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Elio Villafranca's "Cinqué - Music Of The Caribbean" at Jazz At Lincoln Center, Feb. 20-21

Elio Villafranca's "Cinqué - Music Of The Caribbean" at Jazz At Lincoln Center,  Feb. 20-21

With Special Guest Jon Faddis Elio Villafranca brings an all-star band with special guest Jon Faddis into The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center on February 20-21 for the world premiere of “Cinqué - Music of the Caribbean." The Appel Room Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th St., 5th floor ...

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News: Performance / Tour

French Music Legends Magma To Play Select North American Dates Spring 2015

French Music Legends Magma To Play Select North American Dates Spring 2015

Paris, France: One of music's most innovative and eclectic ensembles Magma will be performing select North American dates beginning in April 2015! Swirling riffs in odd time signatures, theatrical choir arrangements, heavy and distorted pulsing bass guitar, bombastic and minimalistic (sometimes both at the same time), dark and brooding, adventurous and angelic, jazzy or classical, but ...

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Article: Album Review

Lisa Parrott: Round Tripper

Read "Round Tripper" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

More than ten thousand miles separate New York and Australia, but saxophonist Lisa Parrott's music bridges that gap. On Round Tripper, the Australian-born, New York-based Parrott makes music that speaks to her connections to both locales and the bonds that she's made in both places over the years. Round Tripper finds Parrot working ...

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Article: Album Review

Gene Segal: Mental Images

Read "Mental Images" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne

Guitarist and composer Gene Segal has put the intervening years between Mental Images and his recording debut, Hypnotic (Innova Records, 2009), to good use. While Segal still loves the funk, as the opening “Healing Feeling" definitively shows, the remainder of the album doesn't easily fit into any one musical pigeonhole;unless there's a category at your local ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Irvin Mayfield And The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Kick Off 12-City Tour

Irvin Mayfield And The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Kick Off 12-City Tour

IRVIN MAYFIELD AND THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ ORCHESTRA KICK OFF 12-CITY TOUR FEBRUARY 5-22, 2015 NEW ORLEANS, LA – Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) hit the road for a 12-city tour beginning in Miami, FL on February 5 and wrapping up in Fairfield, CT on February 22. In addition to Mayfield on ...

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Article: Album Review

Wadada Leo Smith: The Great Lakes Suites

Read "The Great Lakes Suites" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

The intrepid composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's creative energy continues unabated after a career spanning over four decades. His artistry has crystalized and matured without losing its progressive edge and The Great Lakes Suites is the fruit of this sophisticated ingenuity. For these six imaginative pieces, inspired by the bodies of water of ...

Article: Album Review

Red Garland Trio: Swingin' on the Korner

Read "Swingin' on the Korner" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi

Il fiuto di Red Garland, a suo tempo, suggerì a Miles Davis di ingaggiare prima Philly Joe Jones e poi John Coltrane, per formare un simpatico quintetto. Solo per queste intuizioni Garland andrebbe posto su un piedistallo nel mondo del jazz. Ma William Red era anche un gran pianista, realizzatore di una sintesi mirabile tra l'eredità ...

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Article: Album Review

Francesco Marcocci: FOLKLORiCO

Read "FOLKLORiCO" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal

If the Mediterranean can be arguably construed as the cradle of civilization, then Italy certainly has a favorable geographical position in this debate, as it protrudes into the middle of the sea. Francesco Marcocci learned the bass in his hometown of Pisa, Italy, and in the process absorbed the rich musical legacies prevalent in the region. ...

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Article: Album Review

Blood Sweat & Tears: Child Is Father To The Man

Read "Child Is Father To The Man" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita

Back in the 1960s, keyboardist, vocalist Al Kooper played a prominent role as a coordinator and innovator in the flourishing blues, pop and rock idioms. He played the Hammond organ part on Bob Dylan's “ perennial classic “Like a Rolling Stone," and recorded with wunderkind guitarist Mike Bloomfield, leading to the highly revered Super Session (Columbia, ...

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Article: Album Review

Brooklyn Rider: The Brooklyn Rider Almanac

Read "The Brooklyn Rider Almanac" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Nel 1912 veniva pubblicato lo storico Der Blaue Reiter Almanach, uno dei volumi fondativi della cultura del primo Novecento. Curato da Vasilij Kandinskij e Franz Marc, il ponderoso almanacco conteneva le riproduzioni di molte opere d'arte e alcuni articoli fondamentali dello stesso Kandinskij, ma anche di Skrjabin. Un secolo più tardi il quartetto d'archi ...


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