Results for "New York"

Globe Unity: France

by Fred Bouchard
December 12, 2009

European TV Brass TrioWunschklang Yolk2009 PassagesLes Fées du RhinSans Bruit2009 Gérard SiracusaDrums Immersion Signature/Radio France 2009 Seine scenes unfold as a brass ...

Oscar Peterson: The Quintessence & Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle

by Graham L. Flanagan
December 12, 2009

Oscar PetersonThe QuintessenceFremeaux2009 Oscar Peterson and Nelson RiddleOscar Peterson/Nelson RiddleRecord Label #2Year This month marks the two-year anniversary of Oscar Peterson's passing. The jazz legend continued to perform live until ...

Steve Davis: Eloquence & Jam Session, Vol. 28

by George Kanzler
December 12, 2009

Steve DavisEloquenceJazz Legacy Productions2009 Various ArtistsJam Session Vol. 28SteepleChase2009 If today's jazz mainstream is anchored in bebop and hard bop, trombonist Steve Davis has superb credentials, from tenures with the ...

Christian McBride: Here Comes McBride

by Russ Musto
December 12, 2009

"We're having a funky good time," bassist Christian McBride proudly announces with a characteristic broad smile--his voice joyous and resonant, as deep and dark as the sound of his instrument. Standing in his honored place, rear and center on the bandstand of the Village Vanguard, McBride has good reason for his unabashed expression of delight. He's ...

Carnegie Hall Presents "The Nativity Triptych"--Three Concerts Featuring Musical Depictions of the Nativity, December 11-13

December 11, 2009

“The Nativity Triptych" Includes Handel's Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio Performed by Les Violons du Roy, La Chapelle de Qubec and Bernard Labadie, Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12 Third Concert Features John Adams's El Nino, a Modern Nativity Oratorio, with Orchestra of St. Luke's on Sunday, December 13 Vocal Soloists Include Rosemary Joshua, David ...

The Jazz Session #121: Darcy James Argue

December 11, 2009

Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam Records, 2009), the debut CD from composer Darcy James Argues Secret Society, is one of the most talked-about records of the year. In this interview, Argue reveals why he chose to write modern music using a big band as his musical vehicle; how he turned a simple blog into a social media ...

Rob Brown Trio: Live at Firehouse 12

by Jeff Stockton
December 11, 2009

Alto saxophonist Rob Brown has the lean physique and worried forehead of a typical free jazz improviser, but through his associations with the leading forces of the downtown scene (including Matthew Shipp and, most fruitfully, William Parker) he has positioned himself as an in-demand sideman as well as a creative and ear-catching leader. He has been ...

Michael Attias: Renku In Coimbra

by Martin Longley
December 11, 2009

Within the realms of his Renku trio, the reed specialist Michaël Attias deliberately glides towards a contemplative space. His partners in sensitivity are bassist John Hébert and drummer Satoshi Takeishi. In this setting, Attias deliberately confines himself to the alto saxophone, although his sonic results are anything but self-shackled. Often, when Attias is playing around the ...

Dan Aran: Breathing

by David Adler
December 11, 2009

Dan Aran's Breathing arrived with a short, dour note from Luke Kaven, head of Smalls Records, on the shaky future of indie-label jazz. That's not news and yet Breathing underscores the stakes involved for artists whose work is too fine to go undocumented. Aran, an Israeli-born drummer, is such an artist. Breathing is very ...

Tampere Jazz Happening 2009

by AAJ Staff
December 10, 2009