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Tony Bennett at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
by Mike Perciaccante
Tony Bennett NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY November 20, 2015 At 89-years of age, Tony Bennett has seen and done it all. He also is the owner of one of the most distinctive voices in all of music. In fact, it has been documented that Frank Sinatra ...
Dave Douglas Quintet: Brazen Heart
by Dave Wayne
Leading a quintet whose debut recording, Be Still (Greenleaf Music, 2012) was an elegiac song cycle dedicated to his late mother, Dave Douglas' Brazen Heart, sadly, finds the trumpeter / composer in mourning once again. Damon Douglas, Dave's brother, passed away in June 2015. Yet, the overall tenor of Brazen Heart is completely different than Be ...
Joe McPhee / Jamie Saft / Joe Morris / Charles Downs: Ticonderoga
by Glenn Astarita
The premise for this get together commenced with discussions by pianist Jamie Saft and bassist, guitarist Joe Morris who plotted to meld their influences from John Coltrane's Live at the Village Vanguard Again (Impulse, 1966) album, along with celebrated artists, trumpeter, reedman Joe McPhee and drummer Charles Downs. Moreover, the band moniker Ticonderoga is a Mohawk ...
Caroline Davis: Doors: Chicago Storylines
by Hrayr Attarian
Doors: Chicago Storylines is altoist Caroline Davis' unique take on oral history. Interweaving original compositions with area musicians' narratives Davis reconstructs the history of Chicago jazz in a uniquely engaging and articulate style. On “Chicago Sound?" for instance, after a discussion on the type of jazz played in various neighborhoods, Davis plays soulfully with ...
Kim Nazarian: Some Morning
by C. Michael Bailey
Vocalist and New York Voices' founding member Kim Nazarian joins her band mate Lauren Kinhan in recently releasing a solo recording. Kinhan's Circle in a Square.(Self Produced, 2014) was well received, bringing much deserved attention to both Kinhan and the NYVs. Nazarian's entry into the solo field enriches the soprano field greatly and accents her discography ...
Dave Burrell, Steve Swell: Turning Point
by Maurizio Zerbo
Indagando ancora una volta nella memoria storica statunitense, Dave Burrell e Steve Swell continuano a trarre spunti musicali dalla guerra civile americana. Ricontestualizzati con eccelsa raffinatezza e gusto musicale, la strumentazione e i temi marziali dell'800 vengono letteralmente ristrutturati nel segno dell'ottica jazzistica. È stata così compiuta un'operazione discografica intelligente oltre che inusuale, rivolta a collegare ...
Joey Calderazzo: Going Home
by Luigi Sforza
Un senso di ordine e precisione, di pertinenza linguistica agli schemi del bop e del post bop infondono in Going Home un carattere di immacolato rigore espressivo. Collaboratore abituale di noti ed importanti musicisti mainstream americani-- tra i quali Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Mintzer, Michael Brecker e Branford Marsalis, quest'ultimo ospite nella garbata ballad “I ...
Jessica Jones Quartet New CD "Moxie" Release Performance December 21 At ShapeShifter Lab
Jessica Jones Quartet New CD Moxie Two-Tenor Sax Madness! Release Date: December 8, 2015 CD Release Performance: December 21, 2015 ShapeShifter Lab - NYC Phone: 646-820-9452 Reunited After 30 Years! This rare two-tenor quartet (with Jessica and Tony Jones on tenors) busts things wide open with ...
Larry Fuller Trio at Jazz at Kitano
by Dan Bilawsky
Larry Fuller Trio Jazz at Kitano New York, NY November 22, 2015 While jazz is a music founded and fed on innovation, it's also an art form steeped in tradition, forwarded through the passing of the torch to the next generation(s) in order to keep the life force of the ...
Romero Lubambo: Setembro
by Angelo Leonardi
Meno celebrato di quanto dovrebbe, Romero Lubambo è uno dei grandi chitarristi brasiliani contemporanei e questo suo terzo album per la Sunnyside ce lo ricorda. Dopo il duo col pianista/compositore César Camargo Mariano (Duo, 2012) e l'esplorazione del grande songbook brasiliano che ha ottenuto 5 stelle in Down Beat (Só: Brazilian Essence, 2013), Lubambo ...
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