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Article: Profile

Jon Hendricks: Vocal Ease

by Greg Thomas
November 23, 2017

This article was first published at All About Jazz on April 18, 2008. Scat and vocalese master Jon Hendricks and his wife Judith have maintained a residence at Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City for a quarter century. Their high-rise apartment overlooks the Hudson River going north. From the living room window you see ...

Article: Live Review

Diane Schuur at Birdland

by Tyran Grillo
November 20, 2017

Diane Schuur Birdland New York, NY November 14, 2017 In the fall of 2017, Diane Schuur returned to New York City for a highly anticipated residency at Birdland. Bringing saxophonist Joel Frahm, bassist Roger Hines, and drummer Willie Jones III along for the ride, the singer and pianist showed ...

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Article: Interview

Ben Riley's Monk Legacy

by Russ Musto
November 19, 2017

This interview was first published at All About Jazz on November 7, 2006. Ben Riley is one of the most richly experienced drummers in jazz today. The Georgia-born drummer came up in Harlem during the second wave of bebop in the fifties, playing with Randy Weston and others. He was at Minton's with saxophonist ...

News: Music Industry

Legendary Drummer Lenny White Launches New Venture: IYOUWE

November 18, 2017

With projects featuring: Joel Levine & Pete Levin IYOUWE is a musical collective created by Lenny White to promote real music in an ever-changing cultural terrain. The collective includes musicians, singers, poets, and rappers. Although many styles of music are embraced by this group, artists at IYOUWE are responding to the urgent need for a culture ...

News: Recording

Red Piano Records To Release The Gaia Wilmer Octet: "Migrations"

November 16, 2017

Thursday, December 14th 8PM NEW YORK CD-RELEASE CONCERT at Shapeshifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY The Gaia Wilmer Octet is: Yulia Musayelyan – flutes; Song Yi Jeon – voice; Gaia Wilmer and Gustavo D’Amico – saxophones; Leandro Pellegrino – guitar; Vitor Gonçalves – piano and accordion; Mayo Pamplona – bass; Richie Barshay – drums Migrations, introduces ...

News: Radio

Mondo Jazz - New radio program focused on international jazz

November 15, 2017

Mondo Jazz, a new radio program hosted by Italian-turned-New Yorker Ludovico Granvassu (Editor-in-Chief of italia.allaboutjazz.com), with a mission of showcasing international jazz that's not readily available on American airwaves. Starting on 15th of November, the show will broadcast on Wednesdays from 10 p.m. to midnight via Radio Free Brooklyn. From the host... “When I first moved ...

News: Recording

Pianist Ryan Slatko Releases Debut Album "First Impressions" That Features Original Works And A Line-up Of Leading Artists

November 14, 2017

Florida pianist, composer, and arranger Ryan Slatko recently released his debut album entitled First Impressions backed by a notable line-up of prominent musicians including Daniel Dickinson (alto/soprano saxophone); Linda Oh (acoustic bass); Ulysses Owens, Jr. (drums); Joel Ross (vibraphone); and Samir Zarif (tenor saxophone). The independent recording was recorded in New York City in 2016 and ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Ivo Perelman Makes It Rain

by Mark Corroto
November 12, 2017

If music was sports, then Ivo Perelman would be baseball and most other musicians football. Where football's regular season is 16 games, baseball plays 162. Likewise, most musicians release one album every year or two, but Perelman has averaged seven titles per year for the last seven years. His 2017 Leo Records output is thirteen (fourteen, ...

Article: Live Review

Mary Fahl at The Cutting Room

by Tyran Grillo
November 11, 2017

Mary Fahl The Cutting Room New York, NY November 3, 2017 After being in the presence of singer Mary Fahl, one better understands the sentiments of Caroline Myss, who said: “The greatest gift you can give another person is strength." One needn't even have been at The Cutting Room, ...

Article: Live Review

Gary Peacock Trio at Jazz Standard

by Tyran Grillo
November 9, 2017

Gary Peacock Trio Jazz Standard New York, NY November 7, 2017 Anyone old enough to remember when special effects in films were handmade has probably noticed the lack of apparent weight in modern CGI. Compare, for example, the cityscapes of Blade Runner 2049 to those of its 1982 predecessor, ...