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Luis Perdomo: The Infancia Project
by Mark F. Turner
Pianist Luis Perdomo's presence is marked by attributes that include lyricism, depth and adaptability. The onetime member of saxophonist Ravi Coltrane's quartet has worked on many releases for artists like trombonist Steve Turre and saxophonist Miguel Zenón. His visibility is coming more into focus with The Infancia Project, which the New York-based pianist avoided making for ...
The Litchfield Jazz Festival Returns To Goshen, CT And The Great Outdoors
GOSHEN, CT — At the request of its many fans, Litchfield Jazz Festival returns to its roots at the Goshen Fairgrounds in Goshen CT. The site features many things jazz fans have come to love, chief among them the best in jazz under an airy Mainstage tent and from acres of lawn. Along with these, the ...
Litchfield Jazz Camp Announces Two New Courses And Select Places Still Available
Kent, CT: Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997) is excited to announce new course offerings for 2012. Guitarist and Camp Teaching Artist Doug Munro will offer a College Prep Seminar during sessions three (7/22-7/27), four (7/29-8/3), and five (8/5-8/10). Doug, who is a Professor of Music at SUNY Purchase and founder of their Jazz Program, will offer ...
Miles Okazaki: Figurations
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Guitarist Miles Okazaki's Figurations is a fascinating document of how musical invention takes place on the spur of the moment. It is not a mad conglomeration of notes that come out in jagged clusters, but a mellifluous harmolodic excursion by four spectacular musicians as they begin to create music on each of their instruments, with their ...
Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos: Carrera
by Raul d'Gama Rose
In his first recording since the magnificent arrangements of music of by Cuchi Leguizamon, Domador de Huellas (Sunnyside 2010), pianist Guillermo Klein has reassembled his main musical vehicle, Los Guachos, for Carrera. Here, Klein once again shows why he is such a master of manipulating the voices of the instruments he uses, bringing out subtle variations ...
Adam Cruz: Making Some Room
by R.J. DeLuke
Playing drums with some of the finest musicians around, touring the globe with them, and teaching music can be a lot on the plate of a person fortunate enough--and talented enough--to find themselves in that situation. In fact, that's a solid career.But for Adam Cruz--a much sought-after drummer on the New York City scene ...
Miles Okazaki: Figurations
by Mark F. Turner
Figurations is the final release in Miles Okazaki's three volume compositional cycle. Its trajectory is based on forward-thinking ideas Okazaki began on his self-produced 2006 debut Mirror, and continued on the nearly sixty-minute Generations (Sunnyside, 2009), which was recorded in the studio in one take. While no less demanding, this recording was commissioned and performed in ...
Edmar Castaneda: Double Portion
by Dan Bilawsky
There is probably a greater chance of winning the lottery and being struck by lightning than building a career as a successful, world-renowned jazz Colombian harpist. Fortunately, Edmar Castaneda was more interested in pursuing his vision than studying statistics and probability. The Colombian-born harp phenom, who arrived in the United States in 1994, didn't have the ...
Henry Cole and the Afro Beat Collective: Roots Before Branches
by Mark F. Turner
As a rising jazz drummer in today's environment, Henry Cole's percussive sound has emerged in works with seminal artists such as Miguel Zenón, David Sánchez, and the Le Boeuf Brothers. Like his peers, Cole is challenging old ideas and channeling new concepts into the mix. The debut of Roots Before Branches , with his Afro-Beat Collective, ...
Miguel Zenon: Alma adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook
by AAJ Italy Staff
Alma adentro è l'album della definitiva consacrazione dell'altosassofonista portoricano Miguel Zenon, nella duplice veste di arrangiatore e bandeader. Una inedita combinazione timbrica tra colori classici e jazzistici porta a livelli di assoluta eccellenza una musica di grande fascino. È un progetto che supera le rigide barriere delle convenzioni contemporanee per proporre qualcosa di diverso rispetto all'anima ...


