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The Trio of Oz: The Trio of Oz
by Jeff Winbush
The dilemma for modern jazz artists is how to grab the ears of younger audiences, while remaining respectful of the legacy of Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Louis Armstrong without recycling yet another variation of “So What?" The eclectic and restless musical tastes of drummer Omar Hakim and pianist Rachel Nicolazzo (aka Rachel Z) offer some ...
Iván 'Melón' Lewis Quintet: Travesía
by Antonio Álvarez Barthe
Como Kenny Kirkland, al que está dedicada la excelente “Big Kenny," una de las piezas de Travesía, Iván Melón Lewis se ha tomado su tiempo para presentar su primer disco como líder. Nacido en La Habana, y residente en Madrid desde 1998, ha sido durante años subalterno de lujo y, también como el malogrado pianista de ...
Take Five with Jay Beckenstein
by AAJ Staff
Status: Jazz artist. Founding member of the group Spyro Gyra. DOB: May 14, 1951 In: Brooklyn, N.Y. First Jazz Memory: “I met Cannonball Adderley when I was 12. He did a school performance around where I lived and I was just blown away." Inspirations: “The greats of jazz. ...
John McLaughlin's Out of Print "The Promise" to be Reissued November 2
JOHN McLAUGHLIN: THE PROMISE Now available exclusively at www.Hip-OSelect.com and available to all retailers November 2 John McLaughlin is universally recognized as one of the world's greatest guitarists. His pioneering recordings range from his landmark work with Miles Davis and Tony Williams, his own fusion recordings with The Mahavishnu Orchestra and his dazzling solo work in ...
Kane Mathis: Kora Meets Jazz
by AAJ Staff
Seattle's Kane Mathis is one of the world's leading performers on the kora, the distinctive (usually) 21-stringed West African harp instrument that is the major instrument of the Mandinka people of Mali; the Malian equivalent of the Western keyboard. Mathis has studied the instrument since the age of twenty, making several trips to The Gambia to ...
Various: Magic Moments 4: Jazz Is Cool
by Bruce Lindsay
Germany's ACT Music is an innovative and adventurous label with an international roster that includes some genuinely cutting-edge musicians including Vijay Iyer and Dan Berglund's Tonbruket. Magic Moments 4: Jazz Is Cool is the fourth in ACT's sampler series and a great place to begin exploring the music it has to offer. The ...
Marc Copland Trio: Haunted Heart
by John Kelman
Originally released in 2001, Marc Copland's Haunted Heart deserves re-examination and re-evaluation, as hatOLOGY brings one of the perennially undervalued pianist's most sublime trio recordings back into print. With the original subtitle--And Other Ballads--removed, those familiar with Copland's intimate approach will already know what to expect, especially with a trio that, in the early part of ...
Robert and Clara and Sting and Trudie
Crossover projects in classical music have traditionally been matters of opera singers or big-ticket instrumentalists performing jazz, pop or folk music, usually not as well as the musicians who perform this material full time. But since the late 1980s, crossover has moved in the other direction too. Stewart Copeland and Roger Waters have written operas; Paul ...
Terry Pack: Palimpsest
by Bruce Lindsay
During a career that spans four decades, British bassist Terry Pack has been a member of prog rockers The Enid, worked as a session musician for a diverse array of musicians including Steve Howe and Candy Dulfer and played in bands across much of the world from Europe to South America and Australia. He played jazz ...
Sting's Classical Effect
The former Police front man is touring with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Unlike his former band's reunion tour, he is enjoying himself. As the afternoon sun poured through the living room window of his grand apartment overlooking Central Park, Sting was calmly reflecting on his trying reunion with the Police, and anticipating, with genuine excitement, ...
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