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Kenny Davern: Just Four Bars
Readers accustomed to novels may find most jazz biographies only intermittently satisfying. Lives, of course, cannot be arranged into dramatic arcs worthy of Trollope or Faulkner—but, just the same, the chronicle of the life and music of your favorite musician often has all its drama in the beginning: attempts to find a personal style, to become ...
The Beast and Nnenna Freelon Present Freedom Suite, Hosted by 9th Wonder + MP3
The Beast, a hip-hop quartet featuring emcee Pierce Freelon brings multi Grammy nominee jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon into the group for Freedom Suite, a collection of original songs, classic interpretations and interviews reflecting on jazz and hip-hop today. The entire album will be available for free download on October 26th, via The Revivalist, Okayplayer's new jazz ...
Andy Schumm Leads the Way at Chautauqua (Sept. 18, 2010)
If you've been reading this blog even casually, the name Andy Schumm—the hot cornet / piano man from Milwaukee—will not be new to you. And he continues to offer surprises: his fine, ringing lead; his well-chosen tempos; his deep immersion in the repertoire; the ease with which he melds the heroic choruses of the recordings we've ...
Marty Grosz's Bass Motives at Chautauqua (Sept. 18, 2010)
My flippant title is not completely irrelevant. For starters, at jazz clubs and parties and festivals, there are performances ranging from humdrum to spectacular. And—not very often—there are performances that viewers and listeners know they won't ever forget. I take great pride in presenting one such episode: around four minutes long, quietly rocking rather than explosive, ...
Theo Bleckmann at Le Poisson Rouge: The Music Of Kate Bush
by AAJ Staff
Theo BleckmannHello Earth! The Music of Kate BushLe Poisson RougeNew York , NYSeptember 22, 2010 Kate Bush is an iconic singer in the UK and in many other countries. As a nineteen year-old, she released her first album The Kick Inside (EMI, 1978), which contained two major hits: ...
Branford Marsalis / Terence Blanchard Quintet: Jazz at Lincoln Center, October 1, 2010
by Keith Henry Brown
Branford Marsalis QuartetTerence Blanchard QuintetJazz at Lincoln CenterOctober 1, 2010 Early in their set, after striding on stage in stylish suits, The Branford Marsalis Quartet--pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Justin Faulkner--began peeling off their shirt jackets. The stage lights must have been especially too much for Faulkner, ...
Matt Herskowitz Pays Tribute to Dave Brubeck With Special Retrospective "From Bach To Brubeck"
Pianist extraordinaire Matt Herskowitz, currently Artist and Composer-in-Residence at the Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York continues his exploration of the special relationship between chamber music and jazz with a special tribute program to Dave Brubeck, accompanied by his jazz trio and the Sweet Plantain String Quartet. From Bach To Brubeck showcases the influence the ...
Jazz Around Town: What's a Meliora? So Much Music, so Little Time...
This weekend there's lots of music of all kinds around town due to the University of Rochester's Meliora Weekend, including the Eastman School of Music. Of course, the main event is bassist Ron Carter's appearance here on Saturday afternoon with his Quartet (you bet I have tickets and am grooving to Carter's Dear Miles album while ...
The Jazz Session #208: Blue Cranes
Portland, Oregon-based band Blue Cranes have a new record called Observatories that continues their exploration of a wide variety of musical styles. In this interview, two members of Blue Crane discuss the bands origin; its expansion from a quartet to a quintet; the use of the studio as an instrument; and their fan-funded upcoming national tour ...
Alex Levin: New York Portraits
by Edward Blanco
New York-based pianist Alex Levin borrows standards from the jazz-rich era of the 1940s,' 50s and '60s, and includes a couple of originals for New York Portraits, his third album as leader. Along with bassist Michael Bates, (leader of the Outside Sources ensemble) and drummer Brian Floody, the trio lays down a relaxed shuffle of rhythm-based ...
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