Results for "Luciana Souza"

Duos III

By Luciana Souza

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2012

Corcovado

Featuring the music of Luciana Souza
Duration: 8:43
September 1, 2012

Chris Potter: The Personal Stamp

by R.J. DeLuke
August 21, 2012

Chris Potter is one of the most visible saxophonists on the scene in recent years. There are reasons for that. Not only does he have incredible chops, inner drive, intensity and the impulse to always be creative--as if that's not enough--he can fit into any musical situation and find a way to contribute. Coming ...

Take Five With Nicky Schrire

by AAJ Staff
August 14, 2012

Meet Nicky Schrire: London-born, South African-raised, New York-based vocalist/composer Nicky Schrire has been been praised for her abilit: to use her voice as “a dispensary of emotional power." (Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz).A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Schrire has performed in New York, South Africa and London. Her debut ...

North Sea Jazz Festival: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, July 6-8, 2012

by R.J. DeLuke
August 1, 2012

North Sea Jazz FestivalAhoyRotterdam, The NetherlandsJuly 6-8, 2012The city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands seems ideal for a jazz festival. It's a large enough metropolis to hold things of interest for any tourist--arts, culture, architecture, fine eateries, interesting activities--while at the same time being friendly, laidback and manageable. Toss the mammoth ...

Ryan Truesdell: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans

by Dan McClenaghan
July 13, 2012

Ryan TruesdellCentennial: Newly Discovered Works of Gil EvansArtistShare2012Composer/arranger/pianist Gil Evans broke new ground in the arena of arranging in the late 1940s with the Claude Thornhill Orchestra, and the 1949-50 singles which later came out as the album Birth of the Cool (Columbia Records, 1957), made up of ...

Ryan Truesdell: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans

by Edward Blanco
July 11, 2012

Pianist, band leader and composer Ian Ernest Gilmore Green, or as he is better know, Gil Evans, played an instrumental role in the development of free, modal, fusion and most of all, cool jazz. Evans numbers extensive collaborations with the great Miles Davis and arranging duties for the Claude Thornhill Orchestra in the 1940s among his ...

Ryan Truesdell: Centennial - Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans

by Dan Bilawsky
July 1, 2012

Ryan TruesdellCentennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil EvansArtist Share2012Those who choose to focus their energy on arranging and composing rarely get the attention and praise that comes to their instrument-wielding counterparts, but the cream always manages to rise to the top and get noticed. Such was the case ...

Luciana Souza To Release Two New CD’s August 28th

June 3, 2012

CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED JAZZ SINGER LUCIANA SOUZA TO RELEASE TWO NEW CD’S AUGUST 28TH “Luciana Souza is a jazz singer who doesn't inhabit the normal jazz-singer role. A composer and arranger of considerable gifts, her midrange voice is amazingly controlled. It is alert, directed, with undertones of calm conversation. It's the sound of a well- rested intelligence.” —The ...

Producer/Conductor Ryan Truesdell Releases "Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans" May 17-20 At Jazz Standard

May 8, 2012

Join producer/conductor Ryan Truesdell as he celebrates the release of his debut CD CENTENNIAL: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans at the Jazz Standard, 116 E. 27th Street, NYC for four nights: Thursday, May 17 – Sunday, May 20. Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 every night, with an 11:30 set on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are ...