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Itai Kriss: The Shark
by Dan Bilawsky
New and/or notable flute voices in jazz don't seem to come around very often. While scores of saxophonists double on this instrument, very few players that enter the jazz trenches are pure flautists, through and through. When a musician makes the decision to focus solely on an instrument like the flute, they might be narrowing their ...
Curtis Macdonald: Community Immunity
by Dan Bilawsky
"The Jazz Community" is a phrase that shows up in more than a few album reviews, but what does it really mean? Like-minded jazz musicians certainly gravitate toward one another, but they don't live in some massive, hippie-like commune where people play John Coltrane and Charlie Parker licks ad infinitum and bow down in front of ...
Pianist Beth Levin Performs at Bargemusic in New York on Friday July 22nd, 2011
Dreaming: Piano at Bargemusic Programme Works of Rameau, Scarlatti, Andrew Rudin, and Robert Schumann Fairouz, Mohammed: Piano Miniatures, No.7 and 8 (*World Premiere) Programme is subject to change) Pianist Beth Levin performs a varied programme, including a world premiere composition by Mohammed Fairouz, at Bargemusic. Bargemusic presents chamber music in an unlikely and startlingly beautiful venue—a ...
Bill Carrothers Trio: A Night at the Village Vanguard
by Warren Allen
Bill Carrothers Trio A Night At The Village Vanguard Pirouet Records 2011 Pianist Bill Carrothers could not have picked a better venue to cut a trio recording in. Whether it's the inimitable acoustics of the Village Vanguard, or simply the sheer number of essential records cut there over the decades ...
Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble: Galactic Diamonds
by Bruce Lindsay
Some people favor the big statement: the bling of an over-large jewel, the blinding distraction of too many sparkly things. Others have the good taste to know that the small stones shine most brightly. Pianist, composer and melodica player Steve Hudson is one of those people, and the debut recording from his Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble, ...
John Escreet: The Age We Live In
by Mark F. Turner
John Escreet just keeps pressing forward with recordings that are not stuck in the quagmire of normalcy. From his auspicious debut, Consequences (Posi-tone, 2008), to his equally ambitious sophomore release, Don't Fight The Inevitable (Mythology Records, 2010), the young pianist has demonstrated imagination and abilities in the same vein as Jason Moran and Craig Taborn. His ...
Bobby Sanabria / Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra: Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!
by Alain Londes
The spirit of Tito Puente comes alive with a riveting live concert, wonderfully recorded, on Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!. Percussionist Bobby Sanabria fires up the exceptionally talented Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra in an energetic performance, just as he did on Kenya Revisited Live!!! (Jazzheads, 2009), this time showing maestro Puente's depth, majesty, complexity ...
Larry Goldings: In My Room
by Dan Bilawsky
Sentimentality gets a raw deal in the eyes of many a jazz fan and journalist. Somewhere along the line, a lot of artists began indulging in overwrought expressions of emotion in an effort to artificially enhance their work with a sense of depth that might not truly exist, but that shouldn't taint the very idea of ...
Bill Carrothers Trio: A Night At the Village Vanguard
by C. Michael Bailey
The sonic character of New York City's Village Vanguard is one of sound as memory. There is a pillow of pungent warmth and familiarity surrounding the sounds captured that can be heard on the early recordings, like Sonny Rollins' A Night At the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1957), Bill Evans' The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions, 1961 ...
Noah Haidu Quartet at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music on June 3rd, 2011
On Friday June 3rd, 2011 pianist/composer Noah Haidu will be performing with his Quartet at The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in Brooklyn, NY. The performance will feature selections from his new critically acclaimed Posi Tone release “Slipstream." Joining Haidu on this performance are Duane Eubanks on trumpet, Corcoran Holt on bass, & McClenty Hunter on drums. ...
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