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Os Paralamas do Sucesso at The 8th Brazilian Film Festival, Central Park Summerstage June 12, 2010
by Ernest Barteldes
Paralamas do Sucesso 8th Brazilian Film Festival in New York Central Park Summerstage June 12, 2010 On their first Summerstage appearance in over two decades, Brazil's Paralamas do Sucesso (Herbert Vianna: guitar, vocals; Bi Ribeiro; bass; Joao Barone: drums) took the stage prepared to showcase their most popular ska-influenced ...
The Voice of Music
I began my jazz life rather innocently as a Listener: a child sitting close to a V-M (The Voice of Music, it said on the inside lid) three-speed phonograph. I can summon up the worn brown felt of the turntable, the pattern of the speaker grille. And as I listened to the record of the moment ...
The Jazz Session #179: Emilio Solla
Argentinian pianist Emilio Solla calls his band The Tango Jazz Conspiracy, but that's about the only genre label you'll find him using for his music and he's not even sure what “tango jazz" really means. On his album Bien Sur! (Fresh Sound, 2010), Solla is joined by A-list musicians such as Chris Cheek, Richie Barshay, Victor ...
Keith Jarrett at Carnegie Hall Veterans Finding Their Way
It took a while for Keith Jarrett to locate his muse at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night. From his station at the piano he worked through familiar cycles of theme and variations with his longtime partners, the bassist Gary Peacock and the drummer Jack DeJohnette. The music in the concerts first half was sympathetic and duly ...
Arturo O'Farrill, Jimmy Heath, Jane Monheit, Ted Rosenthal at Usdan Festival Concerts
Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts, now entering its 43nd season and once again declared a “Best Of" class or camp for 2010 by TimeOutNY/Kids, will open its series of Festival Concerts, private on-site educational performances for its students, on Monday June 28 at the Center's 200-acre woodland campus. In addition to these concerts, ...
Herbie Hancock: Seven Decades of Imagination
by A. Henkin
In the jazz world, certain figures exist purely as first names, their reputation assuring recognition. When ones hears the name Herbie, the mind jumps immediately to possibly the most famous 'rhythm section' in history: Herbie, Ron and Tony. That group included two more figures for whom last names are unnecessary, Miles and Wayne. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ...
MOJA Radio/WEEKLY FEATURES: June 21-27, 2010
This Monday, June 21st, we'll present another edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on possibly the most celebrated pianist and composer his country has ever produced, the man from The Dominican Republic, MICHEL CAMILO. You'll hear of his career beginnings growing up in Santo Domingo ...
Joe Louis Walker, Jimmie Vaughan, The Holmes Brothers & Leo Kottke
by Martin Longley
Joe Louis Walker/Watermelon Slim/Janiva MagnessB.B. King Blues ClubMay 18, 2010 B.B. King's Blues Club might not exactly devote itself exclusively to the 12-bar business of its name, but it's certainly the joint to head for when the big-name players hit town. The club also specializes in double or triple-bill ...
Dan Block's Vivid Imaginations
Dan Block is a peerless reed player, arranger, composer, bandleader. A new CD captures his many imaginations whole. The picture (by Dan's daughter Emma) adorns the cover of his Ellington tribute, FROM HIS WORLD TO MINE. Tributes to Ellington, hoever well-intentioned, have often become self-limiting, even formulaic. Some musicians try to duplicate the sound of famous ...
East Coast Jazz Joints
Herbie Hancock (Thursday) His 70th-birthday CareFusion concert at Carnegie Hall is of that type, but it can't be too bad: He'll be playing with Wayne Shorter, Joe Lovano and Terence Blanchard. Later that night and into the morning at City Winery, the drummer Jeff (Tain) Watts leads a jam session trail ...
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