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Billy White releases debut album "First Things First" on Porto Franco records
Pianist Billy White's debut recording, First Things First, is a glimpse into a musically omnivorous world reminiscent of a young Herbie Hancock. The San Francisco-born and New York-based 27-year old has already packed a panoply of experience into his young career: a degree in ethnomusicology from UCLA, a stint with French jazz/hip-hoppers Heezbus while living in ...
Chopin, Bobby McFerrin, NDR Bigband (y Jaques Morelenbaum y Omar Sosa)
El 200 aniversario del nacimiento de Fryderyk Chopin va a tener este mes de agosto una especial celebración en el prestigioso Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, con el estreno el próximo 10 de agosto del espectáculo Bobby meets Chopin. Con arreglos y dirección de Gil Goldstein, Bobby McFerrin se ha unido en esta ocasión a la NDR Bigband. ...
31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland
by Matt Marshall
31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 15-25, 2010 In its 31st offing, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland followed a familiar yet engaging formula. One that, over the years, has made it the largest music festival in Ohio and the largest educational jazz festival in the country. The clinics and workshops for ...
Two Great Cities, Two Great Festivals Unite to Celebrate Rich History of Jazz
TWO GREAT CITIES, TWO GREAT FESTIVALS UNITE TO CELEBRATE RICH HISTORY OF JAZZ SISTER FESTIVALS: CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival (August 6 - 8), Newport, RI Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival (November 3 - December 4), Barcelona, Spain Jazz Impresario George Wein Performed at May 17 Reception in Barcelona to Announce Collaboration Celebrate the rich history of ...
Nova Jazz Orchestra / UNT One O'Clock Lab Band / Frank Macchia / Omar Sosa & NDR Big Band
by Jack Bowers
Nova Jazz Orchestra A Time of Reckoning NJO 2010 If the premise that experience is the best teacher is indeed accurate, one need look no further than the Minnesota-based Nova Jazz Orchestra for proof. Nova, sponsored by the non-profit Nova Jazz Corporation, has been together for more than 15 years, ...
Across The Divide: A Tale Of Rhythm & Ancestry
By Omar Sosa
Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Promised Land; Glu-Glu; Gabriel's Trumpet; Across Africa (The Dream);
Across Africa (The Arrival); Sugar Baby Blues; Night of the Four
Songs; Solstice; Ancestors.
Leo Blanco: Africa Latina
by Mark F. Turner
The ubiquitous expression that is “world music" is becoming less relevant as musicians across the globe speak a common language that embraces varied cultures and people. Pianist, composer, and arranger Leo Blanco emphatically proves the point on Africa Latina, a mesmerizing recording that explores the unique connection between African and Venezuelan music. Whereas ...
Omar Sosa: NDR Bigband CD Release; Winter-Spring 2010 Tour Schedule
NDR Bigband plays Omar Sosa Arranged by Jaques Morelenbaum Ceremony is a major new project, the fruit of pianist-composer Omar Sosa's first big-band collaboration with composer-arranger-cellist Jaques Morelenbaum, Hamburg's 18piece NDR Bigband (North German Radio / Norddeutscher Rundfunk), and the Omar Sosa Quartet, featuring Julio Barreto (drums, Cuba), Childo Tomas (electric bass, Mozambique), and Marcos Ilukan ...
Chano Dominguez Quinteto Flamenco at Jazz Standard
by Ned Sublette
Chano Dominguez“The Flamenco Side of Kind of Blue" Jazz StandardNew York, NYDecember 3, 2009 I have a confession to make. I've never listened to Kind of Blue. Oh, I've heard the tunes over the years. You can't escape them. And I have lots of Miles Davis albums. ESP ...
Chano Dominguez: Piano with 'Duende'
by Guillem Vidal
The meeting between Chano Domínguez and All About Jazz took place hours after the opening ceremony of the 41st Barcelona International Vol-Damm Jazz Festival, starring Wayne Shorter. Chano's enthusiasm is contagious: “Wayne Shorter's quartet is a fully fledged group with very clear objectives and led by one of the greatest living jazz legends," says Chano, who ...
