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Debut CD By Pianist, Composer & Bandleader Levon Mikaelian’s World Jazz Fusion Band United Shades Of Artistry Set For Release April 07, 2015

February 21, 2015

Baltimore and Washington, D.C. are not cities that immediately come to mind when imagining fertile grounds for the birth of World Jazz bands. Yet these metropolitan areas boast as diverse a multi-cultural population as any region of the U.S. and generations of musicians have been nurtured at both jam sessions within the Capitol Beltway as well ...

Article: Talking 2 Musicians

Matthias Bublath

by Alan Bryson
February 20, 2015

Matthias Bublath is a composer, pianist, organist, and keyboardist based in Munich, Germany. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he lived in New York City for several years honing his skills before returning to his native Munich in 2009. During those years in New York he forged musical bonds which have continued ...

Article: One LP

Joe Lovano: Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight

by William Ellis
February 19, 2015

Joe Lovano: Birdland, NYC, 21st September 2014 “Well, I would have to say Miles Davis, 'Round About Midnight (Columbia, 1957). I grew up listening to this recording as a kid and the poetic expression -the ensemble playing between John Coltrane and Miles Davis, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones just captured my ...

News: Recording

Kyle Eastwood returns with new album "Timepieces" and UK Tour

February 17, 2015

The son of legendary actor Clint Eastwood, star bassist and composer Kyle Eastwood unveils details of his new album, Timepieces, released 21st April, and extensive UK tour including four nights at legendary London jazz club Ronnie Scott's Timepieces is Kyle Eastwood’s musical self-portrait. Centred around the bassist’s passion for the lyrical hard bop jazz of the ...

Article: Album Review

Adam Birnbaum: Three of a Mind

Read "Three of a Mind" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
February 13, 2015

Pianist/composer Adam Birnbaum has performed in the company of diverse leaders such as traditionalist trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, the edgier saxophonist Greg Osby and the eclectic composer/conductor Darcy James Argue and his Secret Society. On one hand Birnbaum is a change agent having utilized three different rhythm sections in as many outings as a trio leader. He ...

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Article: Interview

Paul Jost: The First Thing is Heart

by Chris M. Slawecki
February 12, 2015

Even for a musician who has been playing and singing since age six, Paul Jost has just come through one exceptional year. First, he released his debut with The Jost Project, Can't Find My Way Home (2013, Dot.Time Records), featuring the leader on vocals, harmonica and guitar, with drummer Charlie Patierno, double bassist Kevin ...

News: Recording

Bill Evans' 'Kind of Blue' Notes

February 12, 2015

Most jazz fans know that pianist Bill Evans wrote the liner notes that appear on the back of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. What you probably don't know is that Evans' draft was worded slightly differently in places before he edited the text prior to submission. Yesterday, JazzWax reader Robert Brais sent along a copy of the ...

News: Job Posting

Institute of Jazz Studies Executive Director Job Opening

February 10, 2015

Quick: where is the largest, most comprehensive jazz archive and research center in the world? New Orleans? St. Louis? Kansas City? Try another river city farther east. Would you believe Newark, New Jersey? It's true. On a hill above the prosaic Passaic River, where it has been housed at Rutgers University—Newark (RU-N) for nearly 50 years, ...

Article: Rediscovery

Hermeto Pascoal: Slaves Mass

by John Kelman
February 10, 2015

Hermeto Pascoal Slaves MassWarner Bros.1977 It's not hard to see why the creator of today's Rediscovery, Hermeto Pascoal, was such a significant figure to everyone from Miles Davis and Gil Evans to Herbie Hancock and, of course, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, who co-produced Slaves Mass. Had the Brazilian multi-instrumentalist only ...

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Karl Latham, Ryan Carniaux and Mark Egan release "Constellations"

February 9, 2015

Constellations is the debut recording from Karl Latham, Ryan Carniaux and Mark Egan with special guest Nick Rolfe featuring their creative interpretations of the music from Icelandic pop star Bjork. On this 74+ minute highly adventurous improvisational outing the group draws from a wide palette of influences ranging from Miles Davis's Live-Evil and Bitches Brew to ...