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Mary Halvorson Septet: Illusionary Sea
by Glenn Astarita
Guitarist Mary Halvorson's signature sound and methodologies have been making an impact within avant-garde and progressive-jazz circles on a global basis. Illusionary Sea marks the debut of her septet, comprised of impressionable players often residing at the forefront of the newer kindling of what may loosely be classified as jazz. Here, like minds coalesce for an ...
Oud Awakening: Nashaz Furthers the Tradition of Blending of Jazz and Arabic Music
A puzzling and intriguing challenge from an Egyptian cab driver in New Orleans inspires an impulse purchase of an alluring album in a used CD store. The album inspires a search for a difficult to find instrument, which in turn takes a jazz player to a radically different approach. This unlikely turn of events ultimately led ...
Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions
by John Kelman
The past couple years have been banner ones for reviving the legacy of Woody Shaw, a trumpeter and composer who--emerging in the early '60s on albums by extant jazz stars like Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill, McCoy Tyner and Horace Silver, and contributing to on-the-rise names including Larry Young and Chick Corea--has all-too-often been overlooked. Still, with ...
Improvising Art: From Jam Bands to Jazz
by Jacob Hobson
The author Kurt Vonnegut once said, “Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow." The art of improvisation does just that: it makes the soul grow. The soul of the improvising performer is constantly stretched and twisted in search of that unnamed spiritual experience in which lasting ...
From Carnegie Hall To Lower Manhattan - David Krakauer Brings His Clarinet Mastery To The Stone; September 24-29, 2013
New York - A major artist of great renown, clarinetist David Krakauer showcases his virtuosity in an intimate setting. He brings his unique sound to a week-long residency at The Stone, John Zornʼs downtown hot spot in lower Mahattan. As well as being a significant voice in the classical world, Krakauer is considered to be one ...
Legendary New Orleans Pianist Henry Butler Joins Richi Debonis' Nowtet For A Special One-time Performance at NYC's 78 Below
The legendary New Orleans pianist Henry Butler joins underground legend Richi DeBonis — a.k.a. Richi Van Zeppelin — and his NOWtet ensemble for a rare, one-time performance at New York's 78 Below club on Thursday, September 12 at 10 PM. DeBonis and his NOWtet are coming off of a celebrated stand at the Denver jazz club ...
Andy Bell and Howard Jones at the Paramount
by Mike Perciaccante
Andy Bell and Howard Jones The Regeneration Tour The Paramount Huntington, NY August 21, 2013 On a pleasant August evening, the Regeneration Tour touched down in Huntington, New York and turned back the hands of time to the mid to late '80s and early '90s. Andy Bell (of the ...
Linda Oh: Sun Pictures
by Hrayr Attarian
Linda Oh arrived onto the jazz scene as a fully accomplished improviser with her introspective and free-flowing debut, Entry (Self Produced, 2010). On the follow-up, Initial Here(Greenleaf, 2012), she expanded her range, drawing upon both the western classical repertoire and eastern folk tradition, as well as experimenting with electric fusion-informed sounds. Oh's understated yet highly sophisticated ...
Billy Bang: Da Bang!
by Glenn Astarita
Da Bang was recorded two months before violinist Billy Bang's battle with cancer ended in April, 2011. The album title is lifted from Bang's former FAB Trio band mate, drummer Barry Altschul. Indeed, Bang was an influential presence, partly due to his cutting-edge improvisational faculties. He was an artiste markedly comfortable in most any setting. On ...
FFEAR at the Rubin Museum Of Art on October 4
FFEAR - OCT 4 - RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART Featuring World Premiere Compositions FFEAR with Ole Mathisen & Chris Washburne Oct. 4 - Rubin Museum of Art Time: 7:00pm Price: $18 advance / $20 day of Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th St. New York, NY
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