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Sara Serpa: A Musical Journey
by Hrayr Attarian
Vocalist and composer Sara Serpa is one of the most original and innovative musicians to emerge since the turn of the century. She has already made an indelible mark on the modern music scene in the span of a mere four years. Her unique style of vocalese allows her to utilize the full range of her ...
Albert–Hobbs Big Band / Jeff Hamilton–DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Steve Taylor Big Band
by Jack Bowers
Dave Albert--Brian Hobbs Big Band Love Remembered Eidolon Records 2012 What a bold and unusual idea, opening a big-band album with a waltz performed by a trio. The Albert-Hobbs Big Band does exactly that with “For Mr. C," one of several dedications on its debut recording, Love ...
Nate Radley: The Big Eyes
by Dan Bilawsky
Jazz musicians often emphasize the importance of having big ears when finding a place in the music, but big eyes are equally important. Tunnel vision and a general lack of ability to see the big picture have plagued many a musician, but guitarist Nate Radley needs no corrective musical lenses. Radley's panoramic outlook and long range ...
Nate Radley: The Big Eyes
by Dan McClenaghan
Guitarist Nate Radley has turned in some great sideman performances. On alto saxophonist Loren Stillman's Winter Fruits (Pirouet, 2009), he teamed with organist Gary Versace and drummer Ted Poor for one of that year's more unusual--and unusually fine--recordings; and in 2010, he joined another intrepid saxophonist, Marc Mommaas, on the modernistic Landmarc, a string-heavy set with ...
Thailand International Jazz Conference: Bangkok, Thailand, January 27-29, 2012
by Carla Marie Rupp
4th Thailand International Jazz Conference Mahidol University College of Music, Salaya Bangkok, Thailand January 27-29, 2012The strong Jazz Studies Department at the College of Music, Mahidol University, makes it possible to host an impressive international annual jazz conference. Committee members literally plan the event throughout the year, and ...
Mike Moreno: Another Way
by Mark F. Turner
Though it's difficult to stand out in a climate where new names appear almost daily, Mike Moreno has proven to be one of the more identifiable young jazz guitarists in recent years. At home in a number of settings, his fluid style has been found in the abstract hip hop styling of Q-Tip's The Renaissance (Universal ...
Sara Serpa: Mobile
by C. Michael Bailey
Portuguese singer Sara Serpa is what is produced when the talents of Gretchen Parlato, Simin Tander and Tierney Sutton coalesce. Her voice is light and elastic, sporting a fierce intellect. Couple this with a vision/sense of humor of a Nicholas Urie and the result is a radioactive type of 21st Century Beat Poetry. Like Urie and ...
NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 1: January 6, 2012
by Daniel Lehner
Day 1 | Day 22012 NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 1New York, NYJanuary 6, 2012 No one could argue that jazz didn't have a tumultuous 2011. For the better, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding's Grammy for Best New Artist marked the first time a jazz musician was awarded that honor, and veteran tenor ...
Leaps of Faith
By Cuong Vu
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Body and Soul; All The Things You Are; My Funny Valentine; Leaps of
Faith; Child-Like; Something; I Shall Never Come Back; My Opening
Farewell.
Cuong Vu 4-tet: Leaps of Faith
by AAJ Italy Staff
" Body And Soul ," “ All The Things You Are ," My Funny Valentine “. Tre standard, tra i più visitati/riletti/reinterpretati, in rapida sequenza. Ennesima incursione in melodie senza tempo per mascherare carenza di idee, ennesima dimostrazione di abilità ed esibizionismo strappa applausi, ennesimo tentativo di ridare vitalità alla corrente principale del jazz, ennesimo piatto ...
