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Gary Burton's Vibe
I met with the legendary vibraphonist Gary Burton last night to put together a video piece on his upcoming Mack Ave recording Common Ground. From what I heard this looks to be a truly great album and showcases Gary's newly formed quartet featuring Julian Lage (guitar), Scott Colley (bass) and Antonio Sanchez (drums). While we were ...
Thomas Savy: The French Suite
by Greg Simmons
Frenchman Thomas Savy seems intent on making a statement with his bass clarinet, and he's doing so in a challenging format: a trio, accompanied only by bass and drums. He's out of the gate running with French Suite. The bass clarinet is a terrific sounding instrument, with a big wooden resonance and dimensional texture, ...
Scott Colley: Empire
by Mark F. Turner
Empire is another exceptional release by Scott Colley, the first-call bassist whose deep strings have been the mainstay with numerous leading artists and a part of several fine recordings including drummer Antonio Sanchez's outstanding Live in New York at Jazz Standard (Cam Jazz, 2010). “January," the album's opener, sets a mood that is as cinematic as ...
Michel Portal: Bailador
by Charles Walker
For all the lip service paid to the idea of jazz as a universal language, the modern performing landscape is still, by and large, segregated into separate continental categories, each with a host of attendant stereotypes. For every Randy Weston or David Murray, musicians who have made studious efforts at cross-border communication, there are dozens of ...
Take Five With Juergen Reiter
by AAJ Staff
Meet Juergen Reiter: Juergen hit the local music scene of his hometown, Munich, at age 17. Shortly after his debut as a bassist he played in an opening act for Ray Charles. He honed his skills at the Sweelinck Conservatory of Amsterdam, in Paris under John Cage colleague Joelle Leandre, and, finally, at ...
John Williams' Jazz
by Dan Bilawsky
The idea for this edition of Old, New, Borrowed and Blue isn't new. The seeds were actually sown with an experience I had a few years back. About four years ago, I was writing for a different jazz publication and I received a package of recordings in the mail. This parcel contained the usual mixture of ...
Empire
By Scott Colley
Label: CAM Jazz
Released: 2010
Track listing: January; The Gettin Place; For Sophia; 5:30 am; Speculation;
Tomorrowland; Now what?; Gut; Five-two; Five-two.2.
The Traveller
Label: Challenge Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Song for F; The Eye of the Mind; Crazy Stuff; The Line; Adagio 13; Cabbonal; Motivation; Searching and Finding; YWC.
RocketHub Partners With Critically-Acclaimed Rale Micic To Propel The Art Of The Music Video Through Crowdfunding
RocketHub, a grassroots crowdfunding community developed for Creatives by Creatives, has launched a new “Music Video" category on its internationally-renowned fundraising platform. The premier music video project features critically-acclaimed jazz guitarist Rale Micic. Crowdfunding establishes a web-based event that harnesses an artist's network and audience for funds, awareness, and authentic feedback. RocketHub Co-founder and CEO, Brian ...
Paolo Angeli, Steve Wilson-Bruce Barth, Lee Konitz-Dan Tepfer y Donny McCaslin en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona
by Joan Fargas
Paolo Angeli42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaJamboree9 de noviembre, 2010 Como todo gran festival, el 42 Voll-Damm Festival de Jazz de Barcelona da cabida en su programación, además de a las primeras figuras internacionales del momento que pueden llenar grandes auditorios, a una extensa e interesante propuesta de conciertos ...
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