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Sotomayor Confirmed by Bronx Orchestra
The Senate may not have confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the newest Supreme Court justice, but Symphony Space and Arturo O'Farrill, the jazz musician, seem confident. The performance space has joined with the Bronx Museum of the Arts and R. D. Rice Construction Inc. to commission a piece by Mr. OFarrill to be performed by his ...
August 2009
by AAJ Staff
Frank KimbroughBirdlandNew York City July 14, 2009When Frank Kimbrough made his leader debut at Birdland (Jul. 14th), easily one of the best piano showcase rooms in New York, there was no doubt he would meet the lofty standard maintained at the club by such fellow pianists as Steve Kuhn and ...
Joe Locke: Nocturne for Ava & Mutual Admiration Society 2
by George Kanzler
Bob Sneider/Joe Locke Film Noir ProjectNocturne for AvaOrigin2009 Joe Locke/David HazeltineMutual Admiration Society 2Sharp Nine2009 The versatility of vibraphonist Joe Locke comes to the fore here, one album moody with ...
Tony Malaby: Paloma Recio & Ancient and Future Airs
by David Adler
Tony MalabyPaloma RecioNew World Records2009 Paul DunmallAncient and Future AirsClean Feed2009 Paloma Recio ("loud dove"), the debut of saxophonist Tony Malaby's quartet of the same name, is marked by the ...
Jim Black: One Great Night...Live; Houseplant & Kyrill
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim BlackOne Great Night...LivehatOLOGY2009 Jim Black's AlasNoAxisHouseplantWinter & Winter2009 Achim KaufmannKyrillPirouet Records2009 For almost 15 years, drummer Jim Black's approach ...
Papo Vazquez and The Mighty Pirates: Marooned/Aislado: Live at the Painted Bride Art Center
by Elliott Simon
Few musicians in Latin jazz have more street cred than trombonist Papo Vazquez. A member of the seminal Fort Apache Band, he has been a part of this music's renaissance both in the US and in Puerto Rico for several decades. He has been at the forefront of producing an Afro-Puerto Rican jazz that leans on ...
Oh Canada: Fran
by Kurt Gottschalk
François Carrier/Michel Lambert/Jean-Jacques AvenelWithinLeo2008 Gordon Grdina Trio...If Accident WillPlunge2009 NOW OrchestraAnimal Talesself-published2009 It's forever surprising that, while Americans revere the pioneers of ...
Ella Fitzgerald / Mildred Bailey: Ella Fitzgerald Mildred Bailey Legendary Radio Broadcasts
by Andrew Velez
Two vocalists supreme, Ella Fitzgerald and Mildred Bailey, can be heard in some rare sides on Legendary Radio Broadcasts. The former's broadcasts are from January 1940, only months after she had taken over leadership of her mentor Chick Webb's band. The intro is from her early signature novelty hit, “A Tisket A Tasket," and she is ...
Vibin': Jay Hoggard, Joe Baione, Ken Fowser/Behn Gillece, Mark Sherman & Roy Ayers
by Graham L. Flanagan
Jay HoggardSoular PowerJHVM2009 Joe BaioneOh Yeah!self-published2009 Ken Fowser/Behn GilleceFull ViewPosi-Tone2009 Mark ShermanLive @The Bird's EyeMiles High2008
NOMO: Invisible Cities
by Jeff Stockton
Having started out in clubs around the University of Michigan as an octet (sometimes larger), enchanted by the Afrobeat of Fela (seasoned with a bit of avant jazz), on Ghost Rock (Ubiquity, 2008), NOMO emerged as much more inspired by the clanging junkyard percussion of Congolese Konono No. 1 and German eccentrics such as Can and ...
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