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John Scofield: Live
by John Kelman
John Scofield LiveEnja Records1977 After a lengthy hiatus, Rediscovery returns with an album that may not have represented the first time I'd heard John Scofield...but it was certainly the album that cemented my already firm impression that this was a guitarist on whom I'd have to keep a close watch. Nearly ...
Steve Lacy Quintet: Last Tour
by John Eyles
As its title says, this album dates from Steve Lacy's last tour, which ran from the summer of 2003 in NYC through to March 2004 in Boston, (where Lacy was living at the time, as he was teaching at the New England Conservatory of Music). The eight tracks on this album were recorded in Boston's ICA ...
Rick Stepton: Off-The-Cuff Trombone
by Nicholas F. Mondello
There's a fascinating--almost stunning--moment mid-way through Off-the-Cuff Trombone wherein the late Buddy Rich is accompanying and intently observing trombonist Rick Stepton as Stepton solos with great intensity and zeal. Perceptive eyes can see that Rich, the toughest of tough customers, is visibly and physically moved at what he's heard. It's a not-so-subtle acknowledgement of the utmost ...
Join NEC’s Hankus Netsky And Eden Macadam Somer For An Evening Of Yiddish And Hassidic Song And Klezmer Dance Tunes, January 20 At The Burren, Somerville
Join two of the world's most renowned, dynamic, and original Jewish music performers—NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation department chair Hankus Netsky and co-chair Eden MacAdam Somer—for an evening of Yiddish and Hassidic song and klezmer dance tunes, on Wednesday, January 20 at The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville. Show from 7:30-9:00 p.m. Tickets are $20. A multi-instrumentalist, composer, ...
New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab: June 26 to July 1, 2016
Students ages 14-18 are invited to spend a week in the city eating and breathing jazz with some of the best musicians in the country and make friendships that will last a lifetime at New England Conservatory’s Jazz Lab. It’s a one-week intensive program for students from throughout the United States and abroad. Instrumentalists and vocalists ...
Brian Landrus Trio: The Deep Below
by Angelo Leonardi
Sax baritono tra i più interessanti emersi nel decennio, Brian Landrus svela in questo disco alte doti liriche e timbriche, in undici brani di sua composizione e tre standard. La relazione con Lonnie Plaxico e Billy Hart ha mostrato le sue potenzialità nel quartetto documentato dall'album Traverse (BlueLand, 2011) ma qui l'organico senza pianoforte ...
MIT Wind & Festival Jazz Ensembles with Guillermo Klein, Chick Corea, Don Byron: Infinite Winds
by Angelo Leonardi
Celebrato centro internazionale di ricerca scientifica, il Massachusetts Institute of Technology supporta due formazioni orchestrali, il MIT Wind Ensemble e il MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble. Quest'ultima è nata nel 1963 per merito di Herb Pomeroy mentre il Wind Ensemble è stato fondato nel 1999 da Frederick Harris, che ora dirige entrambi gli organici. I componenti delle ...
Jerry Bergonzi: Rigamaroll
by Angelo Leonardi
In Jerry Bergonzi c'è piena coerenza tra concezione esistenziale e artistica. Il sassofonista è convinto della profonda relazione che lega tutte le cose, riconosce il valore della tradizione e la sua musica si rapporta ad essa in piena consapevolezza. Entro questa cornice ha sviluppato un modo personale di suonare --armonico, ritmico e timbrico-che è ...
Gli ottant’anni di Ran Blake
by Alberto Bazzurro
Alla non banale soglia degli ottant'anni, compiuti lo scorso 20 aprile, Ran Blake se ne esce con tre nuovi lavori che in parte ribadiscono concetti già noti (almeno nei suoi percorsi più recenti) e in parte ne insinuano di meno battuti. Ran Blake Ghost Tones: Portraits of George Russell ...
New England Conservatory Presents Realization Of A Dream: An 80th Birthday Tribute To Ran Blake
New England Conservatory celebrates the artistic vision of NEC’s founding Contemporary Improvisation Department Chair Ran Blake, and the evolution of his music in Realization of a Dream: An 80th Birthday Tribute to Ran Blake at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 13. The concert takes place at NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston and is free ...
