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Manami Morita: When Skies Are Grey
by Ian Patterson
Japanese pianist Manami Morita has made a name for herself in Boston since arriving in 2006 to study at Berklee College of Music. Whether solo, in guitarist Colin Cannon's quartet or leading her own trio, Morita's impressive technique harnesses energy and finesse in equal measure, qualities to the fore on her fourth release as leader. Morita ...
Take Five With Dmitri Matheny
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dmitri Matheny: Celebrated for his warm tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as “the first breakthrough flugelhornist since Chuck Mangione" (San Jose Mercury News). An honors graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and Berklee College of Music, Matheny was first introduced to jazz audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of ...
John McLaughlin: Risk, Magic And Mystery
by Ian Patterson
Shortly after completing a successful European tour with the 4th Dimension, guitarist John McLaughlin has some time to put his well-traveled feet up at his home in Monaco and reflect on the evolution of this band, its second CD, Now Here This (Abstract Logix, 2012), and the mysteries of live performance. Yet, just two days before ...
Ray Charles: The Complete ABC Recordings 1959-1961
By Ray Charles
Label: Le Chant du Monde
Released: 2012
Track listing: CD1: Them That Got; Who You Gonna Love; My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do); Georgia On My Mind; Moonlight In Vermont; Moon Over Miami; Blue Hawaii; Chattanooga Choo-Choo; Basin Street Blues; Deep In The Heart of Texas; Mississippi Mud; Alabamy Bound; California, Here I Come; New York's My Home; Carry Me Back To Old Virginny; I Wonder; Sticks And Stones; Worried Life Blues. CD2: Nancy (With The Laughing Face); Ruby; Stella By Starlight; Cherry; Candy; Diane; Margie; Sweet Georgia Brown; Hardhearted Hannah; Rosetta; Marie; Josephine; I've Got News For You; Mister C; Stompin' Room Only; From The Heart; Moanin'; Strike Up The Band. CD3: Birth Of The Blues; Let's Go; One Mint Julep; I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town; Goodbye / We'll Be Together Again; Alone Together; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; For All We Knew; Cocktails For Two; You And I; Takes Two To Tango; Side By Side; Baby, It's Cold Outside; Together; People Will Say We're In Love; Just You, Just Me; Unchain My Heart; Hit The Road Jack; The Danger Zone; But On The Other Hand Baby.
Penang Island Jazz Festival 2012
by Ian Patterson
9th Penang Island Jazz FestivalBayview HotelPenang, MalaysiaNovember 29--December 2, 2012 From pickup at the airport at 10.30pm to personal send-off five days later at 4.00am, Paul Augustin, the Director of the Penang Island Jazz Festival, is what you could call the perfect host. It's this personal touch--instilled in the festival staff's ...
Jeremy Long: In Suspension
by Dan Bilawsky
While saxophonist Jeremy Long's lengthy résumé includes work with large ensembles on both sides of the classical-jazz divide, he goes the other way for his jazz debut. Long chose the tried-and-true saxophone-led organ trio format for his first leader session, but doesn't play it completely straight. In Suspension has its fair share of earthy groove moments, ...
44 Voll-Damm Festival de Jazz de Barcelona: Mavis Staples, Lee Fields y Esperanza Spalding
by Enrique Turpin
Mavis Staples + Dayna Kurtz44 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaSala Apolo4 de noviembre de 2012Hay miradas elocuentes, y la de Dayna Kurtz además sana como lo haría un bisturí eléctrico, que cauteriza a la vez que corta. Todo en ella irradia sinceridad, una palabra que suele asociarse con honestidad, ...
Nick Waterhouse: In The Nick of Time
by John Coltelli
A young rocker out and about in Los Angeles at 10 am may be an odd sighting, akin perhaps to seeing a polar bear in the sweaty Congo, but nevertheless here is 25 year old Nick Waterhouse, approaching a downtown diner on a sunny weekday morning to discuss his new album, Time's All Gone (Innovative Leisure, ...
