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Judith Pinto Coy: Here’s to Life

Read "Here’s to Life" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 15, 2014

There is evidence of a revival of vocalese jazz singing in the recent releases of Dorian Devin's The Procrastinator (Self Produced, 2013) and Suzanna Smith's Halfway Between Heaven & Love (Ink Pen Records, 2013). Enter Edmonton-native Judith Pinto Coy, who, while not contributing her own vocalese transcriptions, interprets those of the masters masterfully. On her debut ...

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Butterfly Effect Ensemble: Chimera

Read "Chimera" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
January 15, 2014

Butterfly Effect Ensemble is a trio of three veteran Israeli musicians--woodwinds player Stephen Horenstein, known for his decade long association with innovative trumpeter Bill Dixon, a dedicated educator and passionate collaborator with cross-genres artists as dancers; percussionist Jeffrey Kowalsky, the principal percussionist in Israel symphony and philharmonic orchestras, who plays on myriad of ethnic percussive instruments ...

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Hugo Fernandez: Origenes

Read "Origenes" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
January 14, 2014

Madrid-based guitarist Hugo Fernández began playing guitar in his native Mexico. Later, he studied at Berklee, where he gained his Bachelor's degree in 1998 and completed his Masters at the University of New Orleans in 2005. After gaining his Masters he moved to Spain in mid-2006 but maintained his links with the Mexican music scene. Despite ...

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I Wish I'd Met You

January 14, 2014

Album: I Like What I See
By Cynthia Holiday
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2014
You will hear the soul of Ernestine Anderson, the warm timbre of Nancy Wilson and the story telling of Marlena Shaw but make no mistake, what you hear is pure Cynthia Holiday. The "I Like What I See" Show was recorded live at Birdland Jazz Club in NYC.

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Diane Hubka: West Coast Strings

by Geannine Reid
January 11, 2014

This Blue Ridge Mountain-bred artist grew up in Western Maryland in a musical family and learned violin, trombone and guitar from an early age. After college Diane Hubka moved to Washington, DC where she frequented local jazz clubs Blues Alley, One Step Down and Mr. Y's Soul Kitchen, absorbing the sounds of local legends Charlie Byrd ...

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Candombe Improv.1

January 7, 2014

Album: Afro Brazilian Explosion
By Luiz Santos
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Duration: 2:53

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Luiz Ebert / Fidel Cuellar: Audiograph

Read "Audiograph" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
January 6, 2014

A microcosmic view of life in New York City, Audiograph is more than just a clever play on words. This collection of “sound photographs" by drummer Luiz Ebert and pianist Fidel Cuellar audibly envisions some of their experiences and memories in the “City That Never Sleeps." It's a phrase made iconic by singer Liza Minnelli in ...

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Maria Baptist: Music for Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
January 6, 2014

Like it or not, a new wave of young composer / arrangers has surfaced, scrupulously guiding big bands into heretofore uncharted waters, now and then smooth, at other times choppy, but always intriguing and inspired. Maria Schneider, George Gruntz, Jim McNeely and Carla Bley were among the pacesetters, followed in short order by such (relative) newcomers ...

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Band of Gypsys Reincarnation: Electric Angelland

Read "Electric Angelland" reviewed by Everett R. Davis

by Everett R. Davis
January 6, 2014

Jimi Hendrix is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music. So it's not surprising that the Band of Gypsys Reincarnation, founded by guitarist László Halper along with an all-star cast of musicians, electrified the stage at the Palace Of Arts Budapest and recorded this amazing compilation of ...