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Chart-topping jazz vocalist Shell Zimet to perform free show in New York on May 5th
Frank Sinatra lives. So does Dean Martin. In fact, Sammy Davis, Jr. is alive and well. This is no imaginary tale; rather, those Rat Pack legends can still be found in one person, New York-based entertainer Shell Zimet. For listeners of online jazz radio stations, the name should be familiar as Zimet was No. 1 on ...
An Interview with Dewey Syntax: Progressive Rock meets Jazz Fusion
The death of progressive rock has been greatly exaggerated. While it's true that prog has long been extinct from the public eye for decades now, the genre remains a living and breathing entity, kept alive by its pioneers and followers in an underground network of the faithful. Among them is Denver, Colorado-based guitarist Eric Dewey, who ...
Unrestrained power highlights full-length album from jazz vocalist Leslie Casey
Jazz vocalist Leslie Casey was able to accomplish something on her debut album that many unsigned acts—of any genre—have never done: The Pittsburgh native received radio airplay in the Netherlands and in the U.K. “When I did my first CD I had it on MySpace, and it allowed me to meet people who wanted to play ...
Isaac Byrd, Jr. & Tribe Judah deliver soulful depth and evocative tunefulness on new CD "Beginnings"
His new album with Tribe Judah may be called Beginnings, but trumpet player Isaac Byrd, Jr. certainly doesn't sound like a beginner. The soulful depth and evocative tunefulness of the record leaves the fingerprints of an established, boldly confident musician, one who knows quite well how to express his innermost emotions through his instrument. While many ...
Ghost of Django Reinhardt haunts Gypsy jazz of the Icy Hot Club of California
The spectre of Django Reinhardt haunts the Icy Hot Club of California. No, there's no need to phone the Ghostbusters as this is not a paranormal haunting. Rather, Los Angeles-based guitarists Ethan Emerson and Ray Bergstrom are attempting to resurrect a somewhat dormant genre, Gypsy jazz, on their six-cut debut The Icy Hot Club EP. Opening ...
Los Angeles jazz artist Cole Jacobs releases one of the year's most colorfully inventive efforts
Calling an EP Atomic Escalator brews expectations of hipster lounge jazz, and Los Angeles-based musician Cole Jacobs doesn't disappoint in arriving with the goods. Jacobs locates the twilight zone between smooth and acid jazz on Atomic Escalator, unveiling characteristics of both stylistic offshoots in a breezy, snappy manner. It is easily among the year's most colorfully ...
Linley Weir finds bittersweet spot between jazz and blues on debut album
Desires, the debut album from the Linley Weir Quartet, may introduce a new voice in jazz, but it's one rooted in the classic influences of Nina Simone and Cassandra Wilson. Like those legendary vocalists, Weir's singing finds that bittersweet spot between jazz and blues. Born and raised in West London, England, Weir's future was cemented at ...
Philadelphia-based guitarist Ray Ferretti stirs together progressive rock and jazz on new CD
Guitarist Ray Ferretti stirs together the sonic experimentation of progressive rock and the rhythm-oriented structure of jazz so effortlessly well on his latest CD Leaf Juice it's almost like those two styles were parts of the same genre. Even more impressive is that Ferretti, for the most part, flies solo on this project, jamming by himself ...
Guitarist Tyson Graf unites fiery progressive-rock guitar with rambunctious jazz improvisation on new album
Guitarist Tyson Graf isn't content with exploring the surface; instead, he'd rather the plumb the depths. To him, playing music takes on a transcendent quality. “As I get older music becomes more and more of a spiritual activity," Graf revealed. “Spiritual in the sense of becoming more enlightened through music and hopefully enlightening others." On his ...
Not even Hurricane Katrina could stop saxophonist Vandell Andrew from pursuing his dreams with new EP
Saxophonist Vandell Andrew nearly saw his dreams swept aside by the lethal force of Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans native was on the verge of receiving instruction from jazz icon Edward “Kidd" Jordan before tragedy struck the region. Andrew ended up having to move to Dallas, Texas, where he honed his chops in the local jazz ...
