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Julian Lage: World's Fair
by Mark F. Turner
Guitarist Julian Lage's chameleon-like abilities have covered many styles from jazz in ensembles with vibraphonist Gary Burton and drummer Eric Harland to avant-free expressions with guitarist Nels Cline in Room (Mack Avenue, 2014) and folksy bluegrass with Punch Brother's member Chris Eldridge in Avalon (Modern Lore, 2014). A phenomenal technician Lage is more importantly a player ...
Sam Taylor: My Future Just Passed
by Dan McClenaghan
One spin of saxophonist Sam Taylor's debut CD, My Future Just Passed, and it's not hard to tell where he's coming from, influence-wise. He's a traditionalist with a muscular sound, and you hear Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, and bringing things forward in time, perhaps Dexter Gordon, and on this particular trio affair at hand, Sonny Rollins ...
Dion at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury
by Mike Perciaccante
Dion NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY July 11, 2015 Midway through his sold-out performance at Long Island's NYCB Theatre in Westbury, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer, Dion paused and announced, “I had a group called Dion and the Belmonts. In the '50s, the criteria of a ...
Vans Warped Tour 2015 at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
by Christine Connallon
Vans Warped Tour 2015 Jones Beach Wantagh, New York July 11, 2015 Vans Warped Tour '15 rolled onto the oceanfront stadium of Jones Beach on Long Island on a sunny, hot summer Saturday. Instead of taking over the amphitheater's expansive stage and stadium seats, the enormous caravan of tour buses stood ...
Nick Finzer: The Chase
by Bruce Lindsay
The trombone's gone through a few good times and a few bad times as a front-line jazz instrument. Thankfully, for all lovers of this particular horn, these times are good times. Nick Finzer is one of the players responsible, a trombonist and writer with flair and variety. The Chase, his second album, helps to ensure that ...
Brian Landrus Trio: The Deep Below
by Hrayr Attarian
With his sixth release as a leader The Deep Below, low reedman Brian Landrus continues to explore the bottom octaves of woodwind registers with his characteristic elegance and captivating charm. What sets this album apart from its predecessors is the sparseness of its setting. Backed only by bass and drums, Landrus places his various ...
Luba Mason Brings MIXTURA To Dizzy's August 12, 7:30 & 9:30pm
Vocalist Luba Mason Brings MIXTURA to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Wednesday, August 12, 7:30 & 9:30 pm Renowned Broadway and Recording Star to Present Her Unique Blend of Jazz, Pop, Broadway, Latin and International Music The classically-trained powerhouse vocalist/pianist Luba Mason brings her trademarked MIXTURA, a genre-bending ride of different musical styles, to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 60th ...
Edmar Castaneda World Ensemble - The Jazz Standard On August 11-12 - CD Release Gig
CD Release Gig! Live At The Jazz Standard Come and celebrate at the Jazz Standard on August 11th and 12th for the release party of the new album by the Edmar Castaneda World Ensemble. Experience these amazing musicians from all over the world who collaborated on this exciting new project—Live At The Jazz Standard. Featuring: Gregoire ...
Mem Nahadr: Femme Fractale - An Opera of Reflection
by James Nadal
Music genre categorization has exploded into so many fragments, that shrapnel is strewn in all directions as far as the ear can hear. In examining the vast minefield of definition for a proper description of the music of Mem Nahadr, we excavate the terms “neo-soul meets free-jazz," in hopes of further reference. Blessed with an operatic ...
Dre Hocevar Trio: Coding Of Evidentiality
by John Sharpe
Slovenian-born, New York based drummer Dre Hocevar may not be a familiar name to many but that will likely change after Coding Of Evidentiality. Hocevar has convened a trio which sits comfortably in the lineage of the Portuguese Red Trio (who can be heard to good effect on Empire (No Business, 2011, Stem (Clean Feed, 2012) ...
