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News: Recording

Montreal Jazz Chanteuse Susie Arioli Goes "All the Way" on New Jazzheads Release.

Montreal Jazz Chanteuse Susie Arioli Goes "All the Way" on New Jazzheads Release.

Set to perform at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in New York City on June 19, 2012 Since first joining forces in 1998 with guitarist and kindred spirit Jordan Officer in her Swing Band, Montreal-based singer Susie Arioli has been casting her seductive spell on jazz fans throughout Canada, and in Europe. Her sultry voice, clear articulation and fondness ...

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News: Recording

FFEAR (Forum for Electro-Acoustic Research) to Release New Recording "Mirage" on Jazzheads Records.

FFEAR (Forum for Electro-Acoustic Research) to Release New Recording "Mirage" on Jazzheads Records.

FFEAR (Forum for Electro-Acoustic Research) is an adventurous improvising quartet co-led by long-time collaborators Ole Mathisen and Chris Washburne.  FFEAR's prime objective is to research and explore new sonic possibilities by adopting contemporary classical compositional techniques into an improvisational setting. Conventional uses of meter, tonality, and harmony are replaced with multiple meters, microtonality, and open templates ...

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Article: Album Review

Jazz Soul Seven: Impressions of Curtis Mayfield

Read "Impressions of Curtis Mayfield" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Curtis Mayfield's solo work and his work with the Impressions are highwater marks in popular music, representing the Chicago soul music constituency popular in the 1960s and '70s. His influence is yet to be fully realized or understood today, making his creative corpus a very tantalizing source of material for modern players. Jazz Soul Seven, an ...

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Article: Album Review

Florian Hoefner: Songs Without Words

Read "Songs Without Words" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


A youthful quartet led by German pianist Florian Hoefner offers a modern jazz effort that is by no means a game-changer, yet boasts a diverse track mix. Now residing in New York, Hoefner is a two-time recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award. Featuring his original compositions, the quartet on Songs Without Words displays verve ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bassist Amanda Ruzza CD Release Performance, Zinc Bar, NYC, May 22, 2012

Bassist Amanda Ruzza CD Release Performance, Zinc Bar, NYC, May 22, 2012

Electric bassist, Brazilian musical artist and composer Amanda Ruzza (http://www.AmandaRuzza.com) celebrates her new CD release, This is What Happened with a CD release party on Tuesday May 22, 2012, and performances at 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM, at the Zinc Bar, 82 West 3rd Street (between Thompson & Sullivan), New York City. The multi-lingual, Brazilian Native, a virtuoso electric ...

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News: Recording

Debut Release from Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio

Debut Release from Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio

DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO KOKAYI vocals JASON LINDNER keyboards DAFNIS PRIETO drums DAFNISON MUSIC “Everything was improvised," says Dafnis Prieto. “We did the entire album in six hours." He's speaking about DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO, the eponymous album that's about to be released on Prieto's label Dafnison Music. ...

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Article: Album Review

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: XXI Century

Read "XXI Century" reviewed by Mark Corroto


If Gonzalo Rubalcaba were a major league pitcher, he would be a seasoned veteran with the knowledge that to be effective he would have to be the master of multiple pitches. Gone are his rookie days when he could throw nothing but fastballs to get outs.Same for Gonzalo Rubalcaba, jazz pianist. Twenty-five years ago ...

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Article: Interview

Luis Perdomo: Walking Towards the Light

Read "Luis Perdomo: Walking Towards the Light" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Pianist Luis Perdomo's fingers dart across the keys, eloquently telling the stories that traverse his mind in that instant; doing so in a manner that enraptures an audience. He moves people, and does so in a manner that appears, on the surface, easy. Like great athletes. Like other great musicians. This is one of the finer ...

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Article: Album Review

Andrew Swift: Swift Kick

Read "Swift Kick" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Currently the drummer for saxophonist Sharel Cassity and her quintet, the Matt Garrison Project as well as being the drumming voice for many nationally syndicated television commercials, Australian drummer Andrew Swift unveils his debut with Swift Kick, a remarkably engaging piece of musical mastery. There's no doubt about this outing, critics and audiences alike will devour ...

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Article: Album Review

Ari Erev: A Handful of Changes

Read "A Handful of Changes" reviewed by Edward Blanco


On his previous recording, About Time (CDBABY, 2008), Israeli pianist Ari Erev led a jazz piano trio in a blend of standards featuring the music of Bill Evans. In continuing his exploration of jazz, Erev engineers A Handful of Changes, affirming what he once stated: “My music has evolved during the past few years." With this ...


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