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Michele Rosewoman Trio Perform at Brooklyn College, March 31, 2011
On Thursday, March 31, 2011, pianist, composer and bandleader Michele Rosewoman presents her trio, featuring Brad Jones on bass and Gene Jackson on drums, in a concert at Brooklyn College. The event, entitled After Silence: The Art of Improvisation, will be recorded for broadcast on CUNY TV (Channel 75). Michele Rosewoman has made her mark in ...
Antonio Ciacca Trio Performs at Nazareth College (Rochester) on April 9th
Jazz pianist, composer, and bandleaderAntonio Ciacca leads his trio—featuring bassist Dan Vitale and drummer Mike Melito—in a concert and discussion at Nazareth College's Wilmot Recital Hall on Saturday, April 9, 2011. An exciting pianist and articulate advocate of jazz, Mr. Ciacca, whose performance is sponsored by the college's Casa Italiana, will also offer an illuminating discussion ...
Muirhead Quartet: All or Nothing
by Seton Hawkins
The sprawling double-CD release, All or Nothing, by the Cape Town-based Muirhead Quartet proves to be one of 2010's most forcefully unique, probing, and genre-defying albums. Featuring four stellar artists, the album packs a tremendous aural wallop by offering a veritable master class on just about every major style of jazz that has emerged in the ...
Antonio Ciacca and TwinsMusic Enterprises Present Italian Jazz Days
Now entering its second year, Italian Jazz Days represents an exciting artistic collaboration between Antonio Ciacca, Director of Programming at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Todd Barkan, Artistic Director of Dizzy's Club Coca Cola. Originating from the Italian Cultural Institute and produced by TwinsMusic Enterprises, Italian Jazz Days showcases the tremendous artistic talent and heritage emerging ...
Michele Rosewoman Interviewed on WKCR, September 15, 2010
On September 15, 2010 WKCR-FM will interview Michele Rosewoman and broadcast rare live recordings of her performances at the now-legendary venue Soundscape. The venue emerged as a vital part of the city's live music spectrum thirty years ago, as the brainchild of music producer Verna Gillis and her late husband, sculptor Bradford Graves. Soundscape served as ...
Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba Perform at The Painted Bride, October 23, 2010
Pianist, composer, and bandleader Michele Rosewoman leads her New Yor- Uba ensemble in a performance at The Painted Bride in Philadelphia on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Michele Rosewoman has made her mark in the jazz world as a highly original artist, fusing Afro- Cuban influences with intelligent and modern post- bop. Throughout her ...
Buster Williams Presents Flamenco Jazz Project at Iridium Jazz Club August 6-8, 2010
Bassist and composer Buster Williams leads his Something More ensemble in a presentation of flamenco and jazz entitled Spanish Sun--Flamenco Rising, with Mark Gross on saxophone, Eric Reed on piano, Ignacio Berroa on drums, and special guest Adam del Monte on flamenco guitar, at the Iridium Jazz Club August 6-8, 2010. Sets begin at 8:00 p.m. ...
Concord Nkabinde: This Is My World
by Seton Hawkins
Known to American music fans as the bassist for figures like Johnny Clegg, Concord Nkabinde established his credentials as a solo artist in 2004 with the highly successful Drocnoc release The Time, The Season, which he has followed up with This Is My World.On his debut album, Nkabinde demonstrated himself to be a sensitive ...
Sounds of South Africa at the New York City Center, November 16
by Seton Hawkins
On November 16, Sounds of South Africa graced New York's City Center. Featuring performances by legends such as Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim, as well as the American concert debut of the venerable Soweto String Quartet, this evening functioned partly as a South African music showcase and partly as an extravagant commercial by the evening's hosts, ...
Gloria Bosman: Emzini
by Seton Hawkins
Over the past decade, Gloria Bosman has risen to become one of South Africa's most prominent and successful jazz vocalists, mastering a blend of Afropop, R&B, gospel and straight-ahead jazz. Added to that, she is a powerhouse of a singer: think Miriam Makeba with extra chutzpah.On Emzini Bosman does not stray too far from ...
