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News: Festival

2015 Art of Cool Jazz Festival

April 20, 2015

By K. Shackelford The 2015 Art of Cool Jazz Festival is a journey into the immense vastness of jazz music with a roster of world class musicians. Operating in only its second year, the three day jazz dreamland, offers a superb mix of old and new artists that illuminate the ways that jazz penetrates many forms ...

News: Performance / Tour

Roy Ayers at The Addition

January 21, 2015

By Walter Atkins The Addition, formally known as Yoshi's San Francisco, welcomed the celebrated and ageless acid jazz/funk vibraphonist Roy Ayers for a weekend stand on November 21, 2014. The new name was inspired by the club's location between Lower Fillmore and the Western Addition. The show kicked off the soft opening of the City's latest ...

Article: Interview

Takuya Kuroda: Rising Son

by DanMichael Reyes
February 19, 2014

Awards aren't handed down to individuals that proclaim how tough it is to live in New York. Likewise, it's not news to write that the life of the modern day jazz musician is difficult. If we follow the past two sentences we might come to the conclusion that the life of a New York jazz musician ...

Article: Album Review

Mimi Jones: Balance

Read "Balance" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
February 5, 2014

Virtuoso bassist and superlative bandleader Mimi Jones' (AKA Miriam Sullivan) Balance is a delightful album filled with 79 minutes of engaging music. Despite the title, however, it is an unevenly structured work. The edgy, dramatic “The Incy Wincy Spider" for instance completely deconstructs the children's rhyme into an intriguing, darkly hued and haunting piece. ...

Album

Love Will Bring Us Back Together / Rock Your Roll

By Roy Ayers

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2013

Album

Feeling Good

By Roy Ayers

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2013

Album

Fever

By Roy Ayers

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2013

Album

Center Of The World

By Roy Ayers

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2013

Article: Extended Analysis

Jorge Sylvester Ace Collective: Spirit Driven

by Florence Wetzel
November 28, 2013

In a 1967 interview with Jazz & Pop magazine, John Coltrane stated: “I know that there are bad forces, forces put here that bring suffering to others and misery to the world, but I want to be the force which is truly for the good." In his lifetime and beyond, Coltrane has inspired artists to infuse ...

News: Recording

Trumpeter Takuya Kuroda Set To Make Blue Note Debut With Feb. 18 Release Of “Rising Son” Produced By José James

November 21, 2013

Ascendant trumpeter and composer Takuya Kuroda is set to make his Blue Note debut with the February 18 release of Rising Son, which was produced by Jose James. Kuroda, who is best known for his inspired presence in James’ band, steps forth here to helm that remarkable band which features keyboardist Kris Bowers, electric bassist Solomon ...