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Jazz Soul Seven: Impressions of Curtis Mayfield
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 ...
Florian Hoefner: Songs Without Words
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: XXI Century
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 ...
Luis Perdomo: Walking Towards the Light
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 ...
Andrew Swift: Swift Kick
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 ...
Ari Erev: A Handful of Changes
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 ...
Debut Release from Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio - Coming July 17, 2012
New release, coming July 17, 2012: the debut album by the DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO KOKAYI vocals JASON LINDNER keyboards DAFNIS PRIETO drums “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 ...
Jazz Soul Seven: Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield
by Dan Bilawsky
Curtis Mayfield's music has always possessed a certain cachet in soul, funk, R&B, pop and rock circles, but it never fully took hold in jazz until now. Pianist Herbie Hancock had some fun with Mayfield's “Future Shock" on the decades-old album of the same name (Columbia 1983), while other jazz musicians may have occasionally taken a ...
