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Hans Olding & Sigurdur Flosason: Projeto Brasil!
by Edward Blanco
The bossa nova, samba and popular Brazilian music of the 60s and 70s are the main theme on Projeto Brasil!, a stylish collaboration from Swedish guitarist/composer Hans Olding and Icelandic saxophonist Sigurdur Flosason as the duo pay tribute to the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento and Vinicius de Moraes. The two co-leaders provide innovative ...
Syberen van Munster: Plunge For Distance
by Budd Kopman
Originality just refuses to stay hidden, and with his debut, label-ignoring album Plunge For Distance, guitarist Syberen van Munster should be hit by the spotlight of recognition. Born in Amsterdam, van Munster graduated in 2009 from the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and moved on to continue his education at the Aaron Copland School of Music ...
Music Icons Jon Anderson & Jean Luc Ponty To Release New CD/DVD "Better Late Than Never"
One of the most eagerly awaited releases of 2015 by the AndersonPonty Band, featuring music icons Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty, is scheduled to hit the streets early Fall 2015! The new CD/DVD titled Better Late Than Never features outstanding performances by the band from September 2014 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado, ...
Brazil's Michel Nirenberg Releases "Retrato/Portrait"
At the age of 25, award-winning saxophonist and composer Michel Nirenberg has attracted some of the finest Brazilian and Latin jazz players available to record his debut album Retrato/Portrait on indie label Carioca Music. They are at once his musical colleagues and mentors, drawn to make music that sails across geographic and stylistic borders. The album ...
Sunny Kim and Ben Monder: The Shining Sea: Live at Olympus Hall
by Dave Wayne
People who know me know that I am not particularly interested in jazz vocals or straight-up renditions of jazz standards. One of my hobbies is playing the drums, and I am also not really motivated to listen to music without drums or some sort of percussion. So, I put off reviewing The Shining Sea: Live at ...
14-Bis at Centro Dragao do Mar
by Ernest Barteldes
14 Bis Centro Dragao do Mar Fortaleza, Brazil May 30, 2015 On their second concert at Fortaleza's Centro Dragao do Mar concert series for the 2015 season, 14-Bis kicked off their set with “Bola de Meia, Bola de Gude," a Milton Nascimento composition from the band's second album ...
Dave Stryker: Messin' with Mister T
by Ernest Barteldes
On this tribute to his former employer Stanley Turrentine, guitarist/bandleader Dave Stryker recruits his trio with Hammond B-3 organist Jared Gold and drummer McClenty Hunter, augmented here by guest percussionist Mayra Casales. Messin' with Mister T also features a series of contemporary tenor players taking on some of the late saxophonist's classic recordings. The ...
Take Five with Michel Nirenberg
by AAJ Staff
Meet Michel Nirenberg: Michel Nirenberg is a Brazilian saxophonist and composer who has performed and recorded in North and South America with some of the leading names in Latin jazz. His first CD as a leader entitled Retrato/Portrait will be released in spring of 2015. It features leading Rogerio Souza, Dani Cortaza and Alex Brown ...
Anat Cohen: Luminosa
by Dan Bilawsky
Anat Cohen's music is literally all over the map. Across her previous six albums, Cohen has explored the sounds of America, Brazil, France, Cuba, South Africa, and her homeland, Israel; she's addressed the work of John Coltrane, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Benny Goodman, Abdullah Ibrahim, Sam Cooke, Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Louis Armstrong, Ernesto Lecuona, Luiz Bonfa, ...
Chiara Izzi: Motifs
by Angelo Leonardi
Segnamoci il suo nome perchè ne sentiremo parlare. Chiara Izzi supera in modo brillante il debutto discografico e, se avrà pazienza e determinazione, raggiungerà alti obiettivi. Nonostante la giovane età, il suo curriculum è già ricco di riconoscimenti prestigiosi, come la vittoria nel 2011 al Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition, la selezione finale ...
