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Article: Extended Analysis

Tender Heart: Songs Of Tom Giacabetti And Melissa Gilstrap

by Victor L. Schermer
September 27, 2016

The late Tom Giacabetti was a master guitarist based in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Towards the end of his life, cut short at age 64 by a prolonged illness, he compiled several of his own compositions for some of which lyrics were set by Melissa Gilstrap, a Philly lawyer and lover of music, poetry, literature, and ...

Article: Film Review

Jimmy Scott: I Go Back Home

by Victor L. Schermer
September 12, 2016

Jimmy Scott: I Go Back Home Kemper Music, Sine Qua Non Music 2016 “Little" Jimmy Scott (1925-2014) was for a long time the world's greatest jazz singer nobody ever heard of. Enormously talented, with an intuitive grasp of the jazz idiom and the blues, he began his ascendance as a singer with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Danny Lerman Appears At Chicago's Underground Wonderbar on August 31st

August 27, 2016

Danny Lerman has taken the wow from his albums, performances, and charm and made a show like no other. Enjoy an original, dynamic and emotionally grabbing crossover attention getter! Lerman's beautifully exotic songs, lush arrangements, riveting improvisation and showmanship will please jazz lovers and new audiences alike. Danny combines his African, Latin, Middle Eastern and American ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Tony Bennett

August 3, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Tony Bennett's birthday today! No one else in popular American music has recorded for so long and at such a high level of excellence as Tony Bennett. In the last ten years alone he has sold ten million records. The essence of his longevity and high artistic achievement was imbued in ...

Article: Album Review

Kinga: Guess Who I Saw Today

Read "Guess Who I Saw Today" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 14, 2016

Born in Poland and eventually settling in Ottawa, Ontario, Canadian songstress Kinga reveals her debut recording Guess Who I Saw Today presenting a terrific selection of standards and reimagined classics produced and arranged by friend and pianist extraordinaire Bill King. Gifted with a dark crisp voice, Kinga's love for jazz was developed at an early age ...

News: Recording

Drummer Kevin Bowers Announces New Album - Nova - Out August 9, 2016

July 13, 2016

Acclaimed Drummer Kevin Bowers’ Third Solo Album, Nova, Poised To Be The Soundtrack To The Best Movie Never Made Kevin Bowers Set To Release Third Solo Album Nova This August Imagine a movie starring Fred Astaire and Lena Horne, and directed by Federico Fellini. In your mind’s ear, listen to the soundtrack, a mélange of Brazilian ...

News: Festival

92Y Jazz In July Festival 2016 Season: July 19-28

July 10, 2016

Bill Charlap, Artistic Director. Featuring: Harry Allen, Gene Bertoncini, Anat Cohen, Freddy Cole, Jimmy Greene, Jon Gordon, Dick Hyman, Jon-Erik Kellso, Jeremy Pelt, Ken Peplowski, Houston Person, Renee Rosnes, Carol Sloane, Rossano Sportiello, Warren Vaché, Steve Wilson and More Single Tickets from $52 / Age 35 and Under- $25 212.415.5500 92Y’s 32nd annual Jazz ...

Article: Album Review

Steven Davis: The Way You Look Tonight

Read "The Way You Look Tonight" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
June 10, 2016

Los Angeles songwriter and vocalist Steven Davis, finally reveals a non-holiday big band vocals album of his own with the swinging The Way You Look Tonight following in the tradition of great singers like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis, Jr. and others. This is traditional big band swing with a new voice interpreting the standards ...

Article: Lyrics

José James: una grande voce per la Black Music

by Angelo Leonardi
June 6, 2016

La recente pubblicazione per la Blue Note di Yesterday I Had the Blues -The Music of Billie Holiday , torna a collocare José James in una piena cornice jazzistica. È una commemorazione della cantante e un approccio tradizionale che oggi James affronta senza paura d'apparire prigionero del passato. L'altro esempio riguarda l'album For All We Know, ...

Article: Live Review

Tony Bennett Slays 'Em At Gilmore Keyboard Festival in Kalamazoo

by John Ephland
May 12, 2016

Tony Bennett and His Quartet Chenery Auditorium Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival Kalamazoo, MI May 7, 2016 You could sense it. Here was an artist who was the last man standing from an era that covered anything and everyone, from Gershwin to Gaga. With an accent on George. Tony ...