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Joelle Leandre / George Lewis: Transatlantic Visions
by Stuart Broomer
Recorded at Vision Festival XIII in 2008, this pairing of French bassist Joelle Léandre and American trombonist George Lewis brings together two of the most gifted and committed musicians in improvised music. They've been acquainted since the '70s and distinguished themselves as duo improvisers in the best company. (Among their individual highlights are the former's duets ...
Digital Primitives: Hum Crackle & Pop
by Jeff Stockton
Cooper-Moore remains a fringe figure in contemporary jazz, even in the circles traveled by players of improvised music, by definition the fringe itself. Adding insult to the injury done to his potential for fame is the fact that he seems incapable of making an uninteresting record. Hum Crackle & Pop is the second release by Digital ...
Progressive Cuban Jazz with the Elio Villafranca Quintet at the Jazz Standard
When it comes to authentic Cuban Jazz, The Elio Villafranca Quintet brings you only the best. Elio Villafranca first appeared on stage with his quartet in the New Dimensions in Latin Jazz Series in 2007. Since then, this gifted pianist and composer won the first NFA/Heineken Green Ribbon Master Artist Music Grant from the National ...
Truth & Soul's Michael Leonhart & the Avramina 7 Joe's Pub Residency
Trumpet player, producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and singer-songwriter Michael Leonhart and his band “the Avramina 7" are pleased to announce their monthly residency at New York’s Joe’s Pub, beginning Wednesday, October 7, and continuing though the rest of 2009. Despite being the newest group on Truth & Soul Records, the band is anything but inexperienced. Michael ...
Trumpet Phenom Joey Pero to Perform Acclaimed 'Resonance' CD Live at Feinstein's
On October 15th and 16th, New York's Feinstein's at Loews Regency the celebrated mecca for outstanding music performance - will host world-renown trumpeter Joey Pero and his high-energy ensemble performing selections from his recently highly-acclaimed CD, Resonance. These live performances by Pero's ensemble are expected to continue and amplify the significant media interest and tremendous audience ...
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra and Bobby Sanabria to Honor Maestro Ray Santos: A Life in Latin Music
The recently Grammy nominated Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra directed by Maestro Bobby Sanabria honors another Maestro, the legendary composer, arranger Ray Santos on Friday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the School's John C. Borden Auditorium. That evening, showcased will be music that will span Maestro Santos's entire prolific career. Performed will be ...
New Breakthrough for Indie Hip Hop Jazz Artist Victor Valente.
Known for his 2005 saxophone rendition of Mc Lytes 1989 hit “Cappuccino," hip hop jazz musician Victor Valente seals a deal with AMI Entertainment, making Victor the first indie hip hop jazz artist to license music to one of the largest major Hybrid Jukebox Network in the U.S. Since launching his publishing and music licensing company ...
Peter Evans: Nature/Culture
by John Sharpe
Far from unprecedented, solo trumpet records are still not part of humdrum experience. Since his revelatory debut More is More (psi, 2006), Peter Evans has pitted himself against a widening swathe of improvisers in both North America and Europe, while at the same time affectionately dismantling the jazz tradition with his own Quartet and Moppa Elliott's ...
Joshua Redman: Compass
by Jeff Stockton
No jazz musician with Joshua Redman's pedigree, chops and talent wants to be tagged as “cautious" or “cerebral," but that was Redman's reputation, perhaps right up until Back East was released in 2007. That CD, a return to straight-ahead acoustic playing after a brief digression, found the saxophonist fronting a few different rhythm sections (and standing ...
Jazz Standard Announces Schedule for November 2009
JAZZ STANDARD Hosts a Roster of Stellar Artists Led by the Vijay Iyer Trio During the Month of November Best Jazz Club 2008 (New York Magazine) (New York City, NY) — JAZZ STANDARD, one of the nation’s premier jazz clubs, presents another month of great jazz in November. The acclaimed pianist Vijay Iyer and his trio ...
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