Results for "Tony Lakatos"

Miklós Lukács: Timeless

by Ian Patterson
November 13, 2024

Miklós Lukács is one of the world's premier players of the cimbalom, the modern extension of the hammered dulcimer. The progenitors of today's cimbalom, common to many folk traditions, date to Mesopotamia circa 670 BC, or so ancient stone carvings suggest. Lukács is no stranger to folk music, but he is equally at home interpreting Franz ...

Sings

By Jeremy Monteiro

Label: Jazznote Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Candy; Smile; Josefina; Moon River; Blame it on My Youth; Let's Fall in Love; You'll Never Know; Walkin' my Baby Back Home; My Romance; Softly As I leave You.

Jeremy Monteiro: Sings

by Ian Patterson
December 12, 2023

Singapore's King of Swing, as pianist Jeremy Monteiro is fondly known in the Lion City-state, has been plying his professional craft since 1976. Since then, Monteiro has played thousands of gigs, many of those with the likes of James Moody, Jimmy Cobb, Michael Brecker, Benny Golson, Charlie Haden, Jay Anderson and Ernie Watts. Talk about paying ...

More Jazz From 2022

by Jerome Wilson
January 16, 2023

The year 2022 produced a bumper crop of worthwhile jazz recordings, so many it was impossible to give all of them their due in a timely fashion. Here are belated appreciations of six titles that deserve praise. Doug Wamble Blues In The Present Tense Halcyonic Records 2022 ...

Rituals

By Jim McNeely

Label: Double Moon Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Adoration I; Adoration II; Adoration III; Sacrifice I; Sacrifice II; Rebirth; Dawn; The Wheel; Wine Dark Sea; Okinawa.

Jim McNeely Frankfurt Radio Big Band feat. Chris Potter: Rituals

by Angelo Leonardi
April 25, 2022

Commissionata dall'Alte Oper Frankfurt a Jim McNeely nell'ambito del festival dedicato a Stravinsky del 2013, quest'originale esecuzione de “Le Sacre du Printemps" è stata registrata due anni dopo in studio e viene pubblicata solo ora. Assieme all'arrangiatore di Chicago, i protagonisti sono Chris Potter al sax tenore e soprano, e la Frankfurt Radio Big Band.

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Jasper van ‘t Hof Live at BIMHUIS Amsterdam

by BIMHUIS
January 7, 2019

Jasper van 't Hof is a pianist and composer. He is widely known for his virtuosic technique on the keyboard, and is one of the most active jazz musicians in Europe. His natural curiosity has seen him become one of the leading innovators in the European jazz scene, on both grand and electric piano, as well ...

Jim McNeely: Barefoot Dances and Other Visions

by Jerome Wilson
November 15, 2018

When today's top composer-arrangers of large ensemble jazz are discussed, Jim McNeely's name sometimes gets overlooked. He deserves the recognition. He's been a long- time associate of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra and its descendant, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and he's also done a lot of work with several European big bands. It could be ...

Jim McNeely / Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Barefoot Dances and Other Visions

by Jack Bowers
April 12, 2018

Barefoot Dances and Other Visions is a contemporary seven-part suite written by composer/arranger Jim McNeely in 2014 for the Frankfurt Radio Big Band, with whom he has worked since 2008. “I tailored my musical visions," he writes, “to fit each player in the ensemble, and placed each soloist in a framework both familiar and challenging." Challenging ...