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Meet "Jazz Judy" Judy Balos
by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
Jazz Judy" Balos has earned her nickname. A live music fan since the age of 16 when she saw Nina Simone in concert, this New Yorker has been going out to hear live jazz four or five times a week (sometimes even two or three times a day) for over 50 years; she's even traveled to ...
Anthony Branker & Imagine: Beauty Within
by Dan McClenaghan
The Rising Star" status isn't confined to fresh music school graduates. Dr. Anthony Branker, Educator--who, for twenty-seven years, was engaged in a big way with Princeton University's jazz program--has achieved a recent rising star" tag as a composer. This after releasing seven top notch CDs for Origin Records, including the masterful Uppity (2013). Composer/Musical ...
Columbia Years 1968-1969
by Maurizio Comandini
La piccola ma intraprendente casa discografica statunitense, Light in the Attic, in collaborazione con la major Sony/Columbia, piazza un uppercut formidabile che toglie il velo ad uno dei misteri meglio preservati della discografia del secolo scorso. Vengono infatti pubblicati per la prima volta i cinque brani che Betty Davis, nata Betty Mabry e sposata con Miles ...
Joe Lovano Quartet: Classic! Live at Newport
by Angelo Leonardi
Il quartetto che Joe Lovano guidò con Hank Jones, George Mraz e Paul Motian è stato uno dei combo più avvincenti del suo decennio, documentato in due dischi ampiamente celebrati: I'm All for You (Blue Note, 2004) e Joyous Encounter (Blue Note, 2005). Alla fine di luglio, la storica etichetta ha pubblicato la registrazione ...
Guitar Virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil Releases New Album - "Chromatic Dialogues"
Much to the anticipation of guitarists worldwide, guitar virtuoso Gustavo Assis-Brasil has released a new album Chromatic Dialogues! The tracks were conceived and recorded in Boston, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh during the Fall of 2015, and brought to Grammy winner engineer Dave Darlington for mixing and mastering at Bass Hit Studios, New York City, in January ...
The 2016 Laid Back Festival Featuring Gregg Allman, Jason Isbell, America, the Marshall Tucker Band, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band, Orleans, Devon Allman and Levon
by Mike Perciaccante
Gregg Allman, Jason Isbell, America, the Marshall Tucker Band, Jaimoe's Jasssz Band, Orleans, Devon Allman and Levon The 2016 Laid Back Festival Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY July 23, 2016 Starting out as the creative collaboration between Gregg Allman and Live Nation, the Laid Back Festival began ...
Elisabeth Lohninger: Eleven Promises
by C. Michael Bailey
New York-based Elisabeth Lohninger and Walter Fischbacher have evolved into a solid power-center in the city's jazz community. They operated Lofish Recording Studios until 2015, when gentrification forced them to close door. The pair have been prolific with recordings, including: Beneath the Surface (Lofish, 2004); The Only Way Out is Up (Lofish, 2007); Songs of Love ...
The 2016 Summerland Tour Featuring Sugar Ray, Everclear, Lit and Sponge
by Mike Perciaccante
Sugar Ray, Everclear, Lit and Sponge The Paramount The 2016 Summerland Tour Huntington, NY July 22, 2016 The Summerland Tour is a 1990s alternative rock 'n' roll tour that made its debut in 2012. The tour was created by Everclear's Art Alexakis and Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath. The first ...
Artistry in Rhythm: Afro-Cuban Epiphany to Haitian Voodoo
by Chris M. Slawecki
Brian Andres & the Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel This Could Be That Self-Produced 2016 This Could Be That celebrates the first decade of Brian Andres & his Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel, which came together in 2007 in and around the San Francisco Bay Area's Latin jazz hothouse. Music is ...
Carla Bley: Shoe Leather, Mystery & Moxie
by Ian Patterson
This article was first published at All About Jazz on July 28, 2016. With the passing of time. That's roughly how the title of Carla Bley's second trio album for ECM translates. Bley turned eighty a few months before the release of Andando el Tiempo but the passing years, if anything, have sharpened her ...

