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Song of the Day

Part III

March 12, 2012

Album: The Language of Sound and Spirit
By Josh Maxey
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 8:58

Song of the Day

Free Improvisation #2 with Vardan Ovsepian

March 11, 2012

Album: Alone Together: The 2 Piano Project
By Alan Blackman
Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 5:52

Article: Album Review

David Bindman Ensemble: Sunset Park Polyphony

Read "Sunset Park Polyphony" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
March 10, 2012

Jazz is at the forefront of the cultural renewal taking place in Brooklyn, and saxophonist David Bindman has been a quiet but leading force in that movement. Sunset Park Polyphony brings together members of the stellar quartet that last recorded under the leadership of percussionist Royal Hartigan on Blood Drum Spirit: Royal Hartigan Ensemble Live in ...

Article: Album Review

Kate Reid: The Love I’m In

Read "The Love I’m In" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 10, 2012

Dr. Kate Reid is a faculty member of the Fine Arts department of Cypress College in Southern California. However, Reid is no stuffed shirt, ivory tower type. No, she is a living, breathing, practicing jazz singer, one who holds on to tradition loosely, having fun with the music she performs. She belongs to that treasured group ...

Song of the Day

Lady

March 10, 2012

Album: Hooligan
By Joymask
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Duration: 04:18

Article: Album Review

Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band: Eleven

Read "Eleven" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 9, 2012

Like many other corners in that amorphous room called jazz, big band jazz has grown more abstract and experimental since its heyday in the 1930s. This process is necessary for the creative evolution of the art, but often produces music that is as unlistenable as it is creative--or brilliant. Abstract growth may be considered horizontal evolution, ...

Song of the Day

Borneo

March 9, 2012

Album: Spellbound
By Lee McAllistair
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Duration: 6:07

Article: Album Review

Tommy Igoe and the Birdland Big Band: Eleven

by Edward Blanco
March 7, 2012

Led by East Coast drumming icon Tommy Igoe, the Birdland Big Band delivers powerful performances each Friday night at New York's renowned Birdland jazz club. Eleven captures Igoe and some of the city's finest jazz musicians playing in the same hard-driving fashion on eleven signature arrangements of funk, Latin and contemporary jazz. This high-octane orchestra is ...

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Henry Cole and the Afro Beat Collective: Roots Before Branches

Read "Roots Before Branches" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 6, 2012

As a rising jazz drummer in today's environment, Henry Cole's percussive sound has emerged in works with seminal artists such as Miguel Zenón, David Sánchez, and the Le Boeuf Brothers. Like his peers, Cole is challenging old ideas and channeling new concepts into the mix. The debut of Roots Before Branches , with his Afro-Beat Collective, ...

Article: Album Review

Luis Disla: The Prophecy

Read "The Prophecy" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
March 6, 2012

One quick way to verify a musician's credentials is to check out who plays on his debut record. Respected reed man Luis Disla obviously called in a few markers for The Prophecy , assembling an all-star lineup and achieving a glossy production in the process. No stranger to the studio with numerous sessions ...