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News: Performance / Tour

McTuff on Tour

March 30, 2010

McTuff, the group featuring Joe Doria on Hammond B3 organ, Skerik on saxophone, Andy Coe on guitar and DVonne Lewis on drums, is headed out on tour. March 31 - THE EASTSIDE 410 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA 98501-1109 April 1st - THE TRACTOR TAVERN 5213 Ballard Avenue Northwest, Seattle, WA 98107-4809 ...

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News: Recording

Pat Metheny - Orchestrion (2010)

March 30, 2010

By Pico I've been following Pat Metheny's career since the late seventies but it's only occurred to me very gradually what a major, important force in music he really is. Note I said “music" and not “jazz," because his breadth and depth of the understanding of music of nearly every form, and the degree ...

News: Recording

Harry Allen Two-Fer! New York State of Mind and Ehud Asherie's Modern Life

March 30, 2010

By Pico Not long ago we lauded the old school approach of saxophonist Eric Alexander, but even Alexander sounds rather leading edge compared to another tenorman just two years his senior, Harry Allen.The son of a big band drummer, Allen was exposed to jazz literally from the time he was born. After ...

News: Recording

Quickies: New Release Roundup 2010, Vol. 2

March 30, 2010

Could this be Nonesuch Records' The Low Anthem of 2010? By Pico Earlier in the week we presented the first installment of a dozen feebly minted records of random styles I thought might be a little noteworthy. Today comes the second half of these new releases. Some of this Whitman's sampler of ...

News: Recording

Quickies: New Release Roundup 2010, Vol. 1

March 30, 2010

The hottest band in the land just might be the Drive-By Truckers By Pico Funny how it seems I have plenty of time to listen to new music and precious little to write about. There's about 9GBs of albums in my iPod rotation and I'm familiar with a good majority of it. ...

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News: Music Industry

A Shift Has Taken Place

March 30, 2010

I'm noticing that a lot more younger people are attending our shows all of a sudden. A couple of weeks ago week I did the Vanguard in trio format with Paul Motian and Jason Moran. Each night the place was populated by an under 30-ish crowd by at least 50%. Not only was it refreshing to ...

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News: Recording

The Wee Trio - Capitol Diner Vol. 2 Animal Style (2010)

March 30, 2010

By Pico “The world's most vicious vibes-led threesome"That was the big impression I was left with from the self-described “post-punk jazz trio with vibraphone," aka the Wee Trio, back when they released their debut record in the late summer of 2008. Capitol Diner Vol. 1 was hell-bent on busting up long-held conventions ...

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News: Recording

Samuel Torres - Yaounde (2010)

March 30, 2010

By PicoSamuel Torres' life journey from a boy with dreams of being a full-time musician, to becoming a full-time musician, to becoming a successful one, takes another turn with the release last week of his second album, Yaounde. Born and raised by a hard working a supportive single mother in Bogot, Columbia, Torres' perseverance ...

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News: Recording

Christian Scott - Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (2010)

March 30, 2010

By Pico It was about a year and a half ago when we studied trumpeter Christian Scott's exciting new live document Live At Newport. This was a record I felt was a perfect manifestation of a unique and allusive style of jazz he has come up with, one that is loose, open, and nods ...

News: Technology

The Future of the Digital Living Room

March 30, 2010

Intel, Sony, Google, and Logitech are about to embark on a space where many technology companies have already failed miserably—your TV set. For most people, the digital experience is dominated by three screens. Until recently, the PC was at the center of this world. However, over the past three to four years, the smartphone has become ...