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Salongo: Salongo
by Michael P. Gladstone
Sãlongo is a combo with a three horn front line that is dedicated to playing Brazilian and Afro-Cuban music and whose name translates loosely from a Zairian expression, “we come together to create something beautiful out of love." Although the front line players are not natives of either of these parts of the world, the rhythm ...
Donny McCaslin to Release New CD "Recommended Tools" on Greenleaf Music
Recommended Tools is the 7th release from 2008 Downbeat Rising Star Poll winner Donny McCaslin. It is also his first for Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music label. “I asked Donny McCaslin to write and record the Great American Tenor Trio Record, half jokingly. Well, he delivered, with a stunning set of music," says Douglas about the release. ...
Oleg Kireyev with the Keith Javors Trio at Blues Alley Jazz Club
In a unique collaboration of East and West, Russian jazz saxophonist Oleg Kireyev meets the Keith Javors Trio in an exciting evening of straight-ahead jazz standards and originals at Blues Alley Jazz Club in Washington DC. on Tuesday September 16th, 2008. Oleg Kireyev with the Keith Javors Trio Oleg Kireyev, saxophones Keith ...
Oleg Kireyev with the Keith Javors Trio at Chris' Jazz Cafe
In a unique collaboration of East and West, Russian jazz saxophonist Oleg Kireyev meets the Keith Javors Trio in an exciting evening of straight-ahead jazz standards and originals at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia on Monday September 15th, 2008. Oleg Kireyev with the Keith Javors Trio Oleg Kireyev, saxophones Keith Javors, piano ...
Bryan Beninghove: Organ Trio
by Woodrow Wilkins
Bryan Beninghove puts a different spin on the jazz trio. Instead of piano or guitar with bass and drums, he heads sax-organ-drums combo. It makes for an interesting, off-the-beaten-path recording, aptly titled Organ Trio.Saxophonist/composer Beninghove hails from the Baltimore suburb of Westminster, Md. He has performed with such musicians as Rufus Reid, Jamey Haddad ...
Too Blue Lou and the Groove: The Birth of Hip Bop
by Woodrow Wilkins
Not all attempts to blend jazz with rap are successful. Often, it's R&B or hip-hop packaged in a way that fools people into thinking it is jazz when it isn't. Once in a while, a merger of these genres works. The Birth of Hip Bop, by Too Blue Lou and the Groove, is one such merger.
Tim Hagans: Alone Together
by Woodrow Wilkins
The nice thing about jazz is that even when an artist covers a standard that has been recorded many times and many ways, the music can still sound like something new, despite its familiar feel. Trumpeter Tim Hagans accomplishes this on Alone Together, a mix of old and new. A Dayton (Ohio) native, Hagans ...
Bill Stewart: Incandescence
by Michael P. Gladstone
Funk and jazz drummer Bill Stewart brings an unusual format to this effort. The use of piano and Hammond organ completes his trio, with Stewart offering a series of challenging compositions. Incandescence is indeed an appropriate title for the album, as it exudes a glowing-with-heat ambiance. Stewart's long stretch with guitarist John Scofield's group provides a ...
Joel Harrison: The Wheel
by Troy Collins
A wildly diverse improviser/composer/arranger with a penchant for unorthodox instrumental combinations, guitarist Joel Harrison has sustained one of the most unpredictable discographies of the last decade with his chimerical mix of jazz, blues, chamber music, African and Indian folk music, Appalachian tunes and old school country songs. Nothing in his expansive output approaches the ...
Modern Drummer 2008 Festival Weekend Line up and Ticket Information Announced
Modern Drummer Magazine Announces All-Star Line-Up and New Location for 2008 Modern Drummer Festival Weekend. Modern Drummer Publications is proud to announce an unprecedented lineup of world- class drum artists, along with a new location just north of New York City, for the eighteenth edition of Modern Drummer Festival Weekend--the most prestigious, longest- running, and largest ...
