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Ernie Watts: To The Point - Live at the Jazz Bakery
by Andrew Velez
Recorded live at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, To The Point is the first non-studio recording of Ernie Watts' longtime quartet. Together for over 20 years, they have a cohesion and musical empathy that is palpable. The musically eclectic Watts has toured with The Rolling Stones and played in settings from Carmen McRae to Jean-Luc ...
Jeff "Tain" Watts: The Tain Self-Test
by Russ Musto
The most visible and exciting drummer of his generation, Jeff “Tain" Watts burst into the jazz spotlight in the early '80s as a member of Wynton Marsalis' first quintet and into the general public's eye in the role of Rhythm Jones in Spike Lee's film Mo' Better Blues (1990) and as a member of The Tonight ...
Lou Donaldson: Lou Takes Off
by Andrew Velez
A cadre of young musicians, each who would, in time, evolve into a master, is caught as they begin to shine early on for this fireball 1957 set. A thinly disguised take on Cole Porter's “What Is This Thing Called Love?" is the opening tune, altoist Lou Donaldson's “Sputnik." It launches matters at full throttle, with ...
John Escreet: Consequences
by Elliott Simon
It is uplifting when a release reveals that there is still compositional fire in the heads, hearts and instruments of the children of freedom and grandchildren of bop. British pianist John Escreet is the latest very pleasant surprise from this generation of 20-somethings--one who not only has technical ability but also compositional inventiveness and stylistic relevance. ...
Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley: Leaf Palm Hand
by Brandt Reiter
If music criticism is difficult and jazz criticism is most difficult of all (how can any writer capture the essence of a form so elastic and alive?), well, what then to do with Cecil Taylor, the tireless 78-year-old avant-garde piano eminence whose iconoclastic style remains so singular and uncompromising that it defies any attempts at definition, ...
Vocalist, T.C. III to Open for Wynton Marsalis on Valentine's Day Concert
Baritone Vocalist, T.C. III will be opening up for Wynton Marsalis on Feb 14th, 2009, Valentine's Day. T.C. performs at The 966 Fulton Senior Citizen Center. The 966 Senior Citizen Center is Located on Fulton Ave Between St. James Blvd and Grand Ave, in Brooklyn New York. Band Members Marcus Persiani Emanuel ...
Paul Simon at the Beacon Theatre
The surprise artist who will help reopen the refurbished Beacon Theatre in New York is non other than Paul Simon. Simon the Graceland singer will perform on February 13 and 14th at the venue that underwent a seven-month, $15 million restoration. Leonard Cohen will make his return to the States there on February 19th. Paul Simon ...
Laurie Krauz & the Daryl Kojak Octet "Tapestry Rewoven"
Laurie Krauz headlines with The Daryl Kojak Octet bringing their acclaimed Tapestry Rewoven, a jazz re-imagining of the Carole King classic, to Iridium the first Tuesday of every month beginning January 6th. Preview performances played to packed houses and standing ovations and the buzz has been, literally, off the charts! Fans are calling it brilliant, incredible, ...
Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever
by Karen Hogg
Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration Ever Farah Jasmine Griffin and Salim Washington Hardcover; 304 pages ISBN: 0312327854 Thomas Dunne Books 2008 Clawing at the Limits of Cool: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and the Greatest Jazz Collaboration ...
Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Himself
by Stuart Broomer
When producer Orrin Keepnews undertook this album for Riverside in 1957, Thelonious Monk had recorded relatively little as a solo pianist--nine tracks for French Vogue in 1954 and single tracks on Prestige and Riverside LPs. While the Vogue had emphasized Monk's originals and the single tracks were all old tunes, Thelonious Himself (Riverside/OJC, 1957) balanced his ...
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