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News: Performance / Tour

Michelle Walker Performs @ The 55 Bar Friday August 10th 6PM-9PM

August 6, 2007

Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE 55 BAR FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 2007 New York, NY - Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist, Michelle Walker, will perform the early set on Friday August 10, 2007 at one of New York City's most established and loved music watering-holes stages, The 55 BAR. Her two sets will consist of ...

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News: Music Industry

Laurent Medelgi Signs New Album "Diverses" on Freeplay Music

August 6, 2007

New Indie Artist Releases! With guitarist Laurent Medelgi's eclectic new jazz and rock compositions comes a tonal deliberation driven by heartfelt, resounding instrumental sonorities. These bright tracks ring with emotion and sincerity, touching down confidently on grooves ranging from locomotive jazz to compassionate soft rock. Featured now on Freeplay's Indie Artists Section, these vibrant tunes are ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Cryptogramophone

by Jim Santella
August 6, 2007

Formed in 1998 by jazz violinist Jeff Gauthier, Cryptogramophone Records looks ahead at new ways to express modern jazz. World music influences give the catalogue a universal appeal, while tradition is never far from reach. There's nothing cryptic about the music. Gauthier and his creative musical partners share a secret love for what makes jazz work: ...

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Article: Album Review

Stephanie Nakasian: Thrush Hour

Read "Thrush Hour" reviewed by Suzanne Lorge

by Suzanne Lorge
August 6, 2007

Stephanie Nakasian is a great gift to jazz buffs--and especially to those who love singers. Not just for her exuberant performances but for her ability to articulate in layman's terms what it is to be a jazz singer. Her latest recording on V.S.O.P. Records, Thrush Hour, combines masterful singing, top-notch musicianship, and an educator's expertise to ...

News: Event

Jammin' on the Hudson: August 5th, August 19th and September 3rd

August 5, 2007

2,800 people attended “Jammin' on the Hudson" on July 22nd! Additional dates set for August 5th, August 19th and September 3rd. Riverbank State Park, located at 145th Street between Riverside Drive and the Hudson River, once more, in association with Brownstone Entertainment 2, is pleased to present; the “Jammin' on the Hudson" Concert Series. The venue ...

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Article: New York Beat

Wynton Marsalis on Satellite Radio

by Nick Catalano
August 5, 2007

As the evolution in technology accelerates exponentially these days, it becomes difficult to decide which gadgets are necessary for meaningful aesthetic participation and which are simply an attempt by corporate America to filch more money from our dwindling resources. I recently purchased a car and it came with a 3-month trial subscription to XM ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Avishai Cohen: Sketch of Tel Aviv & After The Big Rain

by Jeff Stockton
August 5, 2007

Third World LoveSketches of Tel AvivSmalls2007 Avishai CohenAfter the Big RainAnzic2007 Smalls in the late '90s was one of those magical places where talented musicians were given an opportunity to ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Arturo Sandoval: His Group & Rumba Palace

by Ernest Barteldes
August 5, 2007

Arturo Sandoval & His Group Arturo Sandoval & His Group Malanga Music 2007 Arturo Sandoval Rumba Palace Telarc 2007 Arturo Sandoval's career, from his early days in ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

James Spauding: The Spoiler & The Right Touch

by Francis Lo Kee
August 5, 2007

Stanley Turrentine The Spoiler Blue Note-RVG 2007 Duke Pearson The Right Touch Blue Note-RVG 2007 Alto saxophonist and flutist James Spaulding has been an important contributor to ...

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Article: Album Review

Alexis Cole: Zingaro

Read "Zingaro" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
August 5, 2007

On this Toronto-based (but New York-born) vocalist's second release, she takes on several familiar standards with a personal signature, enhanced by a sparse instrumentation: here, she is accompanied solely by guitarist Ron Affif and bassist Jeffry Eckels, who play on all the tracks but the two Cole originals, the upbeat “Walkin' and “Morning With You, both ...