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Don Byron: Music Wikipedia
by George Colligan
[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth ]I got my Bachelor's in Music Ed and Trumpet from Peabody Conservatory. I got my Master's in Jazz from Queens College. But I did my real graduate work playing with clarinetist Don Byron. My first gigs with Byron were playing Stravinsky ...
Pianist-Composer Randy Klein Releases Second Two Duos Project "What's Next?" Featuring Bassist Boris Kozlov and Guitarist Alex Skolnick.
For the second in his series of Two Duos recordings, pianist-composer, Randy Klein engages in musical conversation on What's Next?, featuring electric bass guitarist virtuoso Boris Kozlov and guitarist Alex Skolnick. What's Next?, is the followup to his 2010 acclaimed CD, Sunday Morning, which showcased Klein in duets with trombonist, Chris Washburne and Russian saxophonist, Oleg ...
Jazz For Obama 2012 @ Symphony Space on October 9th
The Jazz Concert for America's Future Jazz For Obama 2012, Tuesday October 9th Featuring Ron Carter Dee Dee Bridgewater Jim Hall Roy Haynes Kenny Barron Joe Lovano Kenny Garrett Christian McBride Jimmy Heath Jeff Tain Watts ...
The Neil Cowley Trio On Tour
In Celebration and Support of The Face Of Mount Molehill September 11, 2012 on Naim Jazz Records New York, NY: The Iridium - Thursday, October 11 Columbus, OH: The Wexner Center for The Arts - Saturday, October 13 Franklin, TN: The Franklin Theatre - Sunday, October 14 Oakland, CA: Yoshi's - Oakland Monday, October 15 Los ...
Take Five With Sam Newsome
by AAJ Staff
Meet Sam Newsome: One of the more important soprano saxophonists of his generation, Sam Newsome emerged onto the scene as a member of Terence Blanchard's quintet in the early 1990s, Newsome really hit his artistic stride when he began releasing a series of solo saxophone recordings expanding the sonic terrain of the soprano sax: ...
Isamu McGregor: Isamu McGregor: Live at the Baked Potato!
by Ian Patterson
Keyboardist Isamu McGregor has fairly raced out of the blocks, playing or recording with guitarist Wayne Krantz, saxophonist Chris Potter, drummer Ari Hoenig, bassist James Genus, pianist Jean- Michel Pilc, vibraphonist Stefon Harris and vocalist Jimmy Scott--to name but a few--while still just 22 years old. His debut as leader sees him lead his energetic quartet ...
Musician friends celebrate Thielemans' 90 years
NEW YORK — Jazz harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans quipped that his legs don't work but his mouth does after he was pushed onstage in a wheelchair to a standing ovation during the first of two Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts this weekend celebrating his 90 years. And once he put his harmonica to his lips, he ...
Nicky Schrire: Freedom Flight
by Bruce Lindsay
Freedom Flight is the debut from vocalist Nicky Schrire, a young singer who was born in London, raised in Cape Town and now resides in New York. It's a distinctive debut, heralding the welcome arrival to the scene of a fine vocalist with an eclectic range of source material--a mix of Latin, pop, folk, and American ...
Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band: New York, NY, September 10, 2012
by Mike Perciaccante
Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band The Grand Ballroom At Manhattan Center New York, New York September 10, 2012 There was a palpable feeling of excited anticipation in the air as the audience filed into New York City's Manhattan Center--Hugh Laurie, known to many as the irrepressible Dr. Gregory ...
Florence + The Machine with The Maccabees: Wantagh, NY, September 15, 2012
by Mike Perciaccante
Florence + The Machine with The Maccabees Nikon At Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, New York September 15, 2012 On a crisp September evening, two of South London's newest music exports invaded Long Island. The evening's opening act, Britain's The Maccabees, released its first single, “X-Ray" on Promise Records in November, ...
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