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Wynton Marsalis: Cambridge, MA, April 28, 2011
by Andrew J. Sammut
Wynton MarsalisHarvard Sanders TheatreCambridge, MA April 28, 2011 A capacity crowd filled Harvard University's Sanders Theatre for Music as Metaphor," featuring trumpeter, composer and Artistic Director for Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis. Thursday night's event launched a two-year series of programs by Marsalis at Harvard entitled Hidden in Plain ...
Suspended Reality
Album: Suspended Reality
By Mark O'Connor
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2011
Duration: 7:34
Take Five With Majid Khaliq
by Majid Khaliq
Meet Majid Khaliq:Majid Khaliq is a violinist and composer cut from a different cloth. He has been described by legendary musician Wynton Marsalis as having a unique blend of improvisation, groove and technical sophistication." Although classically trained, Khaliq's passion and musical palette ranges from the roots of American jazz music to the greats of ...
Jane Monheit: Finding the Way Back Home
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
Jane Monheit's voice is not a reflection of somebody else's talent: it is all on her. Home (Emarcy, 2010) is her new ticket to the legacy of the Great American Songbook, and her journey has been quite spectacular.Singing the words or simply scatting, Monheit lays down the pattern for the true vocal jazz tradition ...
Singer Jane Monheit Interviewed at All About Jazz
Jane Monheit's voice is not a reflection of somebody else's talent: it is all on her. Home (Emarcy, 2010) is her new ticket to the legacy of the Great American Songbook, and her journey has been quite spectacular. Produced for the first time in its entirely by the Long Island-raised singer, the album also features guests ...
Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz - "Thanksgiving Moods & Reflections"
Soulandjazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Episode 32"Thanksgiving Moods & Reflections" Hosted & Produced by J. Scott Fugate, The Jazz Evangelist" Happy Thanksgiving! I know this is an American Holidaybut whether you celebrate it or not . . . it's a wonderful time for reflection & gratitude anywhere you happen to ...
Guitar Legend-in-the-Making Julian Lage Interviewed at AAJ
A documentary film made in 1996 centers on an eight year-old guitarist who is already a professional and how he mixes that life with everything else, like family and being a kid. At one point, he's shown playing the guitar behind his neck, a la Jimi Hendrix, adroitly picking a melodic line. At another, he lays ...
Julian Lage: Stepping Into the Limelight
by R.J. DeLuke
A documentary film made in 1996 centers on an eight year-old guitarist who is already a professional and how he mixes that life with everything else, like family and being a kid. At one point, he's shown playing the guitar behind his neck, a la Jimi Hendrix, adroitly picking a melodic line. At another, he lays ...
Bruce Hornsby: Halcyon Days
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
If Bill Evans would have grown up in the Deep South influenced by the gospel hymns of the Southern Baptist church, he just may have sounded like Bruce Hornsby. That would probably be a fair description considering that Hornsby knows no boundaries and often travels into the genres of pop, folk, jazz, classical, bluegrass and whatever ...
Live in New York
Label: OMAC Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Fascinating Rhythm; Cherokee; Anniversary; Ain't Misbehavin'; M & W Rag; Funky Swing; Fiddler Going Home; Gypsy Fantastic; Don't Get Around Much Anymore; Tiger Rag.