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Vocalist Roseanna Vitro Debuts on Motema Music with "The Music of Randy Newman" May 17
With the release on May 17 of The Music of Randy Newman, her debut CD for Motema Music, Roseanna Vitro stakes a claim as the first jazz vocalist to explore the richly melodic, sharply observant Randy Newman songbook. Having previously covered the music of American icons Ray Charles and Bill Evans in acclaimed album-length projects, Vitro ...
Alex Pinto Quartet: Inner State
by Dan Bilawsky
Indo-American forms of jazz have become more common over the years, but plenty of people who work in this arena have little personal connection to this hybrid form of music. Guitarist Alex Pinto is an exception. Pinto's paternal lineage leads to Karnataka, in southwestern India, and his worldly upbringing contributes to his unique sound. While the ...
Announcing the 40th Annual Stanford Jazz Festival, June 24-August 6: 36 Events That Span the Jazz Spectrum
Providing an intimate interaction of jazz and community found nowhere else, the Stanford Jazz Festival is pleased to announce the lineup of its 40th season. Commencing on June 24 with Grammy-winning, New Orleans-based living legend Allen Toussaint, presenting rare appearances by the great Brazilian songwriter and singer Milton Nascimento, and winding up in August with an ...
Three-Peat for Jazzschool Band at 2011 Next Generation Festival
The Jazzschool's Monday Night Studio Band, under the direction of Keith Johnson, won 1st place for the third consecutive year following its performance on Sunday, April 3, at the Annual Next Generation Festival (41st Annual National High School Competition) in Monterey, California. The weekend event includes the Next Generation Festival Jazz Competition with Big Bands, Combos, ...
James Carter's "Caribbean Rhapsody" Due from Emarcy Records May 17
The extraordinary decade-long collaboration of jazz virtuoso James Carter and classical composer Roberto Sierra comes to a thrilling culmination with the release on May 17 of their first recording, Caribbean Rhapsody. Sierra's Concerto for Saxophones and Orchestra, composed for Carter and premiered in Detroit in 2002, is the centerpiece of the new Emarcy CD; a new ...
Geof Bradfield: African Flowers
by Chris M. Slawecki
African Flowers germinated during reed player Geof Bradfield's 2008 performance tour of Africa, co-sponsored by the US State Department and Jazz at Lincoln Center, as part of pianist Ryan Cohan's quartet. No stranger to the music of Africa, multi-instrumentalist Bradfield (tenor and soprano sax, bass clarinet and flute) arranged singer Miriam Makeba's “Polo Mze" for Seize ...
"Alternate Side": New CD by Mike Lee & Ted Chubb's New Tricks Due April 5
The four members of New Tricks first discovered their uncanny musical affinity more than six years ago, and have been delving into creative possibilities ever since. Their brilliant sophomore CD Alternate Side, which New Tricks Records will release on April 5, is clearly a group effort in which the band mates interact with and complement each ...
Chicago's Come Sunday Mixes Gospel & Jazz on Debut CD "Crosscurrents"
The Chicago septet Come Sunday melds jazz form and gospel tradition on their striking debut CD Crosscurrents, due for release May 3. Taking their name and inspiration from Duke Ellington's groundbreaking 1958 collaboration with gospel queen Mahalia Jackson, Come Sunday reinterprets time-honored spirituals and gospel classics—plus one Stevie Wonder tune and, of course, Ellington's “Come Sunday"—in ...
Sonny Rollins to Receive National Medal of Arts at the White House, March 2
Saxophonist Sonny Rollins is one of ten honorees who will receive the 2010 National Medal of Arts for outstanding achievements and support of the arts, it was announced by the White House today. The presentation will be made tomorrow, March 2, at 1:45 pm, by President Barack Obama in an East Room ceremony at the White ...
"Inner State," Debut CD by San Francisco-Based Guitarist/Composer Alex Pinto, to be Released by Pursuance Records 3/22
San Francisco-based jazz guitarist Alex Pinto has a sound and concept unlike any other player on the scene. On his debut CD, Inner State, which features his working quartet, Pinto makes a powerful first impression with his fluid phrasing, bright tone, and a program of seven original compositions marked by engaging melodies and unorthodox harmonic forms. ...
