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John David Simon: Phantasm
by Edward Blanco
Veteran saxophonist John David Simon delivers his third album as leader swinging through a repertoire of ten straight ahead mainstream material on the very classy Phantasm, featuring a blend of sparkling original statements and fresh new arrangements of several standards from such icons as the great John Coltrane, Horace Silver and Pat Martino among others. The ...
Chantale Gagné: Composer on the Rise
by R.J. DeLuke
Chantale Gagné has been locked in with some of the best musicians on the scene since the pianist/composer moved to New York City in 2008. She's an import from Quebec. Raised in a rural part of the province, she cut her teeth in jazz circles in Montreal before moving to the Big Apple. She's not only ...
Chantale Gagné: The Left Side Of The Moon
by Hrayr Attarian
Montreal native pianist Chantal Gagné's third release as a leader, Left Side of the Moon brims with a fantastical mysticism. A translucent aura surrounds the ten Gagné compositions, and one cover, that comprise the album while an intense, organic passion permeates their core.The darkly hued title track for instance is an incandescent ballad with ...
Jazz at Lincoln Center: The Search for Original African Music
by Nick Catalano
Although jazz emerged as an art form around the turn of the Twentieth century in the southern United States, its roots extend backward over several centuries. The music largely developed from a synthesis of many African and European forms that was achieved through the institution of slavery. Blacks were captured or purchased from specific “factory" areas ...
Jimmy Greene: A Beautiful Life
by Patricia Myers
Phoenix-born jazz drummer Lewis Nash was the drummer on tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene's newly released tribute album, A Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue Records, 2014). The CD is a remembrance celebration of Greene's 6-year-old daughter, Ana Márquez-Greene, who was among the 20 children and six educators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, on December ...
Chantale Gagné: The Left Side Of The Moon
by Dan Bilawsky
Pianist Chantale Gagné isn't afraid to wear her heart on her sleeve. With each release she's become more demonstrative in the manner in which she presents her music. Silent Strength (Self Produced, 2008) was her first step, and the first look at how she functioned with the high-end rhythm section of drummer Lewis Nash and bassist ...
Duologue
By Steve Wilson
Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2014
Track listing: Caravan; The Mooche; RCJG; Monk Medley Part 1 (Ask Me Now, Evidence); Row Twelve; Black Gold; Jitterbug Waltz; Freedom Jazz Dance; Monk Medley Part 2 (Bright Mississippi, Four In One); Happy House; Woody 'N' You.
The Caribbean Tinge: Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
Label: Motéma Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Introduction; Sunday Stomp at Congo Square; Last Train To Paris;
Caribbean Tinge; Flower By the Dry River; Cofradias; Mambo Vivo; Two To
Tango; The Source In Between.
Jazz Musician of the Day: Lewis Nash
All About Jazz is celebrating Lewis Nash's birthday today! Rhythm Is My Business" is the title of his debut recording as a leader, and rhythm is a booming business as far as Lewis Nash is concerned. He is the drummer of choice for an incredible array of artists - from the masters of the music to ...
Sharel Cassity: Manhattan Romance
by Tom Pierce
Since she relocated to New York City in 1999, the steadily building career of this Oklahoma native includes a Bachelor's from the New School and a Master's at Juilliard. Sharel Cassity studied under a number of renowned saxophonists and recorded two CDs. The second, Relentless (Jazz Legacy, 2009), received a 4-star review in Downbeat, whose Critics ...
