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Mike Melito: New York Connections
by C. Andrew Hovan
Every town has its homegrown talent worthy of wider recognition. This is definitely true when it comes to Rochester native Mike Melito. Since the age of 16, the drummer has held down the drum chair for countless combos and national acts in and around upstate New York. That he has the chops and know-how to make ...
Colombia's Carrera Quinta Release "Big Band" - Available Now!
Carrera Quinta, founded by Colombian composers Javier Pérez Sandoval and Francy Montalvo have released Carrera Quinta Big Band. In 2015, Carrera Quinta returned to the studio to record a new album with a big band. Conducted by Colombian Director Ricardo Jaramillo and recorded by the Latin Grammy Award-winning engineer Mauricio Cano, the 19 piece band made ...
Dion at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
by Mike Perciaccante
Dion NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY July 29, 2016 Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Famer, Dion has been in the music business for almost 60. That is a very long time. It's an even longer time when you consider that at 77-years-old, Dion is still vibrant, relevant ...
The 2016 Rock Hall Three for All: Heart, Cheap Trick and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
by Mike Perciaccante
Heart, Cheap Trick and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Nikon at Jones Beach Theater The 2016 Rock Hall Three for All Wantagh, NY July 28, 2016 Cheap Trick was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame on April 8, 2016 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, ...
Steve Lehman: Sélébéyone
by Mark Corroto
The remastered edition of the Beastie Boys disc Check Your Head (Capitol, 2009) has a bonus disc with a live track from Budokan, Japan. A Japanese rapper, MC Poo, raps “Microphone Check" in broken English before continuing on in Japanese. Without the language, he knew what the Beasties were about and also without the Japanese language, ...
Steve Turre: Colors for the Masters
by C. Andrew Hovan
When it comes to the contemporary trombone artists, there are two schools of exploration. Steve Turre is an advocate of the more melodic school of which elder champions include Curtis Fuller and J.J. Johnson. The more ebullient and bop-inflected side of things has its greatest proponent in Conrad Herwig. No one method should be considered the ...
The Inner Spectrum of Variables
by Enrico Bettinello
Ok, proviamoci. Proviamo a parlare di questo disco uscendo dalle convenzioni che di solito si adottano quando ci si pone di fronte a un percorso musicale come quello di Tyshawn Sorey. Sorey non dovrebbe avere bisogno di troppe presentazioni. Oddio, magari in un'Italia del jazz mediamente poco curiosa di quello che sta oltre ...
Peter Kuhn: No Coming, No Going – The Music of Peter Kuhn 1978-1979
by John Sharpe
In No Coming No Going, the Lithuanian NoBusiness imprint has unearthed a real gem, as part of its continuing exhumation of the New York 1970s loft scene. Reedman Peter Kuhn was a minor presence during the latter half of the decade, releasing three discs under his own leadership, and appearing on dates by Frank Lowe and ...
Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke: Fierce Silence
by Mark Corroto
The fitness instructor kept yelling, “feel the burn, feel the burn." After an hour of aerobic exercise, that was not a difficult task. A much easier and painless way to experience the same fire is to listen to just one track of Fierce Silence, a collection of improvised duos between drummer Whit Dickey and cornetist Kirk ...
Valentina Marino - "In The Name Of Love" - Jazzheads Release Date: August 12
New on Jazzheads Records VALENTINA MARINO In The Name Of Love Release Date: August 12th Featuring: Cameron Brown, Anthony Pinciotti, Alberto Pibiri and more! From Standards To David Bowie Vocalist, songwriter, arranger and lyricist Valentina Marino brings the sensitivity, sophistication and earthiness of her Mediterranean roots to cutting edge jazz. Marino is a musical gypsy, in ...
