Results for "Norah Jones"

Carter Calvert and the Roger Cohen Trio: Carter Calvert and the Roger Cohen Trio

by C. Michael Bailey
March 18, 2012

Broadway/jazz vocalist Carter Calvert possesses an impressive set of pipes, fine-tuned by performances in Cats, Ain't Nothing But the Blues and Always Patsy Cline. Her capability goes well beyond the stage, where Calvert displays a certain facility for rubbing some old songs in just the right way, making them catch fire. Closing out ...

Norah Jones & Wynton Marsalis - You Don't Know Me

Featuring the music of Norah Jones
Duration: 4:45
March 11, 2012

Kate Reid: The Love I’m In

by C. Michael Bailey
March 10, 2012

Dr. Kate Reid is a faculty member of the Fine Arts department of Cypress College in Southern California. However, Reid is no stuffed shirt, ivory tower type. No, she is a living, breathing, practicing jazz singer, one who holds on to tradition loosely, having fun with the music she performs. She belongs to that treasured group ...

Erik Deutsch: Demonio Teclado

by Florence Wetzel
February 22, 2012

The title of Erik Deutsch's Demonio Teclado means “Keyboard Demon"--and indeed he is. Raised in Washington, DC and Nashville, Deutsch spent ten years in Colorado honing his craft, receiving a degree from the University of Colorado in piano performance, plus studying and playing with pianist Art Lande and gigging with trumpeter Ron Miles. In the mid-2000s ...

Triosence with Sara Gazarek: Where Time Stands Still

by C. Michael Bailey
February 21, 2012

Triosence is a piano trio active on the European jazz stage since making a name for itself in its native Germany in 1999. On When Time Stands Still, the band joins forces with West Coast jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek for a recital of twelve original tunes. The music is mostly penned by Triosence pianist Bernhard Schüler, ...

McCartney Tribute: Tony Bennett, Foo, Neil Young and Crazy Horse

February 3, 2012

STAR-STUDDED TRIBUTE TO MUSICARES PERSON OF THE YEAR PAUL MCCARTNEY An impressive star-studded cast will come together to honor 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year honoree Paul McCartney during a sold-out gala on Feb. 10 in Los Angeles, two days prior to the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. Hosted by actor/comedian Eddie Izzard, artists set to perform ...

Shows I'll Never Forget: Norah Jones, June 29, 2003

November 20, 2011

In Boston OK, lemme get this part out of the way: I was really, really excited to see the name “Gillian Welch" on the FleetBoston Pavilion marquee. Apparently, lots of folks didn't share in my excitement ... 'cause about 75 percent of those in attendance kept up a constant drone of blabbing during the performance by ...

Martin Taylor/Andreas Varady: Belfast, Ireland, November 4, 2011

by Ian Patterson
November 17, 2011

Martin Taylor/Andreas VaradyBlack BoxBelfast, IrelandNovember 4, 2011 It was a mouth-watering prospect and no mistake; Martin Taylor, the guitarist's guitarist, paired with 14-year-old, six-string sensation Andreas Varady, the youngest ever headliner at London's Ronnie Scott's. Taylor--of whom Jeff Beck said: “he out-shreds us all"--came to prominence when he began an 11-year ...

Bridge School Lineup Changes

October 14, 2011

JENNY LEWIS & DIANA KRALL OUT, NORAH JONES, DEVENDRA BANHART, JIMMY FALLON IN Jenny Lewis, of Jenny and Johnny fame, is out of the lineup, and all of her fall dates, due to a family emergency and Diana Krall won't be able to perform due to a torn ACL. However, comic and late-night TV host Jimmy ...

The Little Willies: Fall Dates, New Album January 2012

September 22, 2011

BAND PLANS SHOWS AT BROOKLYN'S BELL HOUSE (10/26) & WORLD CAFE LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA (10/28) The Little Willies have reconvened to record For The Good Times, the rousing follow-up to their eponymous 2006 debut, which will be released by EMI's Milking Bull Records in January 2012. The band will be previewing songs from the new album ...