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Louis Prima Jr. & The Witnesses To Release Blow On June 10
A different kind of musical dawn is coming with flashes of rowdy big band, simmering soul and swaggering rock 'n' roll as Louis Prima Jr. and the Witnesses prepare to ignite a new legacy with their second full-length album, Blow out June 10 on Warrior Records/Universal Music Distribution. With Blow, Prima and the Witnesses revive a ...
Armen Nalbandian To Release Solo Piano Album, Time Waits On May 23rd
On May 23rd, 2014, pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian will release Time Waits (Blacksmith Brother Music), his ninth album as a leader and first solo piano album. Time Waits is also one of two solo piano albums that Nalbandian will be releasing this year and features several original compositions by Nalbandian as well as compositions by Thelonious Monk, ...
Bill Cote: Where Do You Start
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Sometimes preconceived notions about recordings can be smashed to smithereens in the most wonderful way. What, yet another GAS-and-jazz-standards recording--this one a debut from a middle-age male vocalist whose main gig is law? Well, quoting TV Land's “Gomer Pyle," “Surprise, surprise!" And, a most enjoyable musical discovery in the Cracker Jack® box it is.
Daniel Rosenboom: Fire Keeper
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
To say Daniel Rosenboom is no ordinary jazz trumpeter, is no exaggeration. His father, David Rosenboom is currently Dean, Richard Seaver Distinguished Chair in Music at the California Institute of the Arts (and has been at CalArts since 1990), and having a first trumpet teacher in the form of Wadada Leo Smith, where others may have ...
BreakOUt OUtwest Tour with OU and Amy Denio!
SPOOT MUSIC AND B DAHLIA PRESENT: BreakOUt OUtwest TOUR! with OU (Italy) and Amy Denio (Tiptons, Kultur Shock) “...a joyful, multidimensional romp through the Mediterranean and the Americas... OU shows a remarkable ability to turn on a dime without jarring the listener.” —Matt Cole, DooBeeDooBeeDoo, NY “...an exquisite parenthesis of alleviation... a veritable treat.” ...
Laurie Pepper's Memoir, "ART: Why I Stuck With A Junkie Jazzman," To Be Published May 16
Art Pepper told his sexy, sordid, and exciting true adventure stories to his lover, Laurie, who put them in a book. She quizzed him (and those who knew him) unrelentingly over seven years, editing and structuring a narrative to which she dedicated all her energy. Straight Life by Art and Laurie Pepper (Da Capo) was published ...
Stacey Kent: Songs in the Key of Love and Life
by Belinda Ware
Stacey Kent is a unique talent in the world of jazz with the ability to illuminate a stage through her enthusiasm and artistic zest for performance. As an international jazz singer, she can be described as an insightful storyteller with the inner gift to bring to life the human experience through her music with ...
Danny Freyer Vocal Album Release Show At Vitellos May 15th, Los Angeles
Vocalist Danny Freyer performs on May 15th at Upstairs at Vitellos in Studio City, CA, where fans of jazz vocals have the chance to discover this new voice as he celebrates his debut jazz album, Must Be Love. “Jazz Singer Danny Freyer is a new voice that must be heard." —Willard Manus. Described as having a ...
Little Feat Rad Gumbo: The Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971 to 1990
by Carlo Wolff
The first time you hear the Los Angeles band Little Feat, you might think it springs from the same southern loam as the Allman Brothers Band or Lynyrd Skynyrd. Listen a little deeper and you'll hear something more off-kilter and easily as distinctive, whether it's the complicated rhythm supplied by Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney, Sam Clayton ...
Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson at Jazz at Kitano
by Dan Bilawsky
Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson Jazz at Kitano New York, NY April 19, 2014 Some relationships are beyond close, bordering on the sacred. There's the strong bond between husband and wife, the high level of trust between friend and confidant, and, perhaps most interestingly, the intimate connection between singer and ...
