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January 2012: Craig Ebner, Ravi Coltrane, Lucas Brown and Norman David
by RJ Johnson
Craig Ebner QuartetMoonstone Arts CenterJanuary 13, 2012Craig Ebner, a Philadelphia based guitarist best known for his work with organist Joey DeFrancesco, led his quartet through a brief yet powerful set at the Moonstone Arts Center in Center City Philadelphia. Now in its third year, the Moonstone Arts Center operates out ...
Grammy-Nominated Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane Kicks Off 2012 at the Annenberg Center
Philadelphia, PA—Touted as “amazing, deep, soulful, masterful" by Jazz Police, prodigious saxophonist Ravi Coltrane takes the stage with his quintet on January 14 at the Annenberg Center as a part of its Jazz Series. In a one-night-only treat just in time to kick that holiday hangover, jazz enthusiasts and newbies alike can delight in Coltrane's robust ...
Enesco Re-Imagined
By Ralph Alessi
Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: 01. Aria Eb Scherzino; 02. Octet for Strings Opus 7; 03. Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano Opus 25; 04. Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano Opus 25; 05. Orchestral Suite No 1, Opus 9;
06. Piano Suite No. 1 Opus 3; 07. Symphony No. 4 Unfinished; 08. Ballade for violin & orchestra Opus 4a (bonus video track).
Wiry Strong
By Ralph Alessi
Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Clown Painting; Station Wagon Trip; Pudgy; Medieval Genius; Halves and
Wholes; Racy Banter; A Dollar In Your Shoe; Humdrum; 20% of the 80%;
Sock Pupperter; Ira; Celebrity Golf Classic; Cobbs Hill; Bizarro-World
Moment; Wiry Strong.
Achille Succi: Nuances and Articulations
by Glenn Astarita
Saxophonist and bass clarinetist Achille Succi has recently been singled out as “one of the European musicians to keep an eye on in the next ten years" by (Bill Schoemaker in Giornale Della Musica (January 2010), while journalist Mario Gamba defines him as a “genius of Italian Jazz" in Alias (March 20th, 2010). Born ...
Trumpetman Ralph Alessi Fields Powerful Quintet for "Wiry Strong"
In the struggle to stay ahead and/or catch up in these difficult economic times, the distractions and out-and-out traumas of survival can take us away from the good things that come by us in spite of all. That in part happened to me in the last week or so. Ralph Alessi and This Against That's Wiry ...
Ralph Alessi & This Against That: Wiry Strong
by AAJ Italy Staff
Musicista atipico, Ralph Alessi. Fuoriuscito dalla fucina M-Base negli anni novanta e coinvolto in diversi tra i gruppi più innovativi del downtown newyorchese nel decennio successivo (Uri Caine, Don Byron, Jason Moran, etc), Alessi difficilmente viene etichettato come musicista d'avanguardia. Perché nella sua continua ricerca di una musica che vada oltre i confini di etichette e ...
Fifth Annual Longwood Gardens Wine and Jazz Festival, June 4, 2011
by Victor L. Schermer
Fifth Annual Longwood Gardens Wine and Jazz FestivalKennett Square, PAJune 4, 2011 Longwood Gardens is a horticultural conservancy spread over the countryside in Kennett Square, Chester County, PA. It is one of those beautiful meccas with the potential to serve memorably for a summer music festival, as anyone who has attended Juan Les ...
Vision Festival 16 Monday Night Vocals and Much More
Monday night at this years Vision Festival is like a miniature of the festival overall. We have a panel event, a special vocal project, and participation from gifted people of many cultures. And there will be a panel to lead off. Most Vision Festivals include an ad hoc vocal ensemble and this year is no exception. ...
Ralph Alessi and This Against That: Wiry Strong
by Mark Corroto
Born out of the jazz laboratory of Brooklyn's M-Base experiments of the 1990s, trumpeter Ralph Alessi has always seemed to be a farouche player. Never hankering for the spotlight, he always seems satisfied to turn in solid deliberate efforts that don't court flattery. Maybe it is his subtle nature, but what some might have missed has ...
