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Daniel Carter, Federico Ughi: Extra Room

Read "Extra Room" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Daniel Carter, settantenne polistrumentista originario della Pennsylvania, e Federico Ughi, quarantatreenne batterista romano, da quindici anni di stanza a New York, confezionano un doppio CD in due volumi separati raccogliendovi un totale di diciannove brani liberamente improvvisati nel corso di un'unica seduta d'incisione alla fine del 2012. La sovrabbondanza del materiale avrebbe forse ...

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News: Event

Musicians Join Together To Honor Lew Soloff

Musicians Join Together To Honor Lew Soloff

A prestigious group of the jazz world's finest players will pay tribute to their colleague, legendary trumpet player Lew Soloff (Feb. 20, 1944-Mar 8, 2015) on Monday, June 8, 2015 at the John C. Borden Auditorium, located at the Manhattan School of Music (MSM). This event is free to the public and begins at 7:00 p.m. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Polly Gibbons at Birdland on July 2

Polly Gibbons at Birdland on July 2

Resonance Records presents Polly Gibbons Many Faces of Love - One Show Only - 6:00pm on July 2nd at Birdland Resonance Records will present Polly Gibbons in her triumphant New York City return on Thursday, July 2, at 6:00pm at Birdland. She will be showcasing her debut release on Resonance Records, Many Faces of Love. Polly ...

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Article: Album Review

Myra Melford: Snowy Egret

Read "Snowy Egret" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Based on her multidimensional jazz schematics amid associations with like-minded artists nestled in the modern wave of jazz composers and improvisers, you wouldn't expect pianist, Myra Melford to compose works based on evening strolls in the park or mundane issues, for example. With her top-flight ensemble, Melford frames this plot on Eduardo Galeano's lucid and poetic ...

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Article: Album Review

Reggie Quinerly: Invictus

Read "Invictus" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Drummer Reggie Quinelry's second release as a leader Invictus is a collection of short, tightly woven and compelling pieces that Quinerly and his quintet interpret with understated fervor and sublime elegance. Quinerly showcases his compositional and leadership skills while shunning the spotlight himself. He allows his sidemen ample room for soloing as he directs the intricacies ...

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Article: Album Review

Oliver Lake / William Parker: To Roy

Read "To Roy" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Bassist William Parker has formed productive liaisons with some wonderfully expressive alto saxophone players in the past--Rob Brown and Jemeel Moondoc both spring to mind. But To Roy represents his first time on record with Oliver Lake, best known as a third of Trio 3 and a quarter of the World Saxophone Quartet. They recorded their ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Love Is A Pendulum

Read "Love Is A Pendulum" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Since signing with Motėma Music a couple years back, vibraphonist Joe Locke has been releasing some of the best and most diverse music in a career now entering its fourth decade. From the near-fusion energy of 2012's Signing--the long overdue studio followup to the Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer group's incendiary Live in Seattle (Origin, 2006)--to ...

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News: Recording

Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields To Be Released This Friday On Artistshare

Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields To Be Released This Friday On Artistshare

On May 22, 2015, Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields will ship out to all participants and will be available for purchase and download on ArtistShare here. We are proud to share the Maria Schneider Orchestra’s first studio album in seven years with you. It has been a wonderful journey, if you have not yet participated, you ...

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Article: New York Beat

Vince Giordano at Iguana

Read "Vince Giordano at Iguana" reviewed by Nick Catalano

by Nick Catalano

If you go to Iguana on 54th St. and sit down on a Monday or Tuesday evening to dine on some sensible Mexican food you can also do some time traveling. When the Nighthawks hit at 8:00pm you won't have any trouble imagining that it is 1925 and you are in a speakeasy at the musical ...

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Article: Album Review

Brian Charette: Alphabet City

Read "Alphabet City" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Alphabet City is organist Brian Charette's ninth album, titled for the part of Manhattan where he lives (in the building which featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, apparently). He's alongside guitarist Will Bernard and drummer Rudy Royston, both familiar names on numerous other releases for Posi-tone Records: a standard, though high quality, organ ...


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