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Mark Weinstein: Jazz Brasil
by Edward Blanco
Flautist Mark Weinstein has been a major force in the Latin jazz genre for some time, releasing projects almost yearly. Though the body of his discography falls squarely within the Afro-Cuban form which remains his passion, he has slowly gravitated towards the Brazilian sound, releasing three Brazilian-style projects, for Jazzheads, since 2005. On Jazz Brasil, Weinstein ...
Patrick Cornelius to Perform at Rubin Museum in NYC on March 4th, 2011
Saxophonist/Composer Patrick Cornelius will be performing in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 7:00PM as part of the 2011 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Jazz Series. This performance is in celebration of his new Whirlwind Records release titled “Fierce." Patrick Cornelius—alto saxophone Taylor Eigsti—piano Mark ...
Samir Zarif: Starting Point
by Mark F. Turner
Among the many new voices with something unique to say, Texas-born saxophonist Samir Zarif's Starting Point is as fresh a debut as they come. A member of the internationally acclaimed group The Story--whose names include rising stars, pianist John Escreet and saxophonist Lars Dietrich--Zarif also contributed to singer Maria Neckam's memorable Deeper (Sunnyside, 2010). In both ...
Samir Zarif: Starting Point
by Dan Bilawsky
Saxophonist Samir Zarif has experienced a wide cross section of the cultural landscape of the United States. Zarif grew up in Texas, spent his college years learning and performing in New Orleans, and then traveled north to New York for his studies at the Manhattan School of Music. While all of this isn't necessarily remarkable for ...
Chantale Gagné: Wisdom Of The Water
by Dan Bilawsky
In many ways, water is the ultimate life force. Approximately seventy percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water and more than half of the human body is made up of water. Perhaps, it was with this in mind that nature endowed water with a certain degree of logic in motion. Water often flows ever-forward ...
Ballister: Bastard String
by Mark Corroto
There is something special about watching jugglers perform. It is a marvel how the juggler can seemingly interrupt the laws of gravity at will, keeping balls (or chainsaws) suspended through sheer tenacity. Such it is when listening to Ballister perform the three lengthy improvised pieces on Bastard String.As the juggler doesn't rely on willpower to ...
Seval: i know you
by Karl Ackermann
Jazz fans and speech pathologists may disagree on the technicalities, but analogies between vocals and instrumentation date back to Billie Holiday. Holiday referred to her own singing as feeling like, ..."I'm playing the horn." If validation of the theory were in doubt, Ethiopian-born, Vietnamese-raised vocalist, Sofia Jernberg lays it to rest. The very inventive vocalist is ...
David Binney: Graylen Epicenter
by C. Michael Bailey
Alto saxophonist and producer David Binney has become a ubiquitous presence in jazz in the last 20 years fronting his own bands while appearing with Donny McCaslin, Uri Caine, Joel Harrison, Edward Simon and Bobby Previte. He might be considered the logical next step in jazz saxophone after Wayne Shorter and Michael Brecker (Sonny Rollins remains ...
Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet at Smalls Jazz Club February 11th and 12th, 2011
Guitarist/Composer & Bandleader Jonathan Kreisberg will be performing with his group at Smalls Jazz Club in New York City on Friday February 11th, 2011 & Saturday February 12th, 2011—Set Time is 10:00PM. This performance is in celebration of Jonathan Kreisberg's new CD release Shadowless from New for Now Music. The Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet Jonathan ...
Eli Degibri's Upcoming 2011 Tour Dates
February 24, Smalls Jazz Club, New York, NY Eli Degibri Quartet with Gary Versace, Doug Weiss, Johnathan Blake March 25, Hamburg, Germany Eli Degibri with the Al Foster Quartet March 26, Piacenza, Italy Eli Degibri with the Al Foster Quartet March 28, Ravenna, Italy Eli Degibri with the Al Foster Quartet March 29, Ravenna, Italy Eli ...
