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Samir Zarif: Starting Point
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The excitement of hearing the voice from a musician of significant new talent knows no bounds. Violinist Majid Khaliq, vocalist Khalil Wilson, bassist Michael Feinberg, composer Gene Pritsker, and now saxophonist and storyteller Samir Zarif, are just beginning to fan the rapidly growing new brushfire of 21st century music. Zarif's talent is significant enough to merit ...
Samir Zarif: Starting Point
by Mark F. Turner
Among the many new voices with something unique to say, Texas-born saxophonist Samir Zarif's Starting Point is as fresh a debut as they come. A member of the internationally acclaimed group The Story--whose names include rising stars, pianist John Escreet and saxophonist Lars Dietrich--Zarif also contributed to singer Maria Neckam's memorable Deeper (Sunnyside, 2010). In both ...
Take Five With Kelly Powers
by AAJ Staff
Meet Kelly Powers:Pianist Kelly Powers has performed with the Cab Calloway Orchestra, the Artie Shaw Orchestra, Steve Davis, Nat Reeves, Jack Jeffers and the New York Classics, George Gee Swing Orchestra and Travis Sullivan's Björkestra, among others. Her playing has been showcased in numerous New York City venues including Smoke Jazz Club, Cleopatra's Needle, ...
Samir Zarif: Starting Point
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist Samir Zarif has experienced a wide cross section of the cultural landscape of the United States. Zarif grew up in Texas, spent his college years learning and performing in New Orleans, and then traveled north to New York for his studies at the Manhattan School of Music. While all of this isn't necessarily remarkable for ...
Maria Neckam: Deeper
by Dan Bilawsky
The music of vocalist Maria Neckam defies easy categorization. Neckam, a native Austrian living in New York since 2005, has never subscribed to the idea of belonging to one specific subset of the music world. She has brought her unique vocal talents into rock realms, classical settings, modern jazz and various other arenas and her voice ...
The Story: The Story
by Terrell Kent Holmes
From its opening notes to the stop-on-a-dime ending, this debut album is an exhilarating shot in the solar plexus. A talented quintet serves up a diverse roster of tunes daring in both imagination and execution. Pianist John Escreet uses his repeated eight-note figure in the song “Misconception of Life and Death" as a ...
The Paislies
By Samir Zarif
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Paislie Grey;
2. Riverspirits;
3. Out of the Dark;
4. One in Mind;
5. Plea;
6. Lost with Hope
in an Empty Sea;
7. Sea-Change (Into Something Rich & Strange);
8. I-75 South;
9. Out of the
Water
The Paislies: The Paislies
by AAJ Italy Staff
Predilezione per i mezzi tempi, una configurazione strumentale atipica, musicisti di varia estrazione geografica, The Paislies sono una band che potremmo definire crossover, termine molto generico ma in grado di inquadrare in modo adeguato quel jazz, distante dalla tradizione ed infarcito di echi rock, che il gruppo propone. I brani sono ben articolati, a tratti forse ...
The Paislies
By The Paislies
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Paislie Grey;
Riverspirits; Out Of The Dark; One In Mind; Plea; Lost With Hope In An Empty Sea; Sea-Change (Into
Something Rich & Strange); I-75 South; Out Of The Water
