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2018: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The year 2018 was a busy one for the jazz world. The genre's version of the #MeToo movement resulted in a new Code of Conduct and other efforts to make the music workplace more equitable. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage to St. Petersburg, Russia. The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which ran a high-profile ...
Portraits
Label: Portraits (2)
Released: 2018
Track listing: Charles Mingus; Pithecanthropus Erectus; Profile Of Jackie; East Coasting; Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting; Moanin; Better Git It In Your Soul; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat; Devil Woman; Mood Indigo; Bill Evans; Autumn Leaves; Spring Is Here; What Is This Thing Called Love; Nardis; I Wish I Knew; Sweet Lovely; Gloria's Step; Solar; All Of You; My Foolish Heart; Waltz For Debby; Nina Simone; Mood Indigo; My Baby Just Cares For Me; I Loves You, Porgy; Black Is The Colour Of My True Love's Hair; The Other Woman; Summertime; Wild Is The Wind; It Might As Well Be Spring; You've Been Gone Too Long; Trouble In Mind (Single Version); Porgy; Forbidden Fruit; Work Song; Solitude; It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); House Of The Rising Sun; Just In Time; He Was Too Good To Me; Brown Baby; John Coltrane; Giant Steps; Syeeda's Song Flute; Naima; MR. P.C.; My Favorite Things; Mr Syms; Olè; Thelonious Monk; Blue Monk 1954; Reflections; Monk's Dream; Well You Needn't; Ruby My Dear; Epistrophy; Pannonica; Misterioso; Nutty; Round Midnight;
Bessie Smith Empress of the Blues Tribute at The Cabot
by Doug Hall
Bessie-Empress of the Blues Tribute The Cabot Beverly, MA December 4, 2018 In a wonderful coincidence of timing, The Cabot, in Beverly, Ma. celebrated and honored the great and legendary blues vocalist icon, The Empress of the Blues--Bessie Smith -at the very same time the beautiful newly renovated 1920's theater venue ...
A Conversation With Adi Meyerson
by UDEiGWE
On her new album, Where We Stand, bassist and composer, Adi Meyerson presents a classic yet personal interpretation of her original compositions. This albums features Adi Meyerson on bass; Camila Meza on voice and guitar; Joel Frahm on tenor & soprano saxophone; Freddie Hendrix on trumpet; Mike King on piano; and Kush Abadey on drums.
Shipp / Lowe / Baker / Ray at Le Poisson Rouge
by Karl Ackermann
Shipp / Lowe / Baker / Ray Le Poisson Rouge New York, NY August 11, 2018 Bring together Matthew Shipp, Newman Taylor Baker, Allen Lowe and Kevin Ray and you have more than an inspired music event; this is a living history that--by professional extension--covers the study of ...
Sweet Soul Music and the Low Down Dirty Blues at the Montreal Jazz Festival
by Dave Kaufman
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4The marquee on Stax Records studio in Memphis, Tennessee reads “Soulsville U.S.A." Although “Soulsville of the North" may be a stretch, for 10 days in July, Montreal turns into a hotbed of Soul, R&B, Funk and the Blues. From the first years of the ...
Jazz Is in the (H)air!
by Ludovico Granvassu
Inspired by Head Full of Hair, Heart of Full of Song, Pyeng Threadgill's investigation in music about the role of hair in her life, family, community and throughout the African diaspora, this episode of Mondo Jazz builds a narrative about hair, because --whether it's a braided bun or flowing tendrils --hair has always mirrored the cultural ...
Lucia Cadotsch: Whispers Speak Louder than Screams
by Ludovico Granvassu
Speak Low (Enja Records, 2017), the debut release of her current Trio of the same name, catapulted Lucia Cadotsch among the new artists that promise to write original chapters of vocal jazz while showing deference to the artists that preceded them. Playing a compelling brand of music that has been aptly described as “acoustic retrofuturism" --think ...
Simply Nina: A look back at the illustrious career of jazz legend Nina Simone
by Ava Louise
It is fitting that after a month dedicated to Jazz Appreciation, we come to the work of Nina Simone. Arguably one of the most talented jazz artists, Nina garners high praise across many demographics. What made her such an influential musician and vocalist? Her voice was deep with a richness and emotive intensity that ...
Fabian Almazan: Multilayered Vision
by Angelo Leonardi
For much of the past decade, Cuban-born pianist Fabian Almazan spent most of his time playing with Terence Blanchard who called him: “One of the great, young, new talent of his generation." Now 39 and based in New York City, Fabian earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and was voted ...
