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Torrie Zito: A Retrospective
by Nick Catalano
The extraordinary career of composer/arranger/pianist Torrie Zito provides an opportunity to reconsider the criteria by which we evaluate musical achievement. Because Zito attained his heights primarily as an orchestra writer, scholars need to examine his achievements alongside those of Ravel, Debussy and Faure who received plaudits for their work as classical composers. And although Zito created ...
New York Warms to Winter Jazzfest
The weekend event hopes to fill the void created by the loss of the International Assn. of Jazz Educators. Winter Jazzfest is “not like most jazz festivals, which tend to be overly corporate," Jason Moran says. Violinist Jenny Scheinman is eagerly anticipating this weekend's Winter Jazzfest in Manhattan -- not only because she'll be introducing her ...
Curtain Comes Down on Sad 'Ragtime' Band
A hit at the Kennedy Center, the complex musical with ensemble cast can't find its legs in New York. Before the Dec. 28 evening performance of “Ragtime," the show's producers asked the cast to assemble on the stage of the Neil Simon Theatre for the dreaded announcement that always turns Broadway dreams to cinders: The lovingly ...
The Jazz Session #132: Kobie Watkins
Drummer Kobie Watkins got his start in the world of gospel music in Chicago. He branched out into playing with guitarist (and Sonny Rollins sideman) Bobby Broom. That relationship led to Watkins himself joining Rollins band. Watkins has just released his debut album as a leader, Involved (Origin, 2009). In this interview, Watkins talks about the ...
Charlie Apicella & Iron City Release New Album Sparks in March 2010
New York, New York -- After the success of the 2009 release Put The Flavor On It you would think guitarist and band leader Charlie Apicella would be hard pressed to duplicate such an outstanding recording. With Sparks due to drop in March, listeners and critics alike will be heaping the praise upon the Iron City ...
Jazz Vocalists Shirley Crabbe and Dexter Porter to Perform Live at the Metropolitan Room, February 5th, 2010
Jazz Vocalists Shirley Crabbe and Dexter Porter to perform live at the Metropolitan Room, February 5th, 2010 New York, NY - Jazz vocalists Shirley Crabbe and Dexter Porter are joining forces in February to bring a night of unique jazz sounds to the Metropolitan Room. Long-time friends and no strangers to the New York jazz scene, ...
Listener Requests for Guests on the Jazz Session
Here are the responses to the survey question, If you could book one artist for The Jazz Session, who would it be? These are in the order received, and there are certainly duplicates. If the person has already been a guest on the show, Ive noted that in bold type with the show number after their ...
The Respect Sextet Returns to le Poisson Rouge in NYC on Tues, January 12, 2010 at 10:00PM with Ethan Iverson (of the Bad Plus) Opening on Solo Piano
After nearly a decade together, the members of The Respect Sextet have created an environment of trust and musical courage that allows them to explore the many facets of improvised music. They displayed this fearlessness--and a playful love of experimentation--to a standing-room-only crowd at Le Poisson Rouge. So said All About Jazz columnist Jason Crane about ...
Musicworks Benefit for Brass: A Concert for Education Outreach in Quito, Ecuador
MUSICWORKS Arts Presentations announces a “Benefit for Brass" concert to raise funds for a second volunteer seminar with Fundacion Brass Band del Ecuador, a school and community safe haven serving underprivileged students and families in Quito. The event at Bowery Poetry Club, Saturday January 23rd 2010, at 2:00pm is open to adults and children, and features ...
The Underground Story of Photographer W. Eugene Smith and the Jazz Loft is Told in a New Multimedia Exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
New York, NY -- The story of a little known five-story loft building in New York City's wholesale flower district that was a popular late-night haunt for some of the biggest names in 1950s and '60s jazz is told in The Jazz Loft Project, a new multimedia exhibition opening February 17, 2010, at The New York ...
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