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Article: Album Review

Myra Melford: Snowy Egret

Read "Snowy Egret" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Based on her multidimensional jazz schematics amid associations with like-minded artists nestled in the modern wave of jazz composers and improvisers, you wouldn't expect pianist, Myra Melford to compose works based on evening strolls in the park or mundane issues, for example. With her top-flight ensemble, Melford frames this plot on Eduardo Galeano's lucid and poetic ...

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Article: Album Review

Reggie Quinerly: Invictus

Read "Invictus" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

Drummer Reggie Quinelry's second release as a leader Invictus is a collection of short, tightly woven and compelling pieces that Quinerly and his quintet interpret with understated fervor and sublime elegance. Quinerly showcases his compositional and leadership skills while shunning the spotlight himself. He allows his sidemen ample room for soloing as he directs the intricacies ...

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Article: Album Review

Oliver Lake / William Parker: To Roy

Read "To Roy" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Bassist William Parker has formed productive liaisons with some wonderfully expressive alto saxophone players in the past--Rob Brown and Jemeel Moondoc both spring to mind. But To Roy represents his first time on record with Oliver Lake, best known as a third of Trio 3 and a quarter of the World Saxophone Quartet. They recorded their ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Love Is A Pendulum

Read "Love Is A Pendulum" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Since signing with Motėma Music a couple years back, vibraphonist Joe Locke has been releasing some of the best and most diverse music in a career now entering its fourth decade. From the near-fusion energy of 2012's Signing--the long overdue studio followup to the Joe Locke / Geoffrey Keezer group's incendiary Live in Seattle (Origin, 2006)--to ...

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News: Recording

Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields To Be Released This Friday On Artistshare

Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields To Be Released This Friday On Artistshare

On May 22, 2015, Maria Schneider's The Thompson Fields will ship out to all participants and will be available for purchase and download on ArtistShare here. We are proud to share the Maria Schneider Orchestra’s first studio album in seven years with you. It has been a wonderful journey, if you have not yet participated, you ...

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Article: New York Beat

Vince Giordano at Iguana

Read "Vince Giordano at Iguana" reviewed by Nick Catalano

by Nick Catalano

If you go to Iguana on 54th St. and sit down on a Monday or Tuesday evening to dine on some sensible Mexican food you can also do some time traveling. When the Nighthawks hit at 8:00pm you won't have any trouble imagining that it is 1925 and you are in a speakeasy at the musical ...

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Article: Album Review

Brian Charette: Alphabet City

Read "Alphabet City" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Alphabet City is organist Brian Charette's ninth album, titled for the part of Manhattan where he lives (in the building which featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, apparently). He's alongside guitarist Will Bernard and drummer Rudy Royston, both familiar names on numerous other releases for Posi-tone Records: a standard, though high quality, organ ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Cristina Morrison - Hot New CD: "Baronesa" out on June 9

Cristina Morrison - Hot New CD: "Baronesa" out on June 9

CD Release Date: June 9, 2015 The Music Beat of Galapagos to New York City! Actress/Vocalist/Songwriter/Producer Baronesa (JazzHeads) is Cristina Morrison's hot, new CD scheduled to hit the streets on June 9th. The release contains 11 tracks, 8 of which are original, with the lyrics written by Cristina and music composed by pianist Misha Piatigorsky (Baronesa ...

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News: Obituary

Bruce Lundvall, Longtime Blue Note President, Dies At 79

Bruce Lundvall, Longtime Blue Note President, Dies At 79

It's with great sadness that we announce the passing of beloved music man & longtime President of Blue Note Records, Bruce Lundvall. He was 79 years old. The cause was complications from a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born in Englewood, New Jersey in 1935, Bruce was a lifelong jazz lover whose passion for the music ...

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News: Obituary

Bruce Lundvall, Blue Note Records Veteran, Beloved Jazz Executive, Dead at 79

Bruce Lundvall, Blue Note Records Veteran, Beloved Jazz Executive, Dead at 79

Among his Grammy-winning signings: Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock and Bobby McFerrin. Bruce Lundvall, the former CEO of Blue Note Records and a key figure in jazz music, has died. He was 79 years old. Lundvall had been living in a senior assisted living center in New Jersey for complications related to his battle with Parkinson's, according ...


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