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Tiffany Austin at SFJAZZ
by Walter Atkins
Tiffany Austin SFJAZZ, Joe Henderson Lab CD Release Party-Nothing But Soul (Con Alma Music) San Francisco CA June 12, 2015 Vocalist Tiffany Austin and her skilled band took the stage at SFJAZZ's Joe Henderson Lab to celebrate her debut Nothing But Soul (Con Alma Music). With an introduction by tenor ...
Tribute to Carla Bley: Mandala Octet and Mandala Orchestra
by Harry S. Pariser
Mandala Octet and Mandala Orchestra SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA June 5, 2015 Steve McQuarry had an epiphany last December. While on the phone with Karen Mantler, daughter of eminent avant-garde jazz composer Carla Bley, McQuarry realized that he would like to play some of her tunes onstage, and ...
The Kandinsky Effect: Somnambulist
by Glenn Astarita
An active touring unit, the musicians shred musical perimeters to smithereens on their third album. Rooted in modern jazz, the trio morphs funk, rock and electronica into the big picture amid pulsating grooves, shimmering accents and otherworldly treatments, as if a UFO transported them from a distant planet. But saxophonist Warren Walker leads the charge with ...
Ellen Johnson's Distinctive New Release "Form & Formless" Honors The Way Of Life
“So much of life, like music, is the art of listening and responding,” said west coast vocalist Ellen Johnson about her recording, Form & formless, released June 9, 2015 by Vocal Visions Records. So far the recording has received praise for it's unusual format based on what Johnson calls the “formless” way, taken from a poem ...
Ms. Taylor P. Collins and the TPC Band at Club Fox
by Walter Atkins
Ms. Taylor P. Collins and the TPC Band Club Fox Club Fox Blues Jam Redwood City CA May 13,2015 Seasoned San Francisco Bay Area blues vocalist and bandleader Ms. Taylor P. Collins and the TPC band played an invigorating midweek set at the Club Fox. The intimate venue, part of ...
Austin Jazz Trumpeter Jeff Lofton Featured In Macy's American Icons Campaign
Austin-based jazz trumpeter and composer Jeff Lofton is featured in Macy's American Icons summer fashion campaign celebrating American landscapes and people. In addition to photos in the print campaign and an interview online, the campaign features video of the Jeff Lofton Trio at their long- running residency in the lounge at Ruth's Chris Steak House at ...
Charles Lloyd at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
Charles Lloyd SFJAZZ San Francisco, CA April 24-26, 2015 Even in the idiosyncratic world of jazz, Charles Lloyd stands apart. Born in Memphis in 1938, Lloyd is a master of the tenor saxophone and flute. His ethnic mix--Irish, Cherokee, African, and Mongolian--mirrors the vast number of musical styles he has crossed ...
Henry Kaiser - Damon Smith - Weasel Walter: Plane Crash Two
by Glenn Astarita
This album was created shortly after experimental guitarist Henry Kaiser's large ensemble collaboration with fabled Brit guitarist Ray Russell The Celestial Squid (Cuneiform, 2015), as Plane Crash Two marks the second installment of the trio's unadulterated free improvisation exploits. Here, three longtime associates generate that special synergy required to pull it off. Regardless of tempo or ...
Branford Marsalis: In My Solitude - Live at Grace Cathedral
by Angelo Leonardi
Il primo jazzman non pianista a incidere in piena solitudine fu il sassofonista Coleman Hawkins, con il celebre “Picasso" del 1947. Per molto tempo la solo performance è stata marginale nella musica afroamericana e solo negli anni settanta ha conosciuto ampia diffusione grazie a strumentisti come Steve Lacy, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Bill Dixon o Albert ...
ECM Fest at SFJAZZ
by Harry S. Pariser
ECM Fest SFJAZZSan Francisco, CA March 26-29, 2015 In 1969, German record producer Manfred Eicher founded ECM, a label which would change music history. Since then his “Edition of Contemporary Music" imprint has more than lived up to its name, issuing well over a thousand albums by ...
