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Lisa Kirchner: Something to Sing About
by C. Michael Bailey
The first thing that distinguishes Lisa Kirchner's Something to Sing About is her repertoire: not a jazz standard pass her vocal cords; instead, she presents a collection of 20th Century American “Art Songs" composed my the likes of Charles Ives, John Corigliano, Ned Rorem, Aaron Copland, and William Bolcom. An eclectic band supports Kirchner, conspicuously present ...
Live At The Otto Club
By Sherman Irby
Label: Black Warrior
Released: 2010
Track listing: Bohemia After Dark; Depth; Laura's Love Song; Countdown; Four; In Walked Bud
Take Five With Andy Farber
by AAJ Staff
Meet Andy Farber:Andy Farber is an award-winning jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist and has spent years performing with the likes of Jon Hendricks and Wynton Marsalis. Since 1994, Farber has been part of the Jazz @ Lincoln Center stable of writers and performers. Through J@LC, Farber has toured with the J@LC ...
"Louis" A Silent Movie with Live Accompaniment at the Keswick Theatre
by Wade Luquet
"Louis" A Silent Movie with Live AccompanimentAugust 31, 2010Keswick TheaterGlenside, Pennsylvania The Keswick Theatre returned to its roots with a twist. The elegant music venue in suburban Philadelphia built in 1928 as a movie and vaudeville house was one of the five cities hosting a showing of the silent film “Louis." ...
Rob McConnell: Boss of Bosses
by Jack Bowers
Even though largely unknown to most of us south of the border, a number of world-class big bands have made their home in Canada over the years. For nearly three decades, however, there was one whose name and influence rose conspicuously above the others. That band was, of course, the incomparable Boss Brass, and the reason ...
Sherman Irby Quartet: Live At The Otto Club
by Joshua Weiner
Live At The Otto Club is Sherman Irby's first live album with his quartet, and it would be hard to conjure up a more joyful example of seriously swinging jazz that sounds like a great lost classic from the heyday of hard bop. Though the liner notes seem to suggest that this was a bit of ...
Umbria Jazz: Days 4-6, July 13-15, 2009
by Michael J. West
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-10 The next three days of the Umbria Jazz began with two concert series that promised to be intriguing. American vibraphonist Joe Locke performed three times with Italian pianist Dado Moroni and saxophonist Rosario Giuliani at the very small Oratorio Santa Cecilia church. The trio is recording an ...
Rick Germanson Trio: Off the Cuff
by John Kelman
With so many mainstream piano trios flooding the market, it's increasingly difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. It's easier when, in the instance of a Brad Mehldau, John Taylor or Enrico Pieranunzi, the artist's voice is so distinctive and approach so readily identifiable that there can be little doubt of its relevance. It becomes ...
New Orleans Jazz Fest draws 400,000+
by Sandy Ingham
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LAApril 22-May 4, 2009There are hundreds of good reasons for jazz lovers to join the crowds at the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Reasons with names like Marsalis and Jordan, Batiste and Boutte--families whose musical heritage in the Birthplace of Jazz spans several ...
Pacific's Jazz Ensemble Selected to Compete in Next Generation Festival
Stockton, CA Pacific's Jazz Ensemble, a group composed of Conservatory of Music students studying jazz, was selected to participate in this year's “Next Generation Festival." The “Next Generation Festival" is put on by the Monterey Jazz Festival to showcase the best emerging talent in the world of jazz. Only six university groups are selected each year ...
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