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Cassandra Wilson: Jazz Roots
by Suzanne Lorge
Over the last two decades Cassandra Wilson has emerged as one of the most celebrated jazz singers in the world--and with one album a year since 1985, she also ranks as one of the most prolific. Because of her openness to experimentation with grooves and repertoire, Wilson's work over the years has expanded our definition of ...
Barry Harris and Mal Waldron: Passing It On / A Portrait
by Francis Lo Kee
Barry Harris: Passing It On / A Portrait of Mal Waldron Rhapsody Films 2008This DVD release collects two films about two significant jazz pianists—Barry Harris and Mal Waldron. The first film is a short (23 minutes) but wonderfully personable glimpse into the life of pianist/educator Harris, who describes himself at the film's ...
Sal Mosca Quartet: You Go to My Head
by Stuart Broomer
Along with the saxophonists Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh and guitarist Billy Bauer, pianist Sal Mosca was among the first wave of musicians to construct a personal style within the school of Lennie Tristano--in general a simultaneous commitment to the velocity of bop, the smoothly liquid lines of Lester Young and a linear exploration of harmony ...
Rosa Passos: Romance
by Ernest Barteldes
On Rosa Passos' new release, the “female João Gilberto" emerges with a selection of tunes all having to do with the faces of love, from asserting one's feelings towards a significant other to dealing with the prospect of being alone. On “Preciso Aprender A Ser So," she sings about coming to terms with the end of ...
Aaron Parks' Invisible Cinema
by Nick Catalano
Some ten years ago when I was speaking at the annual Clifford Brown Festival in Wilmington Delaware, I ran across a remarkable family. The “Parkses" (a family of four represented at the festival by mother & son) were there, excited by the prospect that young Aaron, age 14 or so, and his young compatriots (winners of ...
Roy Haynes at the Catalina, Hollywood
by AAJ Staff
Roy HaynesCatalina Bar and GrillHollywood, CaliforniaMay 26, 2008 Catalina Bar and Grill, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood. I walked in and sat down at the bar. Three guys were to my left--an older, strong-looking Afro-American guy, and two white guys wearing glasses. They were shortly joined by a young Afro-American man carrying two ...
Piers Lawrence Quartet: Stolen Moments
by Elliott Simon
It's the overall creamy texture of the sound and the effortless vibe created by guitarist Piers Lawrence that makes Stolen Moments such an enjoyable listen. This is one together quartet whose mastery of group dynamics captures your attention right away with a short but effervescent rendering of Sonny Rollins' “Pent-Up House." Lawrence, who is a fluid ...
Eri Yamamoto: Duologue
by Jeff Stockton
On vacation from Japan in New York City in 1995, pianist Eri Yamamoto saw a performance by the Tommy Flanagan trio that changed the course of her life. She decided to trade the solitude of the classical music stage and the loneliness of the long distance recitalist for the camaraderie and interaction she hoped to find ...
New Jazz Photo Exhibit Uses Jazz Friendship of Eliison, Murray and Bearden as Inspiration
The Museum of Contemporary African Disaporan Arts (MoCADA) welcomes Kindred Cool: Portraits inspired by the jazz friendship of Romare Bearden, Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray. Produced by Brooklyn-based photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn in conjunction with Up South, Inc., Kindred Cool documents the New York metro jazz community through friendships where jazz is a substantial link. Through ...
Marco Benevento Trio + Blast Off!!! at Galapagos
The 4th and installment of the “Real. Live. Music." series at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg will be taking place on Wed, 7/16 with: MARCO BENEVENTO TRIO Marco Benevento - keys (Benevento/Russo Duo) Marc Friedman - bass (The Slip) Adam Deitch - drums (Lettuce, Wyclef Jean, Talib Kweli) BLAST OFF!!! ...
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