Results for "New York"

Jed Levy: Evans Explorations

by Elliott Simon
January 18, 2009

Explorations (Riverside, 1961) is one of two landmark studio recordings from the Bill Evans trio that, through chordal voicings, a classically-based style and egalitarian instrumental interplay, moved the jazz piano trio toward impressionism and away from a rhythmic approach. It still sounds amazingly contemporary and the task that tenor saxophonist Jed Levy has set for himself ...

John Zorn: The Rain Horse

by Martin Longley
January 18, 2009

This is number XIX in Zorn's Filmworks series, his self-confessed outlet for accessible composition, at least throughout most of its editions. The saxophonist doesn't actually play on this soundtrack disc, concentrating on writing, arranging and conducting. The result is a sequence of what must surely be Zorn's most restful, reflective, melodic and lyrical music, performed by ...

Elvin Jones: Jazz Machine

by Graham L. Flanagan
January 18, 2009

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine View Video 2008 Some might argue that Elvin Jones was, along with Art Blakey, one of the top two hard bop jazz drummers of all time. In the '60s, he cemented his legend on numerous John Coltrane recordings and performances and what might be Jones' ...

The Dream of the Ants Perform in Brooklyn

January 17, 2009

On February 5 the chamber ensemble, The Dream of the Ants, will make its first performance of the new year. The performance will take place at the Brooklyn based art space, Issue Project Room. The ensemble, led by guitarist Terrence McManus, will perform the new work, The Machine, which is inspired by the music of Morton ...

Giorgio Dini New Ruby Flower Records Artist Director

January 17, 2009

Ruby Flower Records is pleased to welcome Giorgio Dini as its new Consultant and Artistic Director. Dini brings to Ruby Flower Records a broad range of experience in the independent music industry as well as a history of successful partnerships with some of the world's leading jazz musicians. Dini's widely considered a talented and respected bass ...

Jeremy Manasia After Dark CD Release Party

January 17, 2009

Noah Howard: The Black Ark

by Kurt Gottschalk
January 17, 2009

Noah Howard's 1969 album The Black Ark has, in an unintended way, lived up to its name in recent years. It has become, to free jazz obsessives, a sort of Ark of the Covenant, a fabled and much sought after grail and jazz message boards lit up when it was announced that the British label Bo'Weavil ...

Omer Klein: Introducing Omer Klein

by Elliott Simon
January 17, 2009

New York's Smalls club has been the launching pad for an inordinate amount of jazz artists that belies its diminutive square footage. One segment of their territory is an Israeli-American jazz connection that has produced a culture of premier artists who have gone on to influence the broader jazz community. Pianist Omer Klein is part of ...

Jay D'Amico: Tuscan Prelude

by Francis Lo Kee
January 17, 2009

Tuscan Prelude is Jay D'Amico's fourth recording as a leader. Though talk of a combination of classical music and jazz might conjure up sonic images of the Modern Jazz Quartet, a comparison to John Lewis, wouldn't do credit to either D'Amico or Lewis, in spite of the fact that both have a fast, accurate, but delicate ...

Craig Taborn Holding Jazz Electronica to a Higher Standard

January 16, 2009

The commingling of jazz and electronic music has produced a lot of mutant offspring in recent years, much of it marred by a lack of balance or focus. Craig Taborn, a keyboardist of exploratory temperament, is one of a handful of American musicians bringing steady refinement to the field. Five years ago he released Junk Magic ...