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Kendrick Scott Oracle Announces March United States Tour

February 2, 2015

Kendrick Scott is a drummer extraordinaire and rising star in the world of jazz. Known for his artistic and sonic ingenuity in his playing, he has been praised by many of this century's top jazz legends, young and old. Herbie Hancock notes that, “Kendrick is not just a timekeeper, but he is a musician with big ...

News: Recording

Tigran Hamasyan's "Mockroot" Due Out On Nonesuch Records, Feb. 17

January 31, 2015

Nonesuch Records Releases Label Debut By Pianist Tigran Hamasyan, Mockroot, on February 17, 2015 US Tour Dates announced including stops in Chicago, Los Angeles, Cambridge and New York “Tigran has found a way to keep improvisation fresh and lyrical. Other jazz musicians would be wise to take note.” —Guardian “There are many brilliant and perfectly finished ...

News: Recording

Cleopatra Records To Release Two Rare Live Albums By UK Prog Legends Renaissance

January 29, 2015

Los Angeles, CA - Cleopatra Records will be releasing two rare live albums by UK progressive rock legends Renaissance. The first release on February 3rd is DeLane Lea Studios 1973; a captivating live-in-the-studio recording from Renaissance performing to a small gathering of friends at the historic DeLane Lea Studios in London (used by everyone from The ...

News: Recording

Saxophonist ShaShaty Set To Embark Upon A “Dream Ride” Leading To A “brighter Day”

January 29, 2015

Vibrant radio single precedes the artist’s Steve Oliver-produced album, due March 3. Los Angeles, CA: It’s a new dawn for veteran contemporary jazz saxophonist ShaShaty, who will release his sixth album entitled “Brighter Day,” on March 3 on the newly formed A.H.I. Records. His first collection comprised entirely of original songs in more than a decade, ...

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Take Five with Eddie Reyes

by AAJ Staff
January 23, 2015

Meet Eddie Reyes: Eddie Reyes has evolved a unique and personal style on the guitar. Although for much of his playing career he has focused on electric jazz guitar, he now turns mostly to the acoustic. He has evolved his style from, first, a fascination with Brazilian Jazz to his present passion, Flamenco. In the ...

News: Interview

Interview: Jamie Cullum

January 23, 2015

I love writing the “Track Record" column for Wall Street Journal/Europe, which is based in London. The point of the column is to interview artists to see what obscure albums most influenced them. There are always surprises, and I'm constantly being turned on to music that escaped my radar. Case in point is my interview with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Roy Ayers at The Addition

January 21, 2015

By Walter Atkins The Addition, formally known as Yoshi's San Francisco, welcomed the celebrated and ageless acid jazz/funk vibraphonist Roy Ayers for a weekend stand on November 21, 2014. The new name was inspired by the club's location between Lower Fillmore and the Western Addition. The show kicked off the soft opening of the City's latest ...

Article: Interview

Will Kennedy: From East Bay Grease to the Yellowjacket Sound

by Ben Scholz
January 20, 2015

Among contemporary fusion musicians, drummer Will Kennedy stands out as a legend in both the creative and commercial scenes. Growing up in the Bay Area, Kennedy found music at the tender age of four. By his twenties, he was working in the Los Angeles studio scene as the go-to guy for talk show TV orchestras and ...

News: Recording

New Red Garland, After All These Years

January 16, 2015

Red Garland, Swingin’ on the Korner: Live At Keystone Korner (Elemental) A new Red Garland album: a nice surprise from a time just after the pianist released himself from self-imposed isolation. Garland made his name as a member of the seminal 1950s Miles Davis Quintet that also included tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, bassist Paul Chambers and ...

Article: Interview

Artt Frank: Talking Chet Baker

by Nicholas F. Mondello
January 15, 2015

In Chet Baker: The Missing Years--A Memoir (BooksEndependent,LLC), drummer/composer Artt Frank delivers an in-the-room intimate, yet no-holds-barred tale of his professional and personal relationship with the mythologized jazz trumpeter. Drawn from deep admiration for and loyal friendship with Baker, as well as his 14 years performing with him, Frank has painted a distinctive, poignant and dramatically ...