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Article: Album Review

Camila Meza: Traces

by Dan Bilawsky
February 22, 2016

Try to process and pin down the meaning of Camila Meza's mien in any number of pictures included in this package and you may come up empty. But it's not for lack of expression there. It's for the exact opposite reason. Meza projects countless thoughts and moods--both complementary and contradictory in nature--within a single image, and ...

Article: Record Label Profile

Inner Circle Music: Creativity and Community Spirit

by Jakob Baekgaard
February 17, 2016

The music industry today is defined by a strange paradox: there are too few labels and too many. On the one hand, the major labels have merged and sign less jazz artists, meaning the dream of a company with plenty of promotional muscles becomes harder to achieve. On the other hand, more and more musicians have ...

Article: Album Review

Enrico Pieranunzi: Proximity

Read "Proximity" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
January 25, 2016

Enrico Pieranunzi is the senior statesman of mainstream jazz piano in Italy. His recording career goes back to 1975, with more than forty albums on such labels as Soul Note, Enja, Egea and currently CAM Jazz. His music is romantic, lyrical mainstream using lush arrangements and harmonies. The current group could be termed his “American" quartet, ...

News: Recording

Vocalist / Guitarist / Composer Camila Meza Takes Flight With New Album, "Traces," On Sunnyside Records

December 24, 2015

Available on February 26, 2016 Featuring Camila Meza (guitar & vocals), Sachal Vasandani (vocals on “Away"), Shai Maestro (piano, Rhodes, wurlitzer, mellotron, pump organ, ampli-celeste), Matt Penman (bass), Kendrick Scott (drums), Bashiri Johnson (percussion), Jody Redhage (cello), Matt Pierson (producer). CD Release Celebration February 24, 2016 @ The Jazz Standard January 15, 2016 at ...

News: Recording

BlueMusicGroup.com Gives Away Entire Albums As Free MP3 Downloads

December 1, 2015

In the era of Spotify and Pandora streaming subscriptions, jazz and classical downloads have become an ever-less popular form of listening to music. While Compact Disc sales have surged somewhat, streaming is in 2015 the predominant way to consume music. BlueMusicGroup.com—The Small Label With Big Music—has taken bold measures to make their MP3 download items more ...

Article: Album Review

Gideon King & City Blog: City Blog

by Paul Naser
November 10, 2015

New York based guitarist/composer Gideon King's unique musical upbringing has allowed him to blend emotional, compelling songwriting that incorporates sophisticated harmonies and the always engaging element of improvisation. King says of himself, “ My brother, a well-known jazz pianist... cleverly referenced Mccoy Tyner, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and many others. My sisters, on the other hand, ...

Article: Live Review

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Burlington, VT, June 5-14, 2015

by Doug Collette
June 20, 2015

Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Burlington, VT June 5-14, 2015 The continuing success of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival not only elevates the level of participation in the city's music scene for the duration of each annual run, but also shines a light throughout Vermont's Queen City to illuminate the variety of venues ...

Article: Album Review

Hayden Chisholm: Breve

Read "Breve" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 23, 2015

Saxophonist Hayden Chisholm, who hails from New Zealand, has set up shop in in Germany. His debut set as a leader for Germany's Pirouet Records, Breve, features a teaming with fellow Kiwi, bassist Matt Penman, and British piano legend John Taylor, The sound, untethered by the rhythmic anchoring of a drummer, has a smooth, clean, almost ...

Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD player di... Jerome Sabbagh

by Vincenzo Roggero
January 27, 2015

01. Kristin Slipp/Dov Manski -A Thousand Julys (Sunnyside -2013). Interessante lavoro sugli standard da parte di questo duo voce e piano/wurlitzer non convenzionale ma pienamente centrato. 02. Johnathan Blake -Gone, but Not Forgotten (Criss Cross -2014). Tributo ad alcuni grandi musicisti scomparsi recentemente e alle loro composizioni. Grandi interpretazioni da parte ...

Article: Interview

Olivia Trummer: Threading Gold

by Ian Patterson
January 2, 2015

Singer/pianist and composer Oliva Trummer is spreading her wings. After four albums leading bands, the Stuttgart-born musician is venturing out as a solo artist, with her latest album Fly Now (Contemplate, 2014) garnering positive reviews internationally. Since appearing at 12 Points in 2013 Trummer has played with Jimmy Cobb and supported Charles Lloyd, while her 2014 ...