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Fresh Sound-New Talent
by Laurel Gross
Fresh Sound-New Talent owner and founder Jordi Pujol lives in Barcelona where his label is based but he's been up all night following the US Presidential election. Speaking from his native Spain the “morning after," he expresses the hope that the selection of President Elect Barack Obama might bode well not only for America but Europe ...
Sheila Jordan: Winter Sunshine
by Marcia Hillman
Sheila Jordan has reasons to celebrate: her 80th birthday, a new record company connection and this new CD release, her 21st album under her own name. Taped live at a Montreal jazz club in February of this year, Jordan is joined by a trio of Steve Amirault (piano), Kieran Overs (bass) and Andre ...
Albert Rivera Trio to Feature Master Drummer Ralph Peterson This Weekend in NYC!!
Saxophonist Albert Rivera will be joined with drummer Ralph Peterson for two shows at The River Room Of Harlem on December 26th and 27th and show time starts at 7:30 p.m Mr.Peterson was featured early this year on Albert's debut recording “Re-Introduction" (Turnaround Records) along with Christian Scott, Luques Curtis, Zaccai Curtis, Jimmy Greene, Nick Roseboro ...
Handels Sacred Arias Intimate and Affirming
Christine Brewer, a leading dramatic soprano who will sing Brnnhilde in the Metropolitan Operas production of Wagners Ring this spring, does not leap to mind as a Handel interpreter. So the prospect of hearing her sing sacred arias by Handel in the final concert of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Centers annual Baroque Festival was ...
Holiday Spectacular Dinner Theater "Sleigh Bells Swing' Show Rivals Anything on Broadway
The Edison Ballroom 228 West 47th Street (between 8th & Broadway) New York, NY 10036 212-201-7650 Reservations Required A hip Big Band show, just off Times Square, George Gee’s 22 tuxedoed musicians back the Singin' Sleigh Belles gals, a Sinatra clone singer, a sexy vocalist, a tap dancer ...
Candido: Fountain of Youth
by AAJ Staff
By Bobby Sanabria At the youthful age of 87, NEA Jazz Master Candido Camero has indeed led a full life with no signs of slowing down. While still maintaining a busy schedule of performing and traveling, “The Man of a Thousand Fingers" is still wowing audiences the world over as a shining example of ...
Sean Conly: Re:Action
by Clifford Allen
Bassist Sean Conly is an extraordinarily busy player, perhaps somewhat of a yeoman--he's worked with figures as diverse in approach as the violinists Sam Bardfeld and Regina Carter. But if he has a particular mettle, it might just be in the unruly, driving and highly plastic music of this ensemble. Conly, saxists Michael Attias and Tony ...
Steve Turre Embracing His Latin Side at Smoke NY
The trombonist Steve Turre has an unforced affinity for Latin jazz and the sort of deep instinct that manifests over time. Born into a Mexican-American family, he grew up in the San Francisco area, absorbing a wide range of sounds, including Latin music. That background has turned out to be vital in a career that has ...
Ray Anderson
by Martin Longley
The trombonist Ray Anderson inhabits two simultaneous worlds. He's dedicated to exploring new vocabularies at the furthest reaches of what folks call jazz music, making his initial mark with fellow Chicagoan Anthony Braxton in the late '70s. He's also deeply attuned to the New Orleans roots of the music, reveling in the very vocal nature of ...
Memorize The Sky: In Former Times
by Clifford Allen
Reedman Matt Bauder, percussionist Aaron Siegel and bassist Zach Wallace have worked together for almost a decade, but In Former Times, recorded live in Austria at the Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon, is only their second full-length disc. Siegel is, in addition to applying his pared-down kit of snare, bass drum and vibes to this recording, a composer of ...
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