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Cleveland Jazz Project at Nighttown
by Matt Marshall
Cleveland Jazz ProjectNighttownCleveland Heights, OhioJanuary 3, 2009It's always refreshing and exciting to see young musicians eager to stretch their wings. Especially young jazz musicians in Cleveland. While there were times during the Cleveland Jazz Project's show January 3 at Nighttown when things didn't quite work, when the dueling saxophones of Nathan ...
Sean Noonan's Brewed by Noon: Boxing Dreams
by Matt Marshall
There's a solid history of jazz supplying the soundtrack for boxing. In fact, Jack Dempsey, and boxing in general, was one of the sporting kings of the jazz age. But while Miles Davis gamely tried to string boxing along as he pushed jazz forward, both art forms have seen better days--in terms of popularity--than those they ...
New York Electric Piano: King Mystery
by Matt Marshall
Expanding their trio to a septet for King Mystery, New York Electric Piano has fashioned an invigorating, woven work out of the cotton basics of jazz and swatches of futuristic fabric. Most notable in this mix is the addition of Leon Gruenbaum and his self-invented MIDI instrument the Samchillian, though it's difficult to know for sure ...
CAST! Coryell Auger Sample Trio at Nighttown
by Matt Marshall
CAST! Coryell Auger Sample TrioNighttownCleveland Heights, OhioSeptember 18, 2008 CAST! the Coryell Auger Sample Trio wrapped up their maiden tour at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights, crashing through three sets of beatific jazz-rock that consistently severed the bonds of their self-forged iron groove to scream like Icarus toward the sun.
Detroit International Jazz Festival 2008
by Matt Marshall
29th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival Detroit, Michigan August 29-September 1, 2008 Billed as A Love Supreme: the Philly-Detroit Summit, the 29th Annual Detroit International Jazz Festival gathered more than just musicians from those two great jazz cities. The spirit of interchange bubbled over onto all of the festival's stages, showcasing ...
James Carter: Something Old, Something New
by Matt Marshall
Multi-instrumentalist James Carter has always had eclectic tastes. That was evident on his debut, JC on the Set (Columbia, 1994), where the squeaks and blips linked him to the avant camp of Eric Dolphy and the tenor swoons nestled him comfortably within the traditional velvet of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. Subsequent ...
Lizz Wright at House of Blues in Cleveland
by Matt Marshall
Lizz Wright House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio June 5, 2008 The strains of swamp organ accompanied, seeming to guide, Lizz Wright onto the tight stage of the House of Blue's small, mood-lit Cambridge Room. Her movement was fluid, unhurried. When she settled behind the microphone, she rooted there like ...
Ernie Krivda, JD Allen, Marcus Roberts at Tri-C JazzFest 2008, Cleveland
by Matt Marshall
Ernie Krivda Trio, JD Allen Trio, Marcus Roberts Trio Tri-C JazzFest 2008 Cleveland, Ohio April 20, 27, 2008 Is it just me, or is this jazz trio thing for real? Over the last decade or so, the trio has risen from the jazz ashes (mostly crashed and burnt ...
The Brad Mehldau Trio at Nighttown
by Matt Marshall
The Brad Mehldau Trio Nighttown Cleveland Heights, OH April 3, 2008 Set One The Brad Mehldau Trio stepped out from the hall at the corner of Nighttown's concert dining room, snaked around some tables and took up their instruments unannounced. Many in the crowd looked for verbal ...
