elling: When The Heart Dances
by Chris May
Man, this is a beautiful album. How could it be otherwise? An intimate, unhurried conversation between Laurence Hobgood, since 1994 vocalist Kurt Elling's musical director, and one of the finest jazz pianists out there, and the magisterial Charlie Haden, featured bassist in bands led by saxophonist Ornette Coleman, pianist Keith Jarrett and guitarist Pat Metheny, among ...
JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards - Join Us!
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 ...
Dave Liebman and Michael Stephans Release Duets CD "Nomads"
ITM Records, a division of Jazzwerkstatt Records has just released a unique series of duets by saxophonist Dave Liebman and drummer Michael Stephans; however, rather than recording a series of saxophone-drums duets, Liebman and Stephans sought to do something very different. They each play seven instruments in addition to their main voices, including piano, pocket cornet, ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Keith Jarrett
All About Jazz is celebrating Keith Jarrett's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Keith JarrettOver the past 40 years, Keith Jarrett has come to be recognized as one of the most creative musicians of our times - universally acclaimed as an improviser of unsurpassed genius; a master of ...
Skip Wilkins Quintet: The Paint-Peeler
by Matthew Warnock
The Paint-Peeler melds together elements of traditional, modern, and free jazz in a mélange of creative energy and expression. Wilkins' compositions and arrangements are full of emotion and intellectual fervor, while his improvisations are first-rate and are constantly being enhanced by the rest of the ensemble. The quintet, consisting of Paul Kendall on saxophones, Tom Kozic ...
Jeremy Udden: Plainville
by Troy Collins
Former Either/Orchestra saxophonist Jeremy Udden's sophomore album, Plainville is dedicated to his rural Massachusetts hometown of the same name. Drawing on some of his earliest musical inspirations, this varied session integrates alt-country, folk, and rock influences into a jazz context. Continuing a conceptual thread begun on his debut, Torchsongs (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2006) this record ...
Fly: Sky & Country
by Dan McClenaghan
The trio Fly has been described as two thirds of the Brad Mehldau Trio and a saxophonist." Not to diminish reed man Mark Turner--who is the other third of group--but as an acknowledgment of his band mates' higher profiles. And if the higher profiles of the other two thirds--bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard--pulls in ...
Take Five With Chris Zamora
by AAJ Staff
Meet Chris Zamora:Chris's passion for the guitar started at age eight. A guitarist for award-winning singer and Hollywood actress Lisa Zane, he also played for Andrew Chuckerman, the Grammy-nominated musical director and keyboardist for Stevie Wonder, LeAnn Rimes and Rod Stewart. Past sessions include performances with Brazilian percussionist Dede Sampaio (Miles Davis, etc).
Beppe Crovella: Pianovagando
by John Kelman
Setting aside his Hammond Organ, Mellotron and Moog synthesizer for a short while, Beppe Crovella--best known as the keyboardist for Italian progressive/fusion group Arti E Mestieri, last heard on First Live in Japan (MoonJune, 2007)--goes solo on Pianovagando. While he's performed brief piano solos during live performances with AEM, this is the first time he's focused ...


