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Beka Gochiashvili: Beka Gochiashvili
by Dan Bilawsky
Those who toil in the jazz trenches often spend a lifetime trying to develop their own sound and acquire a high-level understanding of this music, but a select few seem to be born into the fold. Drumming innovator Tony Williams, guitar sensation Julian Lage and pianist Eldar Djangirov were playing at an über-proficient level as children ...
Mahlis-Panos Project: Protoleia
by Franz A. Matzner
Incorporation of non-traditional instruments into jazz can produce mixed results. It takes a gifted player to either apply jazz traditions to an unusual instrument or in reverse integrate the traditions and unique sounds of an instrument with the structures and conventions of jazz. In the wrong hands, or deployed for the sake of exoticism, the effect ...
Sam Newsome Explores Ellington, Coltrane and African Suites on Third in a Trilogy of Solo Soprano Sax Releases.
Following such acclaimed projects as 2010's Blue Soliloquy (which received a five-star rating from Downbeat and was named one the Best CDs of 2010 by All About Jazz) and 2007's Monk Abstractions, virtuoso saxophonist Sam Newsome unveils the third in a trilogy of potent solo soprano recordings, The Art of the Soprano, Vol. 1. Utilizing an ...
Legendary Saxophonist George Coleman Coming to the Jazz Standard October 25th thru 28th, 2012.
George Coleman would be a legendary figure in jazz for his crucial role in the Miles Davis Quintet of 1963-64, even if he'd never recorded a string of fine albums as a leader. Coleman fans have heard him most often in an acoustic setting with longtime Memphis running partner, pianist Harold Mabern. But this week at ...
Origin Records "Human Spirit" 2012 Upcoming Tour Dates.
“...(Human Spirit) pushes forth the definition of the new West Coast jazz..." —C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz October 5 - 6: ANDY'S JAZZ CLUB, CHICAGO, IL 11 E. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60611, (312) 642-6805, 9:30pm Thomas Marriott (trumpet), Mark Taylor (saxophone), Chip Stephens (piano), Matt Ulery (bass) and John Bishop (drums) West Coast Tour ...
Saxophonist Sam Newsome and Pianist Ethan Iverson Perform in the Sound It out Series at Greenwich House Music School, September 15, 2012.
Sam Newsome will play an intro set of incantatory solo soprano saxophone - including famous Coltrane and Ellington pieces - before being joined by Iverson, pianist of The Bad Plus, for a full duo performance. The Sound It Out series presents saxophonist Sam Newsome and pianist Ethan Iverson in performance at the Greenwich House Music School ...
Trumpeter John Daversa Returns with Crackling Small Group. Special Guests Bob Mintzer and Gretchen Parlato
Street Date: September 25th, 2012 “John Daversa is pioneering a new jazz sound" —Marc Myers, Jazz Wax On the heels of 2011's high-energy, take-no-prisoners, boundary-stretching Junk Wagon: The Big Band Album, acclaimed L.A.-based trumpeter-composer-arranger John Daversa scales things back for his upbeat follow up, Artful Joy. "It was difficult trying to find the right album name ...
Joey DeFrancesco: Wonderful! Wonderful!
by C. Michael Bailey
B-3 specialist Joey DeFrancesco has enjoyed a long and successful Career; so long, that Wonderful! Wonderful! is DeFrancesco's tenth HighNote release. With Tony Monaco his only real “traditional" jazz organ peer, DeFrancesco pretty well has the market cornered for greasy chitlin' circuit funk jazz cum Italian-American savoir faire. Joined by legends, guitarist Larry Coryell and drummer ...
Joey DeFrancesco: Wonderful! Wonderful!
by Dan Bilawsky
The organ trio is one of the most time-tested aggregations in jazz, and the men who form said grouping on Wonderful! Wonderful! are three of the most treasured musicians to ever play their instruments. Organ giant Joey DeFrancesco, guitar hero Larry Coryell and swinging drum stalwart Jimmy Cobb all set the bar impossibly high on their ...
"Beka Gochiashvili" as Told by Bill Milkowski
By Bill Milkowski At a recent showcase in New York, long-time friends and collaborators Stanley Clarke and Lenny White introduced 16-year-old piano phenom Beka Gochiashvili to an unsuspecting crowd of jazz fans at the Blue Note. In simple terms, the kid completely blew me away. His time was flawless, his technique impeccable, his touch and intuitive ...
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