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Ralph Towner / Paolo Fresu: Chiaroscuro
by David McLean
Continuing his long and fruitful relationship with Manfred Eicher's ECM Records--yielding a slew of successful solo records and concerts, acclaimed group work with Oregon and Solstice (also featuring Jan Garbarek), and duo work with John Abercrombie, Gary Peacock and Gary Burton--guitarist/pianist Ralph Towner has become something of an icon for the German label. Chiaroscuro marks another ...
David Liebman Group: Live at MCG
by John Kelman
It may not possess the same visibility as other longstanding groups like the Dave Holland Quintet or Oregon, and saxophonist Dave Liebman's Group hasn't completely avoided flux. Marko Marcinko replaced drummer Jamey Haddad a few years back, and Phil Markowitz's departure trimmed the group from a quintet to a quartet, even though the keyboardist continues collaborating ...
Jazz Singer/Songwriter Halie Loren Wins Just Plain Folks 2009 “Best Vocal Jazz Album” Award
Eugene, Oregon-October 7, 2009- Halie Loren has made her mark in Indie music over the years with several highly acclaimed releases. Most recently the jazz singer and songwriter was awarded for her excellence in both vocals and recording at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2009. Halie walked away with the coveted ...
Tafillalt: Tafillalt
by Eyal Hareuveni
This innovative alt-klezmer/alt-Jewish music ensemble represents the growing interest of John Zorn's Tzadik label in the Israeli Jewish music scene. Tafillalt fits into the Radical Jewish Culture series of the label, not only by exploring and interpreting ancient and modern Hebrew prayers--songs in adventurous and compelling new soundscapes--but also because of the group's multicultural improvisational attitude ...
Take Five With Guitares Cinematiques
by AAJ Staff
Meet Guitares Cinématiques: Studied physics, classical guitar, and foreign languages in college. I was always a huge fan of the group Oregon. Instrument(s):Classical guitar.Teachers and/or influences?My early guitar teachers were Gene Watson and Mario Abril. I attended the FSU School of Music and studied with Bruce ...
Hashem Assadullahi Returns from Thailand for Release of Debut Album Featuring Ron Miles
Hashem Assadullahi and his quintet, featuring Ron Miles, celebrate the release of their new CD, Strange Neighbor, a well rounded jazz release with an occasional sense of humor. Denver-based trumpeter Ron Miles, has also appeared with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Bill Frisell, Don Byron, Gravitas Quartet, and many others. The Quintet also features a critically acclaimed ...
Musician Richard Collins Celebrates 50 Years of Guitar
New Orleans' obscure jazz musician, blues-guitarist Richard Collins, is celebrating 50 years of guitar in 2009. He has released some 21 albums over the last month, and published a book on New Orleans Blues Guitar detailing the 1964-74 folk music scene in New Orleans, his hometown. All items are available on Amazon.com, with a few charity ...
Gina Schwarz / Richard Oesterreicher: AirBass
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There could be many a slip between coming up with an unusual concept for a record and actually having the gumption to pull it off. Austrian bassist Gina Schwarz and harmonica maestro Richard Oesterreicher have indeed pulled it off on AirBass, a wonderful record where the two musicians share principal credits, although Schwarz is the main ...
Halie Loren Revels in Her Jazzier Side and Releases They Oughta Write a Song CD
Halie Loren grew up on an island in Southeast Alaska and was outside of much what popular culture offered during her formative years. That did not stop the young music lover from soaking in all the vibes from legendary performers such as Etta James, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Patsy Cline. At age 13, she ...
Oregon: 1000 Kilometers
by AAJ Italy Staff
Giunti al secondo disco per la CamJazz, dopo Prime, gli Oregon sfoggiano un'altra prova di grande classe, per nulla sminuita dai quasi quattro decenni di attività del gruppo. Da sempre estranei a qualsiasi moda e tendenza, il loro cammino musicale non ha mai smesso di essre lineare e coerente, senza grandi innovazioni, ma anche senza cadute ...
