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Turn Out the Lights: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings, June 1980
by Jeff Stockton
Bill Evans Trio Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings June 1980 Nonesuch Records 2009 The recent wave of celebrity deaths is a reminder that there's no greater loss the arts can suffer than losing someone in their creative prime. Pianist Bill Evans was 50 when ...
Ken Vandermark: Collected Fiction (Improvised Bass & Reed Duos) & Fire Room: Broken Music
by Marc Medwin
Ken VandermarkCollected Fiction (Improvised Bass & Reed Duos)Okkadisk2008 Fire RoomBroken MusicAtavistic2008 Saxophonist Ken Vandermark has made a career of placing himself in diverse company, whether as a leader or as ...
Warren Smith: Old News Borrowed Blues
by Lyn Horton
Famous for his participation in Max Roach's percussionist band, M'Boom, drummer/vibraphonist Warren Smith has demonstrated with finesse how an approach stimulated by rhythm can become the impetus for larger ensemble music. A program of original compositions from his past, now arranged for brass, bass, guitar and percussion, is recorded for the first time in Old News ...
Stan Getz: Stan Getz with Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida
by Andrew Velez
This is music that may be impossible to listen to while remaining still. The instant Stan Getz and Laurindo Almeida take off with “Minina Moca" ("Young Lady"), the party's on. Although the performances throughout are masterful, nothing is about showboating. This is music of great beauty in a totally relaxed setting. By the ...
Christian McBride & Inside Straight: Kind of Brown
by Ken Dryden
Since arriving in New York City in the late 1980s, where he briefly studied at Juilliard, Christian McBride has been one of jazz's most in-demand bassists. In addition, he has become a valuable composer, arranger and jazz educator with a wide-open interest in many musical styles. The initial CD by McBride's Inside Straight quartet ...
John Patitucci: Remembrance
by Joel Roberts
The bassist of choice through the years for Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Wayne Shorter and many other jazz giants, John Patitucci is noted for his daunting technique on both acoustic and electric basses. Remembrance is a stripped-down effort with Joe Lovano on tenor and alto clarinet and Brian Blade, his longtime partner in Shorter's group, on ...
Dizzy's Club Coca Cola August Dates
Jazz line up at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola Lincoln Center Bill O'Connell's Triple Play w/Dave Valentin & Richie Flores Featuring Bill O'Connell, piano; Dave Valentin, flute; Richie Flores, drums/percussion Mon, Aug 3 7:30pm & 9:30pm Cover: $20 Students: $10 w/valid student ID Cedar Walton Quartet
Steely Dan Cool Blast of the 70's, with LP's Spinning
One of Steely Dans three backup singers, Carolyn Leonhardt, symbolically lowered a phonograph needle onto an LP. After a couple of seconds to allow for the silent lead-in groove, this years version of the band started the song “Black Cow," from the album Aja: bass and drums behind the beat, 13th chords from the guitar.
Sotomayor Confirmed by Bronx Orchestra
The Senate may not have confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the newest Supreme Court justice, but Symphony Space and Arturo O'Farrill, the jazz musician, seem confident. The performance space has joined with the Bronx Museum of the Arts and R. D. Rice Construction Inc. to commission a piece by Mr. OFarrill to be performed by his ...
August 2009
by AAJ Staff
Frank KimbroughBirdlandNew York City July 14, 2009When Frank Kimbrough made his leader debut at Birdland (Jul. 14th), easily one of the best piano showcase rooms in New York, there was no doubt he would meet the lofty standard maintained at the club by such fellow pianists as Steve Kuhn and ...
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