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Article: Interview

Dominick Farinacci: Sharing Stories

Read "Dominick Farinacci: Sharing Stories" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Dominick Farinacci, a trumpeter from Cleveland, is a strong improviser with a wide, round tone. It's suited for his predilection for the melodic side of the music. But his vision of music extends beyond the act of playing and the art of performing--something he has done around the globe for years, carving out a successful career ...

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Article: Album Review

SLM Ensemble: Source

Read "Source" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni

SLM is an acronym for Source Liminal Music as well as a tri-consonantal root of of the Hebrew and Arabic words for peace, shalom and salam. It is also the name of a composition of master double bassist Mark Dresser and composer-conductor Sarah Weaver, written for the “Deep Tones for Peace" event in April 2009, a ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dominican Republic Singing Sensation Sonia Alfonso At Subrosa On September 22 And 24!

Dominican Republic Singing Sensation Sonia Alfonso At Subrosa On September 22 And 24!

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TOURISM BOARD PRESENTS SINGING SENSATION SONIA ALFONSO SUBROSA- NYC- SEPTEMBER 22 & 24 8:00PM & 10:00PM Sonia Alfonso was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and since she was young, she knew that she would become an artist. Sonia began singing professionally at the age 18 and was only 19 ...

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Article: Album Review

Leila Bordreuil & Michael Foster: The Caustic Ballads

Read "The Caustic Ballads" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Brooklyn based Cellist Leila Bordreuil and saxophonist Michael Foster explore the emotional boundaries of tonality on the otherworldly and daring Caustic Ballads. The thirteen improvised duets, with their disturbing and poetic titles are abstract in their conception, intimately delivered and deeply visceral in their impact.The hypnotic “Into the Peristyle of Love's Temple" for example ...

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Article: Album Review

George DeLancey: George DeLancey

Read "George DeLancey" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal

During the golden age of the big bands, composers wrote with the entire ensemble as a singular voice, with the soloist (and solos) connected to the concept of the song as a whole. The leading exponent of this era was Duke Ellington, whose writing was built around that awareness; and his songs have withstood the test ...

Article: Album Review

David Smith Quintet: Impetus

Read "Impetus" reviewed by Luigi Sforza

by Luigi Sforza

La registrazione analogica di Impetus -terzo disco del David Smith Quintet -valorizza pienamente gli aspetti performativi del gruppo conferendo al sound un respiro “naturale," in cui la musicalità si abbina alla precisione esecutiva e l'ariosità delle melodie dà spunto ad ispirati parti solistiche. La band guidata dal trombettista canadese David Smith, naturalizzato newyorkese, sa inanellare ...

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News: Recording

Multiple Juno Award Winner Jane Bunnett Featuring Maqueque To Release "Oddara" On October 14

Multiple Juno Award Winner Jane Bunnett Featuring Maqueque To Release "Oddara" On October 14

MULTIPLE JUNO AWARD WINNER JANE BUNNETT FEATURING MAQUEQUE TO RELEASE “ODDARA" ON OCTOBER 14 EXTRAORDINARY ALL-FEMALE CUBAN SEXTET TWO TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA LISTEN TO AND SHARE THE FIRST SINGLE “DREAM “ VIA YOUTUBE OR SOUNDCLOUD PRE-ORDER ODDARA VIA ITUNES, AMAZON OR LINUS LABEL STORE “Jane Bunnett and Maqueque... utterly shatters ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Hero Award Winners Joanie Pallatto & Bradley Parker Sparrow In NYC on September 9, 2016

Chicago Hero Award Winners Joanie Pallatto & Bradley Parker Sparrow In NYC on September 9, 2016

Ralph Lampkin / Lampkin Music Group Christopher Gines / Cafe Noctambulo Present “THE SPOTLIGHT SERIES” featuring: Joanie Pallatto & Bradley Parker-Sparrow A Musical Journey Songs of Jazz and Musical Theater Café Noctambulo at Pangea Friday, September 9, 2016 8:00 pm-10:00 pm Café Noctambulo at Pangea

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Article: Live Review

Benny Golson Quartet at Duc des Lombards

Read "Benny Golson Quartet at Duc des Lombards" reviewed by Patricia Myers

by Patricia Myers

Benny Golson Quartet Duc des Lombards Nous N'Irons Pas a New York (We're Not Going to New York) Festival Paris, France August 10, 2016 Tenor saxophonist Benny Golson showed no negative effects of his 87 years during the opening set of two nights at Duc des Lombards in Paris. His ...

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Article: Album Review

Michael Formanek - Tomas Fujiwara - Mary Halvorson: Convallaria

Read "Convallaria" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Three hyper-progressive improvisational jazz and cross-genre artists push the envelope again on their 2nd album for Cuneiform Records. The musicians' busy schedules via numerous and largely prolific solo and group-based projects have rocketed their respective artistries into the limelight, especially ECM recording artist Michael Formanek (bass) who for the past several decades has become a household ...


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