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Vito Di Modugno Organ Trio in New York
Vito Di Modugno, the phenomenal Hammond organist from Bari, Italy, will be here in the U.S. on tour from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. Vito has dates open and we are looking for venues that have a Hammond organ and would like to book Vito's organ trio with Francesco Lomagistro on drums and Carol Sudhalter on ...
The Jazz Standard
New York's Jazz Standard Monday October 12 Mingus Big Band Charles Mingus was looking for individuality in his musicians and thats one of the great things also about being in the Mingus Big Band, because it really forces you to have your own individual sound. Each song every night is played in ...
Wu Fei: Yuan
by Kurt Gottschalk
Composer Wu Fei , as evidenced by the five compositions on Yuan, occupies a world that straddles traditional Chinese music and more contemporary styles of writing and playing. Fei seems to be particularly interested in strings and percussion, as well as in percussive strings and melodic percussion. The instrumentation ranges from solo percussion ...
David Berkman: Live at Smoke
by Ken Dryden
David Berkman is one of many seasoned pianists with an extensive discography who deserves wider recognition from the jazz public, though he has achieved it with his fellow musicians. Berkman has lived in New York since 1985 and has long played Smoke (as well as earlier incarnation Augie's). Since he appreciates its audiences, attentive owners and ...
Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits: Infinito
by Joel Roberts
Multi-talented percussionist Cyro Baptista may have the most dazzlingly eclectic resumé in contemporary music. He's performed and recorded with mainstream jazzers like Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis; downtown experimentalists like John Zorn and Laurie Anderson; pop icons like Sting and Paul Simon and major Brazilian stars like Milton Nascimento and Ivan Lins. And he may be ...
Gerald Clayton: Two-Shade
by Ken Dryden
Gerald Clayton isn't like the average young jazz musician. He was immersed in music studies for a long time (his teachers include Kenny Barron, Billy Childs and Shelly Berg), while gaining experience playing duo piano concerts with Barron, Benny Green and Mulgrew Miller and also performing as a sideman with the legendary Clark Terry. If that's ...
The Jazz Session #94: Julian Lage
Guitarist Julian Lage was playing gigs when he was 5 years old. By age 7, he was the subject of a documentary. At age 12, he played on the Grammy Awards show, and shortly after began gigging and recording with Gary Burton. Now, at the ripe old age of 21, Lage has released Sounding Point (Emarcy ...
Julian Lage Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC)
Julian Lage Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday October 9th Join us this Friday, October 9th for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with guitar prodigy Julian Lage. Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 About Julian Lage Julian Lage is a ...
John Abercrombie: Wait Till You See Her
by Francis Lo Kee
John Abercrombie = 3242, whose history with ECM stretches back to the early '70s, now releases his fourth CD with the same quartet of violinist Mark Feldman and drummer Joey Baron, newcomer Thomas Morgan replacing previous bassist Marc Johnson. Though there are rambunctious moments, Abercrombie chooses to open with Sad Song," a somewhat misleading title. The ...
Jim Snidero: Crossfire
by Ken Dryden
Since his days as a student at North Texas State University, alto saxophonist Jim Snidero has built quite a discography but this session, with his current working band of guitarist Paul Bollenback, bassist Paul Gill and drummer Billy Drummond, is a rare chance to hear him in a pianoless setting. Crossfire is Snidero's ...

