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Sumi Tonooka: NOW: Solo Live at the Howland Cultural Center
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
There are some jazz players who suffer an unusually large gap between their credentials and their renown. Pianist Sumi Tonooka is a case in point. She studied with Mary Lou Williams, made her recording début with Detroit trumpeter Marcus Belgrave (of Motown/Tribe Records fame), and was part of Philly Joe Jones's band. Two especially strong albums--Long ...
June 2012: Gunshow
by RJ Johnson
GunshowChris' Jazz CaféPhiladelphia, PAJune 20, 2012Gunshow, a band which has been performing somewhat regularly in the Philadelphia area for a few years, with a repertoire comprised largely of original compositions, performed two sets at Chris' Jazz Café in Center City, Philadelphia.The band's draw in the Philadelphia ...
Etta James, Sarah Vaughan & Brecker Bros Box Sets Due in August from Legacy
The ultimate year-round jazz festival from Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with three new Complete Album Collections from the Sony Music archives family of labels, by the greatest names in modern jazz: THE BRECKER BROTHERS - THE COMPLETE ARISTA ALBUMS COLLECTION (Arista/Legacy) – 8 titles, 8 CDs ETTA JAMES – THE COMPLETE ...
Roberto Magris: One Night In With Hope And More...Vol.1
by Edward Blanco
Italian composer and pianist Roberto Magris is an internationally renowned artist reminiscent of piano masters like Kenny Drew, McCoy Tyner and the legendary Bill Evans. A veteran jazz musician, Magris has recorded eighteen albums in a career that has spanned over three decades and, with One Night In With Hope And More...Vol. 1, continues his collaboration ...
Joaquim Paulo and Julius Weidermann: Jazz Covers
by Lewis J Whittington
Jazz CoversJoaquim Paulo and Julius Wiedemann560 pagesISBN: 978-3-8365-2406-3Taschen2012Writers Joaquim Paulo and Julius Wiedemann have assembled a stellar exhibit by way of these oversized Taschen books. The two volumes, packaged in a slipcase, are a beautiful collection of album cover art that document the global ...
Ted Gioia: The Jazz Standards - A Guide to the Repertoire
by C. Michael Bailey
The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the RepertoireTed Gioia544 pagesISBN: 0199937397Oxford University Press2012Author and musician Ted Gioia and, by proxy, his readers, are having a pretty good year. The second edition of his informative The History of Jazz (Oxford University Press, 2011) was recently ...
Concord Music Group Releases Five New Titles In Very Best Of Jazz Series
Titles include the works of music legends Dave Brubeck, Vince Guaraldi, The Bill Evans Trio, Thelonious Monk, and Cannonball Adderley LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Concord Music Group is launching five new titles in its Very Best Of jazz series, which showcases some of the very best tracks culled from the recordings of some of the most ...
Terence Blanchard: New York, NY, June 21, 2012
by Bob Kenselaar
Terence Blanchard The Jazz Standard New York, NY June 21, 2012Terence Blanchard is an important presence in jazz today on a number of levels. He's one of the most accomplished trumpet players around, consistently showing a great command of the instrument, a distinctive voice, and a highly inventive approach ...
Tyshawn Sorey: Composite Reality
by Daniel Lehner
Though Tyshawn Sorey's Oblique-I (Pi Recordings, 2011) is his most recent release to date, it's actually comprised of some of the percussionist/composer's earliest work. Containing music that is sonically dense, enormously challenging and (as the title suggests) consistently blurs and obscures the lines drawn between improvisation and composition, it has been hailed by critics and fans ...
BMW Jazz Festival 2012
by Ross Eustis
BMW Jazz FestivalVia FunchalSão Paulo, BrazilJune 8-10, 2012 To borrow a word commonly associated with BMW cars, this is a luxury festival. The BMW Jazz Festival debuted one year ago, in 2011, in São Paulo, Brazil. With handsome funding from BMW Financial Services-Bank Group in Brazil, the young festival experienced wild ...
