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Joe Locke's Love Affair with Language
by Dan Bilawsky
On the surface it's not so easy to spot the common thread unifying the greater fabric of Joe Locke's work. Since arriving in New York City in 1981, and emerging as a notable leader on record in the early '90s, this much-vaunted vibraphonist has developed into a protean performer and composer. Duo sessions with pianists Frank ...
Sheila Jordan & Steve Kuhn Trio at Birdland
by Tyran Grillo
Sheila Jordan & Steve Kuhn Trio Birdland New York, New York April 3, 2015 Sheila Jordan is a natural. Still going strong at 86, she does more than sing with her voice. She plays it like an instrument. Like any great jazz improviser, she bends notes to their expressive potential, traveling ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Mark Murphy
All About Jazz is celebrating Mark Murphy's birthday today! Mark Murphy is one of the world\'s greatest — and hippest — jazz vocalists performing today. His coterie of fans includes tap dancer Gregory Hines, who spontaneously jumped up on stage at Mark\'s Las Vegas engagement in 1995 to join him for an impromptu duet. Legendary composer ...
Paul Jost: The First Thing is Heart
by Chris M. Slawecki
Even for a musician who has been playing and singing since age six, Paul Jost has just come through one exceptional year. First, he released his debut with The Jost Project, Can't Find My Way Home (2013, Dot.Time Records), featuring the leader on vocals, harmonica and guitar, with drummer Charlie Patierno, double bassist Kevin ...
Bill Mays Presents "Ten Decades Of Jazz Piano" In Feb. 21 Program
Berkshires Jazz, Inc. Participating in Pittsfield’s Annual 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival with One-time Performance PITTSFIELD, MA: Berkshires Jazz, Inc. today announced that the legendary NY-based pianist Bill Mays will perform in a special headline concert on Feb. 21 at Baba Louie’s Backroom. Part of the Pittsfield 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival, the master pianist surveys jazz' progression ...
I 10 CD nel Cd-player di... Boris Savoldelli
by Vincenzo Roggero
01. SimakDialog -The 6th Story (Moonjune Records -2013). Band indonesiana del pianista e bandleader Risha Arshad, un caro amico e meraviglioso musicista/compositore. Un ensemble musicale, prodotto dalla mia stessa etichetta newyorkese, portatore di un originale formula che può ricordare un certo Miles elettrico con, in più, un gusto orientale dettato dalla presenza in formazione di ...
Sheila Jordan: Now's The Time
by Ian Patterson
Sheila Jordan, one of the last great jazz vocalists from the bebop era turns eighty six on 18 November. Happy Birthday Sheila! There's much to celebrate. The Pennsylvanian-born singer's remarkable life story has just been published--the first complete biography to cover Jordan's life and career in detail. Written by Ellen Johnson over seven years, Jazz Child: ...
Jazz & Wine of Peace 2014
by Angelo Leonardi
Jazz & Wine of Peace 2014 Cormons: 18-26.10.2014 Giunto alla 17ma edizione, il Jazz & Wine of Peace di Cormons si colloca tra i migliori festival nazionali, coniugando ricercate scelte musicali con la valorizzazione del territorio: in primis la rinomata produzione enologica del Collio. Organizzato dal Comune e dal ...
Drago Gajo: Jazz Internationalist
by Fred W. Gretsch
It's said that music is the universal language. And even though it's considered an American creation, jazz music in particular is performed and enjoyed all over the world--including in the central European nation of Slovenia. For anyone who might be unfamiliar with Slovenia, it's one of the countries formed after the dissolution of the ...
Vocalist Roseanna Vitro Follows Up Her 2011 Grammy-nominated Randy Newman CD With "Clarity: Music Of Clare Fischer," Due Sept. 30
The richly harmonic, deeply melodic music of pianist and composer/arranger Clare Fischer (1928-2012) has proven to be fertile terrain for many jazz and pop artists over the last half-century. Vocalist Roseanna Vitro puts her passionate stamp on nine of Fischer’s compositions (and a favorite of his by Ary Barroso) on her gorgeous new CD Clarity: Music ...
