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Matthew Shipp Trio: The Conduct of Jazz
by Glenn Astarita
Influential progressive jazz pianist/improviser, Matthew Shipp boasts an extensive discography as a group leader, soloist and in-demand session artiste. During the past three decades he's amassed an immense discography amid his affiliations with like-minded musicians representing the USA and Euro-jazz circuits. On this piano trio date, Shipp exemplifies to a very high degree, his uncanny knack ...
Tyler Kaneshiro: Amber of the Moment
by Dave Wayne
First impressions mean everything. Amber of the Moment, trumpeter / composer Tyler Kaneshiro's debut album opens with a cloying cover of Bjork's “Who Is It." While nicely rendered, and suitably arranged, Kaneshiro's version plays it safe, replacing all of the oddness of the original with slick nu-jazz gloss. The cover of Bon Iver's “Holocene" fares better, ...
Pianist/Producer Tyler Greenfield Releases "Sunday Bolero"
Following a love for Latin music, Tyler Greenfield connected with an array of Cuban musicians in New York, including the acclaimed Cuban singer Xiomara Laugart. The album features Laugart on classic boleros including “Nosotros" and “Sabor a Mi". Xiomara was a vocalist in the Grammy-nominated group Yerba Buena. Aside from Laugart's presence, Sunday Bolero provides the ...
Nu Jazz Agency’s Managing Director, Jerald Miller To Keynote Jazz Industry/Music Business Symposium At JEN's 2016 Conference & The Chamber Music Of America National Conference In January 2016
The Nu Jazz Agency has announced that Managing Director Jerald Miller, will lead two Keynote sessions at separate Jazz industry related music conferences in the second week of January 2016. Named by the 118 year old Musical America Worldwide Magazine as the only Jazz Industry professional to their Top 30 Influencers in the Arts category, Jerald ...
Miho Hazama: Time River
by Angelo Leonardi
Sono anni importanti per il jazz orchestrale. L'emergere di giovani arrangiatori e bandleader iniziato di recente con Jason Lindner, Darcy James Argue, Ryan Truesdell, Kyle Saulnier e altri non s'è fermato, anche grazie al ruolo formativo del New England Conservatory e della Manhattan School of Music. È da lì che vengono alcuni dei nomi ...
Oscar Perez: Prepare A Place For Me
by Mark Sullivan
The heart of this album is found in pianist/composer Oscar Perez's trio with bassist Thomson Kneeland and drummer Alvester Garnett. Their four tracks showcase the cohesive sound they have developed together, Perez's elegant pianism matched by his empathetic partners. It's a modern piano trio, with a conversational style and all members contributing. There's enough ...
Grace Potter at the Paramount
by Mike Perciaccante
Grace Potter The Paramount Huntington, NY December 10, 2015 Grace Potter's performance on Thursday, December 10th at the Paramount in the tony Long Island town of Huntington, NY was a high energy performance much akin to a tent show revival. The audience members all came to worship and by the end ...
Romain Collin: Press Enter
by Hrayr Attarian
French pianist Romain Collin's third release as a leader, Press Enter, can easily serve as a soundtrack for an art house flick. This is very natural for Collin who has both written music for several films and proved himself an accomplished performer. Collin uses intricately constructed harmonic fragments to build captivating sonic mosaics thus most of ...
Difford And Tilbrook at the Paramount
by Mike Perciaccante
Difford And Tilbrook The Paramount Huntington, NY December 12, 2015 Christmas came approximately two weeks early to Long Island this year. The Paramount (located in Huntington, NY), the venue ranked by Billboard magazine as one of the best concert venues in the country, was the site of a fantastic show sub-billed ...
Joe McPhee / Jamie Saft / Joe Morris / Charles Downs: Ticonderoga
by John Sharpe
As the liners explain, this date was inspired by bassist Joe Morris and pianist Jamie Saft's shared love for the seminal John Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard Again (Impulse, 1966) album. In the subsequent discussion with the other participants, it transpired that reedman Joe McPhee actually witnessed that gig from the center of the front ...
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