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Al Jarreau: Simple and Necessary Happiness
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
There are very few jazz greats that make people who love this music smile in awe while witnessing their beautiful talent. Jazz is larger than life, and they all contribute to its greatness every day, whether it is from a small stage in the Village in New York, or from some old record, spinning while popping ...
Whitney Houston: A Final Look
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson will be forever linked as they brought the world together and made a nation cry. They were God's gift to us mere mortals and in a very brief period of time, they made us believe. They were able to capture through music, what leaders desperately try. And though tragedy would clearly ...
Vijay Iyer Trio: Accelerando
by Troy Collins
On the surface, Accelerando follows the same basic format as Historicity (ACT Music, 2009), the debut of pianist Vijay Iyer's working trio with bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore. Though once again divided between Iyer's complex originals and some surprising covers, this eclectic sophomore session attains an even greater sense of cohesion than its predecessor, ...
NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2: January 7, 2012
by Daniel Lehner
Day 1 | Day 22012 NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2New York, NYJanuary 7, 2012 Gregoire Maret The harmonica, like the accordion and other free reed aerophones, doesn't come with as much built-in room for expression as other wind instruments, which is what makes Gregoire Maret's playing so ...
Frank Macchia: Frank Macchia's Swamp Thang
by Dan McClenaghan
You never can tell what some jazz guys have up their sleeves. Los Angeles-based reedman Frank Macchia has worked extensively in television and movies, while maintaining a busy jazz career. His two orchestral jazz outings--Emotions (2006) and Landscapes (2008)--each garnered Grammy nominations, and he has also offered up two very distinctive jazz re-imaginings of traditional fare ...
Ibrahim Maalouf: Diagnostic
by Hrayr Attarian
Much like his uncle, the celebrated author Amin Maalouf--who brought Levantine raconteur to the western novel--trumpeter/composer Ibrahim Maalouf infuses his jazz with Middle Eastern musicality. On Diagnostic--the last installment of a trilogy--Maalouf actually draws from many different sources to create a unique sound that remains definitely in the jazz tradition. The all-woman, Franco-Brazilian ...
George Tillman Jr Set To Direct Miles Davis Film
George Tillman, Jr. has been signed to develop and direct the upcoming feature film, Miles Davis, announced producer Nick Davis Raynes (Grandson of former 20th Century-Fox & Beverly Hills Hotel—among others—owner Marvin Davis). Producers Nick Davis Raynes and Ged Dickinson have partnered with Gregory Davis, Miles' eldest son to bring the true story of Miles Davis' ...
Vijay Iyer Trio y Rudresh Mahanthappa Samdhi en el 43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona
by Joan Fargas
Vijay Iyer Trio43 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaLuz de Gas24 de octubre de 2011 Tres años después de la primera gira europea de esta formación, que también pasó por el festival de Barcelona, el trío de Vijay Iyer ofreció en Luz de Gas una brillante actuación que fue seguida ...
Mike LeDonne: Keep the Faith
by Jack Bowers
Connecticut-born / New York-based Mike LeDonne, who divides his time these days between piano and organ, has begun to record more frequently on the Hammond B3, especially with his suitably named Groover Quartet which, according to Owen Cordle's liner notes to Keep the Faith, has been together now for more than a decade. And that's a ...
JC Stylles: Exhilaration And Other States
by Edward Blanco
The debut album from New York guitarist JC Stylles, Exhilaration and Other States, swings through a varied selection of music running the gamut from Wayne Shorter and Billie Holiday to Cole Porter and Stevie Wonder. Reminiscent of early organ trios, the Australian-born Stylles features an impressive trifecta of his own with drummer Lawrence Leathers, and Hammond ...
