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John Hebert: Spiritual Lover
by Stuart Broomer
John Hébert's skills as a bassist have been amply apparent for several years, in projects that have called on rock-solid tone, time and pitch to imaginative free improvisation. But Byzantine Monkey (Clean Feed, 2009) demonstrated his substantial talents as a composer and bandleader, fronting a quintet/sextet dense in reeds and percussion. On Spiritual Lover he's taken ...
Frank Kimbrough: Rumors
by Sean Patrick Fitzell
As a leader, pianist Frank Kimbrough's primary means of expression has been the trio format and a refined casualness permeates Rumors. Never harried, his ideas spill from the keys to be absorbed and distilled by bassist Masa Kamaguchi and drummer Jeff Hirshfield. The trio's affinity is manifest in the broad communication heard within the music.
Koby Hayon Trio New Release - "Gemini" with Kermit Driscoll & Jerome Morris
Israeli Guitarist and composer Koby Hayon releases debut CD “Gemini" Koby Hayon was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. In 1999, Koby moved to Tel-Aviv to pursue his musical career, and played as a jazz guitar player in many different groups in venues throughout Israel . In 2001, Hayon moved to the United States, where he ...
A Futurist Art with Complex Latin Beats
Over the last 10 years there has been a small and steady movement to increase the audience for the Brazilian jazz composer Moacir Santos, who died in 2006. The movement has mostly happened in Brazil; here it's all uphill. You still can't find “Coisas," Santos's best album, on iTunes, and the CD sells for $70 on ...
The Jazz Session #173: Gary Fukushima (Los Angeles Jazz Collective)
A few years ago, several jazz musicians in Los Angeles decided to pool their resources to create a better environment for jazz in LA. Thus was born the Los Angeles Jazz Collective. In this interview, LAJC founding member Gary Fukushima discusses the early days of the collective; how it is run and the types of programs ...
One Person's "Modern"
When I was in graduate school, we knew that “modernism" began around the First World War; we are now in post-modernism," although the name makes me itchy, especially when it's collapsed into pomo." I feel a kinship to “modernism" as practiced by Woolf, Joyce, Kandinsky, Stravinsky, and so on. Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses ...
Television Singer Starts Myspace Contest to Find Web Developers
New York, NY -- Courtney Salter, a neo-soul artist on the Premier Musique Group (PMG) record label, has initiated a contest for all webmasters to design her MySpace page. The winner of the challenge will be allowed on the set of her upcoming music video; be the first to receive her highly anticipated EP Album prior ...
Artist Louise Bourgeois Internationally Revered Artist Passes
Louise Bourgeois, an internationally revered artist whose intensely personal work was inspired by psychological conflict, feminist consciousness and a fertile imagination, has died. She was 98. Bourgeois died Monday at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan after suffering a heart attack on Saturday, said Wendy Williams, managing director of the Louise Bourgeois Studio in New York. ...
MOJA Radio/Weekly Features: May 31 - June 6, 2010
This Monday, May 31st, we'll present another “Happy Birthday" edition of our special feature, MONDAY WITH THE MASTERS on MOJA Radio. This time the focus is on one of the most popular and active bassists, composers and bandleaders around today, CHRISTIAN McBRIDE on the very day that marks his 38th birthday. You'll hear the story of ...
AllAboutJazz-New York June 2010 Issue Now Available!
Despite the burgeoning reputations of other cities, New York still remains the jazz capital of the world, if only for sheer volume. A night in NYC is a month, if not more, anywhere else - an astonishing amount of music packed in its 305 square miles (Manhattan only 34 of those!). This is normal for the ...
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