Home » Search Center » Results: New York
Results for "New York"
Conrad Herwig/Brian Lynch: Que Viva Coltrane
by Terrell Kent Holmes
The world will never pay enough homage to the music of John Coltrane. Having his music translated into the Latin idiom isn't a huge stretch, considering that many of his tunes had strong Afro-Cuban roots. Placing Trane en clave was a challenge that trombonist Conrad Herwig and trumpeter Brian Lynch happily accepted when they ...
Anders Nilsson's Aorta: Blood
by Ty Cumbie
Out of Sweden comes new jazz sounds from guitarist Anders Nilsson's group Aorta, a group that glances briefly back at the late '60s and '70s, then forges ahead, showing some possible directions for the music to go if it is to remain vital. Aorta probably won't be doing a week at the Vanguard any time soon, ...
Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton: Ithaca
by A. Henkin
In 1968, three Europeans--pianist Irene Schweizer, bassist Peter Kowald and drummer Pierre Favre--privately released Santana , on the surface a traditional piano trio, but in fact a violent refutation of jazz' most dependable format. Laden with a brutality that may have made Cecil Taylor blanche, Santana was another example of European free improvisation cutting the cord ...
McCoy Tyner: Counterpoints
by AAJ Staff
McCoy Tyner has basically been making the same insanely luscious and gorgeously dense modal music for nearly 40 years now. Which means that Counterpoints , which consists of five unreleased live tracks from a 1978 Tokyo concert (others were issued in 1979 on the currently unavailable Passion Dance ), is unlikely to offer anything new to ...
Joe Magnarelli/John Swana: New York-Philly Junction
by Russ Musto
This encore date by the two-trumpet team of Joe Magnarelli and John Swana is (like their first meeting) more collaborative in nature than competitive, and the results are similarly satisfying. Beginning with the title track, a co-written composition from the pair, the twosome show that they would rather work together than try to cut one another. ...
Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra: Euphonic Sounds
by Mitchell Seidel
If you have a desire to really discover some of the main roots of jazz, the Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra is a good place to start. Clarinetist Orange Kellin's ensemble performs the music in authentic ragtime style, giving listeners an idea as to what it must have been like to hear it as it was originally intended. ...
The Sheryl Bailey 3: Bull's Eye
by Elliott Simon
The patchwork Oriental rug decor and comfortable living room ambiance at NYC's Fat Cat immediately put both musician and audience on intimate terms. Within that friendly context, guitarist Sheryl Bailey's Hammond B3 trio highlighted newly composed material from their latest CD, Bull's Eye. Bailey's intricately elegant chordal improvisations and blisteringly precise leads were willing and equal ...
Jazz Festival Berlin & Total Music Meeting 2004
by A. Henkin
The venerable trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff, during a friendly reunion in the backstage at the Berlin Philharmonie, mused fondly on the unique arrangement that comes to the German capital each November. For the last 36 years, the Jazz Festival Berlin (JFB, established in 1964) and the Total Music Meeting (TMM, founded in 1968) peaceably coexist. Mangelsdorff recalled ...
Scott DuBois Quintet feat. David Liebman: Monsoon
by Jeff Stockton
Scott DuBois plays a fair amount of electric guitar on Monsoon , his debut as a leader, but it's when he plays acoustic that he makes his most coherent and provocative statements. Strumming, plucking and pulling strings as if he were rearranging them on the neck of his instrument, DuBois injects the classical sound of Segovia's ...
Matt Lavelle: Matt Lavelle: Trumpet Rising and Bass Clarinet Moon
by Florence Wetzel
Matt Lavelle is one of the bright lights in today's avant-garde jazz scene, his trumpet and bass clarinet exploding with passionate spirit and unwavering intent. His newest CD, Trumpet Rising Bass Clarinet Moon , was recorded at the esteemed Music Now! series, a roving festival that's a must for anyone interested in where jazz is heading. ...
Trending
Interview
Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
Interview
Scott Kinsey: Thought Distortions and the Art of the Left...
Groove Orbit
801 Live at 50: A Short-Term Experiment with a Long-Lasting...
From the Inside
The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
Live Review
Arcanum at Victoria Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo
Phil Schaap's Jazz Room
Franc Williams: Live From The West End
Interview
Enrico Rava: The Secret Corners of a Master
Featured Video
VOTE!
