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Quinsin Nachoff: Horizons Ensemble
by Troy Collins
Horizons Ensemble is the sublime follow-up to Quinsin Nachoff's stellar Songlines debut Magic Numbers (2006). The Canadian-born, New York-based saxophonist continues to explore neo-classical territory initiated by the Third Stream Movement with a series of extended compositions that skirt a tenuous line between the written and the composed. Magic Numbers featured a trio with ...
Cliff Colon: Contraband
by John Barron
Tenor saxophonist Cliff Colon makes his recording debut as a leader with Contraband, a disc containing jazz arrangements of music from a 1980s 8-bit video game called Contra. The disc's nine tracks chronicle each level of the game, in sequential order. Underneath the novelty of playing jazzed-up versions of electronic video game music lies clever arranging ...
The Eric Byrd Trio + 4: Brother Ray
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il fratello di cui parla il titolo è il grande Ray Charles, cui viene fatto un omaggio con le canzoni che lo hanno reso famoso sui palchi di tutto il mondo e con una formazione piuttosto minimale: il trio di Eric Byrd ed una sezione di quattro sassofoni, più qualche ospite qua e là. Il finale ...
Cliff Colon: Contraband
by Dan McClenaghan
Tacoma, Washington-based saxophonist Cliff Colon takes his inspiration where he finds it. In the case of his debut CD, Contraband, the inspiration comes from music of the 1980's side-scrolling, run and gun, eight-bit video game called Contra, which seems an unlikely source.But unlikely sources are pretty common in the jazz genre--Miles Davis' ...
Terry Silverlight: Diamond In The Riff
by Douglas Payne
Drummer Terry Silverlight's interesting and varied career dates back to his first session on brother Barry Miles' highly-regarded album White Heat (Mainstream, 1971), when he was only 14. He's since gone on to frequently high-profile gigs with Mel Torme, George Benson, David Matthews, Phil Woods, Tom Jones, Roberta Flack and many others as well as appearances ...
Central New York Jazz Orchestra (CNY): Then, Now & Again
by Michael P. Gladstone
CNY is not an acronym for Crosby, Nash and Young; it is the musical abbreviation for the Central New York Jazz Orchestra, formed in the mid-1990s and led by musical director Bret Zvacek. The band performs for schools as well as the public in upstate New York. The album consists of a CD and a short ...
Pete Rodriguez: El Alquimista - The Alchemist
by Edward Blanco
Puerto Rican trumpet wonder Pete Rodriguez blends his style of Latin music with a modern jazz sound, forging an impressive musical statement on El Alquimista - The Alchemist, his third album as leader. Serving as a sideman on many other recordings, performing with some of the best Latin jazz artists in the business including Eddie Palmieri, ...
Anthony Santor/ Ari Diaconis Project: Beyond Human Aid
by Dave Major
Soul, instrument, listener—the ideal signal flow for free jazz. Sadly, the sound that can sear across a club all too often falters when forced to travel the shorter distance towards a microphone and on to CD. The inherent difficulty—and some might argue irrelevance—of successfully documenting a primarily improvised form, makes successful releases all the ...
Wayne Horvitz & Sweeter Than The Day: A Walk In The Dark
by Martin Longley
This cumbersomely-named combo have been together for nearly a decade, just one of keyboardist Wayne Horvitz's many band projects. The concept appears to revolve around a desire to embrace an almost-acoustic modern traditionalism, while retaining a slightly skewed stance that recalls some of Horvitz's earlier forays into electro-groove. Lately, he appears to have forsaken ...
Dee Cassella: I'm Here Now
by Marcia Hillman
There is some advantage in being a late bloomer. Late bloomers are able to garner more nourishment and life experience. In the case of Dee Cassella this means knowing how to sing a song. Cassella has had several other lifetimes before finally committing to a singing career and her first CD. Backed by Dena ...
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