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News: Recording

Embracing Nicole Henry

Embracing Nicole Henry

The song stylist sells out a pair of New York City shows on the eve of the release of her critically-acclaimed new album, Embraceable Miami Beach, FL: Glowing reviews have embraced the arrival of the fifth album from song stylist Nicole Henry, which was released Tuesday (August 23) by ArtistShare. On Monday night, Henry performed many ...

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Article: Album Review

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Drumfree

Read "Drumfree" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


Drumfree contains some of the most stimulating three-way counterpoint written and played in a long time. All of the compositional credit goes to Wolfgang Muthspiel, the composer; but making it all come alive is Muthspiel, the guitarist, and his chosen partners for this date: saxophonist Andy Scherrer and bassist Larry Grenadier. Muthspiel leads from the front ...

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Article: Album Review

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Drumfree

Read "Drumfree" reviewed by Jack Huntley


Wolfgang Muthspiel is a hypnotically adept guitarist who seems to have a penchant for exploring the percussion-less musical setting. His previous album, Live At The Jazz Standard (Material Records, 2010), was a technically impeccable guitar duo with Mick Goodrick, and in some ways, Drumfree is a natural extension of the ideas investigated on that album. But ...

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Article: Album Review

Augmented Reality: Augmented Reality

Read "Augmented Reality" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Collaborative trios are a tricky business. While all three members might set out to form an equal musical partnership, that rarely happens. Sometimes the instrumentation dictates the focal point, as with the fascinating group, Fly--drummer Jeff Ballard, bassist Larry Grenadier and tenor saxophonist Mark Turner--which is as democratic as they come, yet the horn draws the ...

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News: Recording

Pianist/Composer Lisa Hilton releases "Underground" on April 25, 2011

Pianist/Composer Lisa Hilton releases "Underground" on April 25, 2011

Pianist/Composer Lisa Hilton releases UNDERGROUND on April 25, 2011 featuring Larry Grenadier, Nasheet Waits and J.D. Allen Critically acclaimed pianist/composer/band leader Lisa Hilton's thirteenth stateside release finds her, once again, working with a stellar line—up of top flight jazz musicians: Larry Grenadier (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums) and J.D. Allen (tenor sax), imbuing UNDERGROUND, and Hilton's compositions ...

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Article: Interview

David Caceres: Double Threat Coming Forward

Read "David Caceres: Double Threat Coming Forward" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


The singer/instrumentalist in jazz has a long and honorable tradition. Many of those, though certainly not all, are more known for their singing than playing, especially in the last 20 years or so. But almost universally, they're enjoyed for what they can do, breathing a certain joie de vivre into songs by expressing the lyrics, then ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two: Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume lll

Read "Paul Motian Trio 2000 + Two: Live at the Village Vanguard, Volume lll" reviewed by Charles Walker


Paul Motian Trio 2000 + TwoLive at the Village Vanguard, Volume IIIWinter & Winter2011 It almost seems like a challenge to the critical establishment: return to the scene of your greatest early-career triumph, 40 years later, surrounded by active musicians instead of legends, and see what happens. ...

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Article: Live Review

Ethan Iverson/Larry Grenadier/Paul Motian at the Village Vanguard on March 3, 2011

Read "Ethan Iverson/Larry Grenadier/Paul Motian at the Village Vanguard on March 3, 2011" reviewed by Warren Allen


Ethan Iverson / Larry Grenadier / Paul MotianThe Village VanguardNew York, NYMarch 3, 2011 The press that followed the rise of The Bad Plus rocked jazz's slightly dusty seismometer. And with it, pianist Ethan Iversion rose to the forefront of the jazz piano world for his heart-pounding work in the ...

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News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival April 1 - 3 in Downtown Monterey

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Celebrates 40th Anniversary America's Top Young Jazz Musicians from 10 States Compete for Spot on Monterey Jazz Festival Stages Monterey Jazz Festival Artist-In-Residence and Two-Time Grammy-Nominee Joshua Redman to Participate The Monterey Jazz Festival, a nonprofit leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958 and JazzTimes Readers' Poll ...

Album

Highway Rider

Label: Nonesuch Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: CD1: John Boy; Don't Be Sad; At the Tollbooth; Highway Rider; The Falcon Will Fly Again; Now You Must Climb Alone; Walking the Peak. CD2: We'll Cross the River Together; Capriccio; Sky Turning Grey (For Elliott Smith); Into the City; Old West; Come With Me; Always Departing; Always Returning.


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