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Luis Perdomo: Montage
by Mark Corroto
The highest praise you can give to a recording by a solo performer is that the music was made just for your ears. Pianist Luis Perdomo's Montage gives just that impression. It's easy to imagine these fifteen tracks were played in your living room, or automobile, for that matter. After releasing seven discs as ...
Hot Tone Music To Release New CDs By Bassist Mimi Jones & Pianist Luis Perdomo, May 13
Hot Tone Music, the artist-run label founded by bassist /composer Mimi Jones in 2009, announces the simultaneous release on May 13 of new CDs by Jones (Feet in the Mud) and pianist/composer Luis Perdomo (Montage). Perdomo’s Montage is his eighth album as a leader but the first solo piano recording in his distinguished career. After he’d ...
Luis Perdomo: Twenty-Two
by Dave Wayne
There are so many really good jazz piano trio albums bouncing around of late, that it's truly unusual to hear something that stands out these days. The first few tracks of Luis Perdomo's seventh album as a leader, Twenty-Two, are as technically accomplished and downright pretty as anything out there, but they struck me as less ...
Luis Perdomo: Twenty-Two
by Dan Bilawsky
In 1993, a twenty-two year old pianist named Luis Perdomo left Venezuela and arrived in New York City, eager to further his education and pursue his musical dreams. Now, twenty-two years later, Perdomo can certainly look back with a sense of accomplishment, having made a significant impact on the scene through his leader dates and important ...
2015 JJA Jazz Awards Honor Musical Excellence Randy Weston Praised For Lifetime Achievement
NEW YORK – The Jazz Journalists Association has announced winners of its 2015 JJA Jazz Awards for musical excellence in calendar year 2014 (see winners below), and released details about its annual public Jazz Awards party, at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 W. 3rd St., NYC, on June 16, from 3 pm to 5:30 pm. ...
Bassist/Composer Mimi Jones Announces New Tour Dates
For bassist/composer Mimi Jones, the release one year ago of her second CD Balance accomplished several goals. It tested her mettle as a businesswoman, as the CD was released on the Hot Tone Music label she’d founded in 2009. It highlighted her propensity for collaboration and support of other indie jazz musicians, particularly women, as Hot ...
Mimi Jones: Balance
By Mimi Jones
Label: Hot Tone Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Nothing Like You; Traveler; Speedbump; The Incy Wincy Spider; The Spinning Tree; Patriot; Someone Like You; To Be; The Edge of a Circle; Everybody Loves the Sunshine; Junk Funk; Dream.
Balance
By Mimi Jones
Label: Hot Tone Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Nothing Like You; Traveler; Speedbump; The Incy Wincy Spider; The
Spinning Tree; Patriot; Someone Like You; To Be; The Edge of a Circle;
Everyone Loves Sunshine; Junk Funk; Dream.
Jakob Baekgaard's Best Releases of 2014
by Jakob Baekgaard
2014 proved to be another fruitful year for jazz. The artists on this list represent many different musical directions, but that is the wonder of jazz. It is so many things and the world would indeed be poorer if the idiom was restricted to one particular sound. These artists all have a fresh approach to the ...
Hot Tone Music Release's Three New CD's
Mimi Jones is the label founder and a N.Y.C. native, bassist, vocalist, composer and producer! Her new Balance CD release is a blend of genre's of classic and contemporary jazz, edgy soul and even a rock element. Balance stands firmly in its leaders dedication of “creating great music of today"! With Balance, Mimi's universal music heritage ...
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