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Article: Album Review

Edward Simon: Unicity

by Ken Dryden
March 25, 2007

Pianist Edward Simon's seventh CD as a leader is his best effort to date. On display are his gifts as an improviser, composer and arranger with two sympathetic partners--bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade. The entire CD has the feeling of a suite, rather than separate unrelated tracks that just happened to be recorded during ...

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Article: Live Review

Aga Zaryan at Joe's Pub

by Suzanne Lorge
March 24, 2007

Aga Zaryan Joe's Pub, New York City, New York January 11, 2007 Fans stood in the aisles at Joe's Pub on January 11, 2007 to hear Aga Zaryan, a Warsaw-based singer currently touring in the US to promote her second CD, Picking Up The Pieces. The biggest criticism to levy ...

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Article: Album Review

Agusti Fernandez / Barry Guy / Ramon Lopez: Aurora

by A. Henkin
March 24, 2007

It would be a fallacy to think that any musician who inhabits the world of free improvisation wishes that world to be a noisy chaotic place. Indeed, one cannot make any assumptions these days about free players, whether it be based on age, background or collaborators. Though Spain has not produced the avant-garde swarms of other ...

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Article: Album Review

Grant Stewart: In the Still of the Night

Read "In the Still of the Night" reviewed by Elliott Simon

by Elliott Simon
March 24, 2007

Grant Stewart has an athletic able-bodied style on tenor that can best be described as muscular. It is no surprise that he lists Sonny Rollins as a major influence but what makes him a standout in the large crowd of hard bop tenorists is his ability to sprint across the keys without sacrificing an ounce of ...

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Article: Album Review

Gino Sitson: Bamisphere

Read "Bamisphere" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman
March 24, 2007

For his third solo album, Cameroonian vocalist Gino Sitson is joined by bassist Ron Carter, drummer Jeff “Tain Watts, bassist Essiet Essiet and pianist Helio Alves for twelve originals all sung in Medumba, a dialect of his native Bamileke language. Because of this, it is difficult to discern the meaning of each song but, according to ...

News: Performance / Tour

Frank London's CD Release Concert Monday, March 26th at the Barrow Street Theatre

March 23, 2007

Soundbrush invites you to celebrate its newest release FRANK LONDON'S “ A NIGHT IN THE OLD MARKETPLACE" Featuring Ron Caswell, tuba, bass Brandon Seabrook guitar, banjo, mandolin Art Bailey keyboards, accordion Aaron Alexander, drums And vocalists... La Tanya Hall, Manu Narayan (star of Broadway's Bombay Dreams), Craig Wedren ...

News: Performance / Tour

Julie Hardy at Sweet Rhythm, Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

March 23, 2007

On Tuesday, March 27th (one set only at 9:30pm) Brooklyn-based vocalist and composer, Julie Hardy returns to Sweet Rhythm as a part of the Vocal Series. She will perform new pieces off her upcoming release The Wish which will be released this year by New York based label World Culture Music featuring some of New York's ...

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Article: Album Review

Andy Biskin Quartet: Early American: The Melodies of Stephen Foster

Read "Early American: The Melodies of Stephen Foster" reviewed by George Kanzler

by George Kanzler
March 23, 2007

Stephen Foster was America's first pop songwriter, his music widely sung and played, as well as reproduced on music boxes (this album begins and ends with examples) in the last half of the 19th Century. But Foster is not the only uniquely American musician clarinetist Andy Biskin takes inspiration from in this idiosyncratic album. The spirit ...

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Frank Hewitt: Fresh from the Cooler

Read "Fresh from the Cooler" reviewed by Christopher Shoe

by Christopher Shoe
March 23, 2007

There are few things in this world that the jazz lover can compare to that of hearing a live performance. There is a type of audience participation that is lacking when he sits at home and listens to the album. Perhaps he even finds himself wondering what it would be like to be left alone with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Judy Barnett's Jazz-a-Teria Official Wed. Mar 28th CD Release Party/Gig for "Too Darn Hot! "Showtimes 8PM & 10PM

March 22, 2007

JUDY BARNETT'S JAZZ-A-TERIA CD RELEASE GIG / WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28TH At IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 TWO SETS @ 8 & 10 PM Award-winning jazz vocalist Judy Barnett and her 9 piece band, Jazz- A-Teria ...