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Fred Hess Big Band / Timucua Jazz Orchestra / Michael Treni
by Jack Bowers
Fred Hess Big Band Hold On Dazzle Records 2010 When listening to Hold On, composer / arranger / saxophonist Fred Hess' fourteenth album as leader but first in front of a big band, one question immediately arises: What took him so long? As it turns out, recording his ...
Gabriel Zufferey: Hear & Know
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
This satisfying, varied and coherent date sounds like the work of a mature group leader, but in fact it is only the second release from twenty-something Swiss pianist Gabriel Zufferey. His first, Après l'orage, a trio outing with heavyweight French drummer Daniel Humair and bassist Sébastien Boisseau, came out on Bee Jazz in 2005 to very ...
Ron Davis: My Mother's Father's Song
by Alain Londes
Digging deep into a family's history and heritage can reveal a goldmine of inspirational nuggets. This is exactly what Toronto-based pianist Ron Davis set out to do in his first all-trio recording, My Mother's Father's Song. His music has always drawn on the classical, swing and post-bop traditions of Art Tatum and Thelonious Monk. In this ...
Sirius XM Radio to Broadcast Live from the Montreal Jazz Festival
SIRIUS XM's Real Jazz channel will broadcast live from the 31st annual Montreal Jazz Festival, the world's largest jazz gathering. Listeners will hear Real Jazz host Mark Ruffin give a preview of the event's performances including music and interviews with artists including Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Houston Person, Robert Glasper, Gretchen Parlato and others. The live ...
Chick Corea and the Freedom Band at Denver's Botanic Gardens
by Geoff Anderson
Chick Corea and the Freedom BandBotanic GardensDenver, COJune 14, 2010The last couple times Chick Corea came through Denver, he was highly electrified. The summer before last, he performed with the reunion tour of Return to Forever. Last summer, he came through with The 5 Peace Band featuring John McLaughlin. Both of ...
Jacám Manricks: Trigonometry
by Mark Corroto
There is a snap to the music of saxophonist Jacám Manricks' music that calls to mind the invention of bebop with it's fidgety energy. Without looking backwards, this recording re-invents that atmosphere of bop animation. After self-releasing Labyrinth (2009), he returns with a stellar cast of players that includes his quartet of Gary Versace ...
At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene
by Ian Patterson
At The Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene Nat Hentoff Hardcover; 246 pages ISBN: 978-0-520-26113-6 University California Press 2010 The photograph which adorns the jacket of Nat Hentoff's At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years On The Jazz Scene--a collection ...
Sun Ra Arkestra: Sunrise In Different Dimensions
by Chris May
Sun Ra ArkestraSunrise In Different DimensionshatOLOGY2010 (1980) Sun Ra's discography is so vast, and its entry points so varied, that the late pianist and bandleader means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For most, Ra is probably best known for orchestral performances of ...
Gene Pritsker's Sound Liberation: Varieties of Religious Experience Suite
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Gene Pritsker's Sound LiberationVarieties of Religious Experience SuiteInnova Records2010 There are times when certain music--usually symphonic in scope--suggests the character of a new cultural epoch. Beethoven's 3rd Symphony, also known as the Eroica symphony, was one such, and it set the tone for the Romantic era. His 9th ...
Antonio Aldolfo / Carol Saboya: La e Ca: Here and There
by C. Michael Bailey
La e Ca: Here and There is ostensibly a piano-oriented album by Brazilian pianist/composer Antonio Adolfo, featuring frequent collaborator and vocalist Carol Saboya, who appears on five of the disc's twelve selections. Saboya is rightfully given equal billing because of her exquisitely lightly-accented, dangerously intoxicating vocals, transforming tried-and-true vocal jazz standards. The spiritual presence of the ...
