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Gregory Porter/Donald Smith/Mansur Scott: Great Voices Of Harlem
by Dan Bilawsky
Harlem has long been known as an incubator for talent, birthing and/or nurturing some of the all-time greats in music, literature, and art. Nearly a century separates the dawning of the famed Harlem Renaissance and the creation of this album, but Great Voices Of Harlem serves as undeniable proof that this large neighborhood at the north ...
Don Felder, Styx & Foreigner at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
by Mike Perciaccante
Don Felder, Styx and Foreigner Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Soundtrack of Summer Tour Wantagh, NY June 28, 2014 On a pleasant early summer Saturday evening, the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater was transformed into a time machine as Styx and Foreigner double-headlined (on this tour the two bands ...
Yvonnick Prene: Wonderful World
by Ian Patterson
Before arriving in New York in 2007, Paris-born harmonica player Yvonnick Prené had already gained schooling of the practical kind, touring and recording with pianists Laurent Cugny and Yaron Herman, and trumpeter Alex Tassel. Prené hit the ground running in the States, winning several scholarships that enabled him to study with saxophonist Lee Konitz, bassist John ...
T.K. Blue: A Warm Embrace
by Hrayr Attarian
Saxophonist and flutist T.K Blue's tenth album A Warm Embrace is an enchanting and elegant work with richly textured harmonies and captivating melodies. Even though not all of the tracks are strictly speaking ballads there is a sublime sense of poetry that runs throughout the record and is its prevailing and cohesive motif.The solemn ...
Chris Speed: Really OK
by Glenn Astarita
Saxophonist, clarinetist, Chris Speed has been in the thick of things the past several decades. He's been a co-conspirator in trendsetting ensembles led by alto saxophonists, composers Tim Berne, John Zorn, and leading-edge outfits Claudia Quintet and Pachora amid a host of other noteworthy projects. Speed's prominence in the newer realm of jazz and jazz improvisation ...
Charles Davis: For The Love Of Lori
by Dan Bilawsky
Coping with loss is never easy. Some are completely defeated by the death of a loved one, choosing to retreat into isolation. Others prefer to reflect, celebrate the life that was lived, and play on. Saxophonist Charles Davis is part of the latter group. Davis lost his wife--Lori Samet-Davis--in April of 2012, but he didn't let ...
Amos Lee at Celebrate Brooklyn
by Ernest Barteldes
Amos Lee Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Brooklyn, NY June 20, 2014 After a high energy opening set by Brooklyn-based Lake Street Dive, Philadelphia native and singer/songwriter Amos Lee took to the stage with a five-piece band that included two multi-instrumentalists who took turns on guitars, horns and mandolins. ...
Martin Wind: Appreciating Bill Evans
by R.J. DeLuke
Bassist Martin Wind had already gigged with American jazz musicians prior to moving to New York City in 1996 to advance his musical studies. Though classically trained, Wind is highly versatile, having played in orchestras, small jazz groups, crossing genres on the electric bass prior to departing his native Germany. Now, years later, he ...
Steve Khan: Subtext
by Glenn Astarita
Steve Khan has always been a consummate, story-telling improviser. His extensive resume and distinguished solo career spans jazz fusion, modern mainstream, and with Subtext, he delves a bit deeper into the Latin element, when looking back at his days recording and performing with former Weather Report percussionist Manolo Badrena who was a member of Khan's early ...
Peter Epstein Will Tour In Support Of New Songlines Release, Polarities
Saxophonist Will Perform on East and West Coasts from July through September Reno-based saxophonist Peter Epstein, whose new Songlines CD, Polarities, has garnered such strong reviews as “it's music of a higher order that's filled with endless surprises...expanding and contracting in fascinating ways" (allaboutjazz.com) and “it's a controlled burn...Epstein never loses the lyricism that defines his ...
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