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Gabriel Vicéns: Puerto Rican Jazz Guitar
by Mark Sullivan
Puerto Rican jazz guitarist/composer Gabriel Vicéns graduated from the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico as the first jazz guitarist, and has gone on to teach guitar at the Music Department at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico. He recorded his first solo album Point in Time at age 23; his second album Days has been released ...
Michael Oien: And Now
by Dan Bilawsky
And now, the arrival of And Now--the debut leader date from bassist Michael Oien. Oien, who's worked with everybody from saxophonist Uri Gurvich to guitarist Nir Felder to pianist Roy Assaf, is primed to make a strong statement here. He's done his homework and he's shown himself to be a musical pillar of ...
Andrew Hadro: For Us, The Living
by Angelo Leonardi
Ha atteso quasi un decennio, il sax baritono Andrew Hadro, per incidere il primo disco a suo nome. Dopo alcune collaborazioni minori, dal 2006 al 2008 è stato scritturato da Chico Hamilton -con cui ha pubblicato sei album -e negli anni successivi da Junior Mance e Tony Malaby. Nato a Città del Messico e cresciuto per ...
Take Five With Michael Oien
by AAJ Staff
Meet Michael Oien: Ever since he graduated from Berklee in 2004, bassist Michael Oien has been an important part of the New York jazz scene, appearing on a countless number of dates as a sideman. Recently he recorded his debut as a leader, the consistently creative And Now for Fresh Sound's New Talent label. “This ...
Golden Age
By Nir Felder
Label: Okeh
Released: 2014
Track listing: Lights; Bandits; Ernest / Protector; Sketch 2; Code; Memorial; Lover;
Bandits II; Slower Machinery; Before the Tsars.
Ken Thomson and Slow/Fast: Settle
by Dave Wayne
There are ways to get to know people really well, really quickly. Many of these fall under the general category: “challenge them, somehow." For a certain time of my life this meant: “go camping with them." Really. If you go camping with a group of people, you will find out a lot about them in a ...
Enoch Lee: Finish Line
by Mark F. Turner
It is one thing for an aspiring musician to debut his album with talented veterans but quite another for him to create such an accomplished work as found in New York pianist/composer Enoch Lee's Finish Line. It breathes originality and purpose not only for the contributions from stalwarts that include saxophonist David Binney and bassist Drew ...
Eric Harland's Voyager at The Highline Ballroom
by Dan Bilawsky
Eric Harland's Voyager Highline Ballroom Vipassana CD Release New York, NY September 2, 2014 The CD release show for Vipassana (GSI Records, 2014)--the sophomore album from drummer Eric Harland's Voyager--didn't play out like a typical club set or concert; it was more like a spiritual journey through songs, segues, and ...
Lagarina Jazz Festival 2014
by Angelo Leonardi
Ala, Isera, Mori, Villa Lagarina -9-18.08.2014 Tra le rassegne estive italiane il Lagarina Jazz Festival si caratterizza da otto anni come un appuntamento di nicchia tra i più interessanti e ricercati, sia per le originali scelte di programmazione -spesso in esclusiva-che per l'attrattiva dei luoghi, che si snodano nei magnifici borghi del basso ...
Eric Harland's Voyager: Vipassana
by Dan Bilawsky
Much is said about records once they've come into the world, but little is discussed about the motive(s) surrounding the birthing of a record. Sometimes it's simply about marketing, exposure, money, and pure narcissism. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that on some level(s), and many classic albums have been made with little to nothing else in ...
