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Lindsey Horner – the Sidemen Chronicles: Allison Miller
Lindsey Horner's new ArtistShare project Undiscovered Country is derived from a large variety of influences and styles. This exciting, genre bending project is made possible by a stellar team of sidemen. This week, we'll be focusing on the drums, played by Allison Miller. Allison has a most impressive resume, and her energy will undoubtedly bring a ...
Paul McCartney to Appear on Letterman and Tour Dates
Paul McCartney will be appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman this Wednesday night July 15th at 11.30pm on CBS. Be sure to tune-in if you can, as it sounds like a very special edition of the show. McCartney Announces US Summer Tour Dates Citi Field New York, NY July 17, ...
Gregg Bendian
by Bill Milkowski
Since the early '90s, drummer Gregg Bendian has distinguished himself as an adventurous and accomplished player-composer through his sideman work with the likes of Derek Bailey, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, John Zorn, Peter Brotzmann and Pat Metheny while also leading his own Interzone Quartet and Trio Pianissimo. His most recent recording is the startlingly virtuosic solo ...
Asa & Les Nubians Live at Central Park Summerstage
by Ernest Barteldes
Asa + Les Nubians Central Park Summerstage New York July 05, 2009 One of the first proper summer days in the Northeast greeted fans at New York's Central Park as Nigerian-born Asa (pronounced A-sha) kicked off her set at her Summmerstage debut last July 5th. Backed ...
Tim Hagans Assertive Trumpeter is Muted, but Not Shy
The trumpeter Tim Hagans makes an art and science out of assertiveness. Repeatedly during his first set at Birdland on Wednesday night he unfurled long arcs of eighth notes, clipping each one neatly at the end. His businesslike facility on the instrument, along with the hard gleam of his tone, was impressive even when it wasnt ...
Enja Records
by Donald Elfman
Matthias Winckelmann's favorite recording of the hundreds he's made is the one just finished. Over the years, he's documented music from all over the world and of many different stripes and has always been eloquent and passionate. His label Enja has been in existence for 38 years and a look at the catalogue tells you that ...
Pat Martino: Martino Unstrung - A Brain Mystery
by George Kanzler
Pat Martino Martino Unstrung: A Brain Mystery Sixteen Films 2008 There is active dispute over whether guitarist Pat Martino's playing has the drive and edge it had before his brain surgery in 1980. Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, one of the many (briefly) talking heads in this documentary, says: “I like his ...
Andy Milne / Benoit Delbecq: Where is Pannonica?
by George Kanzler
Occasioned by a commission from Chamber Music America's French-America Jazz Exchange and realized during a three-week composing/recording residency at the Banff Centre in Canada in 2008, this is a fascinating project, pushing the boundaries of the piano duo format. Using Steinway D grands that were often--mostly in Benoit Delbecq's case--altered with prepared devices (objects on strings) ...
Dave Brubeck & Joao Carlos Martins at Avery Fisher Hall
This October get ready for some fun, as conductor João Carlos Martins brings the Bachiana Filarmnica from Brazil to Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Joining Mr. Martins and his orchestra are jazz legend Dave Brubeck and his son, trombonist Chris Brubeck. The “meeting” will be October 2nd, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. It includes a program ...
State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words
by Kurt Gottschalk
State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words Ralph Gibson Paperback; 184 pages ISBN: 0300142110 Yale University Press 2008 Saxists have their mouthpieces and drummers their cymbals, but there's no fetish object quite like the guitar. It's played most often by peacocks, strutting and ...
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