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Todd Marcus Jazz Orchestra: Blues for Tahrir
by Angelo Leonardi
Che il jazz sia una musica sorprendente lo sappiamo bene ma spesso le sorprese ti piombano dal cielo (o per meglio dire, dal web) quando meno te le aspetti. E sono varie ed eccitanti. Il leader di questo medio organico è un clarinettista (basso) statunitense con radici familiari egiziane ed è stato scelto tra i ...
The Global Jazz Orchestra: Global Warming / Globarhythm
by Jack Bowers
One day, about a dozen or so years ago, a slender, unassuming Japanese man stood at a booth at the far end of an exhibit hall at an annual conference of the (now-defunct) International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE). Answering a question posed by a writer looking for big-band CDs to review, he said, in halting ...
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer
by Angelo Leonardi
Questo disco ci è giunto con un po' di ritardo ma va assolutamente segnalato. È infatti uno dei migliori dischi dell'anno nonchè un omaggio al genio orchestrale di Bob Brookmeyer. Forse non tutti sanno che lo storico trombonista, partner negli anni cinquanta di Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan e Jimmy Giuffre, è stato uno di massimi orchestratori ...
Mark Taylor and the BigBand: To the Edge
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The person who grasps the reins as big band arranger assumes assorted artistic and aesthetic responsibilities--a “structural" engineer, a sound painter, a decision-maker, and quite importantly, a challenger and motivator. The finest purveyors of the craft, both past and present, are all well-aware of these demands. Yet, they relish the opportunity and provide the musical canvas ...
George Mraz/Camilla Mraz Trio On September 12 At Jazz At Kitano! One Night Only!
JAZZ AT KITANO: September 12, 8pm & 10pm The George Mraz/Camilla Mraz Trio George Mraz - bass Camilla Mraz - piano Anthony Pinciotti - drums Jazz at Kitano 66 Park Ave. at E. 38th St. New York, NY 10016 Cover: $30 plus $20 minimum on food/beverage. ...
Steve LaSpina Quartet at William Paterson University
by David A. Orthmann
Steve LaSpina Quartet William Paterson University Summer Jazz Room Wayne, NJ July 23, 2015 At William Paterson University, jazz is taken seriously. Undergraduate and graduate courses are taught by some of the most distinguished names in the business, and the music is presented to the public with care and ...
Pianist Vlad West Releases "Green Light"
ALVE Recording Co. Proudly Presents a new release by pianist Vlad West Vlad West, a noted jazz pianist who has played with numerous luminaries including Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Tony Scott and Clark Terry, and is known in Europe as Vladimir Sermakashev, has released his second album Green Light. Commemorating his work ...
Brisbane International Jazz Festival 2015
by Ian Patterson
Brisbane International Jazz Festival Various locations Brisbane, Australia June 3-8, 2015 Celebrating its third edition, the Brisbane International Jazz Festival may be one of Australia's youngest jazz festivals but the state of Queensland is no stranger to jazz. The non-profit organisation Jazz Queensland has been curating concerts, developing audiences and working ...
Luther Thomas: In Denmark
by Jakob Baekgaard
Denmark has a long tradition of jazz immigration and in the land where the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen was born, it is truly a musical fairy tale that such great artists as saxophonists Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon and Stan Getz have lived and worked in the country, along with pianists like Kenny Drew and Horace ...
Bray Jazz Festival 2015
by Ian Patterson
Bray Jazz Festival 2015 Various Venues Bray, Ireland May 1-3, 2015 Sunshine and squall. The sun and the clouds chased each other's tails throughout the May Bank Holiday weekend of the Bray Jazz Festival. In a way the weather mirrored the music--a pleasingly eclectic, bracing mixture--and the fortunes of the ...
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