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Jazz Drummer & Agent Myles Weinstein's Success / Miguel Zenon 2nd MacArthur Award Client
Drummer and percussionist Myles Weinstein has led two very different professional lives, one as a performing artist and the other as a booking agent to many of the best musicians in jazz today. One of those musicians, Miguel Zenon, was the latest to receive the MacArthur Award, often called the “genius” award. Weinstein’s booking agency, Unlimited ...
Marsalis Music Recording Artist Miguel Zenon Receives MacArthur Fellowship
Marsalis Music is tremendously pleased to congratulate alto saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenon, one of 25 individuals who were named recipients of the 2008 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. The Fellowship, commonly known as the MacArthur “genius grant," will provide “no strings attached" support to Zenon over the next five years. In its announcement, the MacArthur Foundation, which ...
Miguel Zenon: Awake
by Tom Greenland
From its very first notes (played by a string quartet), Awake is identifiably Miguel Zenon: lyrical, spiritual and original. For his fourth date as a leader Zenon reunites his go-to posse--Luis Perdomo (piano) and Hans Glawischnig (bass)--but with a key change in the drum chair, Henry Cole replacing Antonio Sanchez. The strings are ...
Miguel Zenon Quartet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 5/9
On Friday, May 9th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by alto saxophonist/composer, and 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship winner, Miguel Zenon and his working quartet. This event, the ninth concert in the venue's ongoing 2008 Spring Jazz Series, is part of the group's two month tour of the United States and Europe in support ...
Miguel Zenon: Awake
by Mark F. Turner
Alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon delivers his most thought provoking recording to date with Awake , showing his growth as a performer and conceptualist. Whether performing with Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, The SFJazz Collective, or leading his own groups, Zenon's piercing tonality and fierce playing is always identifiable. Not a trivial task, when considering a wealth ...
Miguel Zenon
by AAJ Italy Staff
01. Radiohead - In Rainbows (Radiohead - 2007). L’ultimo disco di uno dei miei gruppi preferiti. Fortemente raccomandato. Lo sto ascoltando quasi ogni giorno da quando è uscito. 02. Ali Farka Toure - Savane (Nonesuch - 2006). Ho scoperto da poco la sua musica e l’ascolto di questo disco mi diverte molto. 03. MF Doom - ...
Take Five With Miles Okazaki
by AAJ Staff
Meet Miles Okazaki:Miles Okazaki lives in Brooklyn, where he plays guitar, writes music, and draws pictures.Instrument:GuitarTeachers and/or influences?Teachers: Rodney Jones, Ganesh Kumar, Michael Townsend, Steve Coleman, my fellow musicians and friends.Influences: It's a hard question...right now I will say, Melody: J.S. Bach, Wayne Shorter, ...
Jibaro
By Miguel Zenon
Label: Marsalis Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Seis Cinco; Fajarde; Punto Cubano; Aguinaldo; Chorreao; Enramada; Villar; Llanera; Mariand; J.
Miguel Zenon Quartet at the Jazz Showcase
by Paul Olson
Miguel Zenón QuartetJazz Showcase, ChicagoSeptember 6, 2005Altoist Miguel Zenón's recordings do a pretty good job of demonstating his fusion of Latin music--especially the rural música jibara of his native Puerto Rico--with the instrumentation and harmonic language of jazz. Looking Forward (2001, Fresh Sound New Talent), Ceremonial (2004, Marsalis Music) and the new Jibaro ...
Miguel Zenon: Jibaro
by Brian P. Lonergan
Jibaro consists of ten original compositions by the young Puerto Rican alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón. The session's inspiration comes from the music of jibaros--Puerto Rican peasants--but there's nothing simplistic about the material Zenón has penned for his quartet, which includes pianist Luis Perdomo, bassist Hans Glawischnig, and drummer Antonio Sánchez. The forms of Zenón's ...
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