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The Unity Sessions

Read "The Unity Sessions" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti

Pat Metheny The Unity Sessions Eagle Vision 2015 Il progetto della Unity Band è nato nel 2012 per soddisfare il desiderio di Pat Metheny di inserire un sassofonista nel suo gruppo, cosa che non succedeva dai tempi di 80/81 quando i sassofonisti erano addirittura due, Michael Brecker e Dewey Redman. ...

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Article: Album Review

Harvey Valdes: Roundabout

Read "Roundabout" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey

New York guitarist Harvey Valdes started out at the age of 12 listening to bands like Napalm Death, Sacred Reich and Sick Of It All. “It was the music that spoke to me: loud, heavy and with a ton of attitude," he told the zine Guitar Moderne. “I would bring in a cassette ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Cristina Morrison September 29 "Baronesa" CD Release Concert At Rockwood Music Hall

Cristina Morrison September 29 "Baronesa" CD Release Concert At Rockwood Music Hall

Singer & actress Cristina Morrison returns to Rockwood Music Hall for her Baronesa album concert release on Jazzheads. Morrison here plays with an array of vocal styles bringing to her interpretation her background as an actor. On stage her show has organically evolved into a more theatrical experience as she works with visual artist Laia Cabrera. ...

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Article: Live Review

The J. Geils Band at the Paramount

Read "The J. Geils Band at the Paramount" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante

The J. Geils Band with special guest Ian Hunter & the Rant Band the Paramount Huntington, NY August 30, 2015 The J. Geils Band came to prominence first in the early 1970s with its R&B-influenced blues rock sound and then again in the 1980s when it shifted its ...

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Article: Film Review

Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions

Read "Pat Metheny: The Unity Sessions" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Pat Metheny Unity Group The Unity Sessions Eagle Eye Media 2015 With the release of the The Orchestrion Project (Eagle Eye Media, 2012) DVD/Blu Ray video and associated The Orchestrion Project (Nonesuch, 2013) two-CD set released just over three months later, Pat Metheny changed his approach to the live recordings that ...

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Article: Album Review

Pete McCann: Range

Read "Range" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey

This is the fifth album as leader by NYC-based guitarist Pete McCann and demonstrates just what heights the jazz guitar is capable of reaching when placed in the hands of an expert who understands the meaning of balance and finesse. Opening with the breezy “Kenny," a paen to the late Kenny Wheeler (with whom Pete McCann ...

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Article: Opinion

The Creative Music Studio Goes To College!

Read "The Creative Music Studio Goes To College!" reviewed by Karl Berger

by Karl Berger

This article was originally published in 2005. In 1972 I founded the Creative Music Studio (CMS) with Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman. Many luminaries were among the initial advisors: John Cage, Gil Evans, Gunther Schuller, Alan Ginsberg, George Russell, Don Cherry, Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland, Frederic Rzewski, Anthony Braxton and Jack DeJohnette, ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jon Batiste Benefit Concert October 28 At The Alhambra Ballroom - Plus National Jazz Museum In Harlem Gets A New Home!

Jon Batiste Benefit Concert October 28 At The Alhambra Ballroom - Plus National Jazz Museum In Harlem Gets A New Home!

THE NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM ANNOUNCES ITS FALL 2015 BENEFIT CONCERT FEATURING JON BATISTE, THE BANDLEADER FOR LATE NIGHT WITH STEPHEN COLBERT AND THE NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM'S NEW LOCATION ON 58 WEST 129 STREET OFF OF LENOX AVENUE “When Stephen Colbert introduced Jon Batiste as his Late Show bandleader earlier this month, most ...

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Article: Album Review

Jesse Fischer: Day Dreamer

Read "Day Dreamer" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal

If there is a recognition for a musician in perpetual engagement to his craft, Jesse Fischer would certainly be in the running. The versatile pianist, arranger, engineer, and producer has been on a creative tear since 2011 when he released “Homebrew" with his group Soul Cycle. This was quickly followed in 2012 by “Retro Future," under ...

Article: Album Review

Phil Haynes No Fast Food: In Concert

Read "In Concert" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Disco doppio registrato dal vivo in due diverse occasioni nel giugno e nell'agosto del 2012, questo lavoro ha nel titolo del progetto, No Fast Food, un emblematico ancorchè metaforico programma: la musica è infatti lontanissima dall'essere preconfezionata e pronta ad essere consumata rapidamente senza attenzione ed è invece costruita attraverso la creativa interazione di un trio ...


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