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Kadi Vija & Lucas Dann: Ugly Beauty
by Geno Thackara
Countless musicians have tackled the songs of Thelonious Monk, but it's arguably a rare performer who comes out just as angular and quirky as the man himself. When two such voices join together, both sharing an excellent feel for his tricky offbeat sensibility, it's a distinctly unusual pleasure. Through the brief half-hour of Ugly ...
Doug MacDonald: Jazz Marathon 2
by Jack Bowers
For those who thought that guitarist Doug MacDonald's happy-go-lucky jazz marathon had crossed the finish line with the release more than a year ago of Just for Fun, the good news is that MacDonald and his talented teammates have found their second wind and the marathon continues through a second effervescent two-CD session taped at the ...
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius
As a licensed, board certified Genius, it goes without saying that I have a wide and eclectic range of interests. From World War I to Shakespeare, from Jazz to a vast array of world cuisines, from the supervolcano underneath Yellowstone Park to the upper 2/3s of actress Kat Dennings. I am a man of many parts. ...
Things We Like: Thelonious Monk
by Libero Farnè
All'interno delle stagioni di Angelica a Bologna, è giunto alla decima edizione il ciclo di filmati “Voci dall'al di là." Curato da Walter Rovere, fin dall'origine ha avuto come logo l'emblematica immagine dell'incontro fra i sorridenti John Cage e Sun Ra. Nell'anno in cui si celebra il centenario della nascita di Thelonious Monk non poteva mancare ...
T.S. Monk Sextet at Revolution Hall
by Tom Borden and Eric Gibbons
T.S. Monk Sextet Revolution Hall PDX Jazz 2017 Portland, OR February 25, 2017 The centerpiece of the 2017 PDX Jazz festival was a posthumous honor bestowed upon the late great Thelonious Monk. Inarguably a pillar in the pantheon of jazz, Monk's music was delivered at this year's festival from as ...
Pianist Mike Longo's Consolidated Artists Productions To Release His New CD, "Only Time Will Tell," March 31
Connoisseurs of jazz piano trios will welcome the release, on March 31, of Only Time Will Tell, the new trio recording by piano master Mike Longo with Paul West on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. The disc is Longo’s 20th for the CAP (Consolidated Artists Productions) label, and his 26th since debuting as a leader ...
Meet Richard Berger
by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
A regular on the New York jazz and avant jazz scenes, Richard Berger is frequently seen about town in the company of his wife, our December Super Fan, Roberta DeNicola. Music has long been Richard's “positive addiction," giving him the best of times and helping him through the worst of times. “Jazz is very much a ...
Kadi Vija and Lucas Dann: Ugly Beauty
by Troy Dostert
It's hard to imagine anything more daunting for an up-and-coming vocalist than to tackle a vocal album of Thelonious Monk material--wordless, no less--with nothing more than piano accompaniment. Yet that's exactly what Finnish singer Kadi Vija has done here, along with Canadian pianist Lucas Dann. Hitting those crazy intervals and capturing the unique logic of Monk's ...
Steve Khan: Backlog
by James Nadal
In what could best be described as an enduring exploration, Steve Khan has undertaken the role of expanding and redefining the role of the guitar in the hybrid genre of Latin Jazz. Backlog continues with the concept established as far back as 2005 on The Green Field (Tone Center), in the transformation of straight-ahead jazz compositions ...
Steve Khan: Backlog
by Mark F. Turner
Steve Khan's love affair with Latin music germinated in the 1980's with his stellar Eyewitness recordings and continued to develop in a number of releases including 2011's Parting Shot and 2014's Subtext both on Tone Center Records. Backlog is third in this series and represents some of the esteemed jazz guitarist's finest work to date.
