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Article: Album Review

Alan Chan: Shrimp Tale

Read "Shrimp Tale" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 1, 2014

Big bands these days are being taken in many directions, one of which is eastward. Alan Chan, born and raised in Hong Kong and educated in part in the U.S. (at the universities of Miami and Southern California), has deftly blended Asian tradition with American jazz on Shrimp Tale, the splendid debut recording by his three-year-old ...

Article: New York Beat

Horace Silver: Recollections and Retrospections

by Nick Catalano
July 1, 2014

In the halcyon days of the first Birdland (the early 50's) Monday night was jam session night and the house rhythm section featured a young pianist named Horace Silver. Though in his early 20's (he was born in 1928) Silver appeared much younger and his diminutive figure at the keyboard is still etched in my mind ...

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Christopher Parker: Full Circle

Read "Full Circle" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 1, 2014

Pianist Chris Parker is a musical explorer. He has travelled around the world musically and as his latest album Full Circle indicates, he has reached his destination and found an aesthetic where all the different aspects of his musical curiosity come together. While Parker travels a lot musically, he doesn't visit the melancholy ...

News: Performance / Tour

Critically Acclaimed Vocalist Michelle Walker At The Sidedoor Jazz Club (CT) August 8, 2014 8:30 PM

July 1, 2014

JGP Recording Artist Michelle Walker will Perform Tracks from her upcoming CD “Love Misery” New York, NY – Gearing up for the release of her next studio album, jazz vocalist Michelle Walker and her band will be performing live at The Sidedoor Jazz Club in Old Lyme, CT on Friday August 8, 2014 performing a special ...

News: Award / Grant

Stanley Clarke Invited Into Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

July 1, 2014

We’re pleased to announce film composer Stanley Clarke’s invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. This year only 271 artists and executives were extended invitations to the elite 6,417 membership. All have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. “This year’s class of invitees represents some of the most talented, ...

News: Recording

Guitar Legend Carl Verheyen Releases New CD Mustang Run Feat. Simon Phillips, Chad Wackerman, Jerry Goodman And Bill Evans

July 1, 2014

Los Angeles, CA - Much to the excitement of guitar players and Supertramp fans worldwide, guitarist Carl Verheyen has released his new CD 'Mustang Run'. In his 40-plus years of playing the instrument, Carl Verheyen has created a wildly successful, multi-faceted career. He is a critically-acclaimed musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, producer and educator with 11 CDs ...

News: Performance / Tour

Trumpeter Duane Eubanks In Hawthorne Park Concert Thurs. July 24th!

July 1, 2014

Jazz Bridge and Friends of Hawthorne Park present Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, bandleader and recording artist Duane Eubanks and his Quartet on Thursday, July 17th (rain date, July 24th). This is the third in the four-concert Jazz in Hawthorne Park series, each featuring our area’s finest jazz artists. Hawthorne Park is at 12th and Catharine Streets, and ...

News: Recording

Paquito D'Rivera's "Jazz Meets The Classics" Out On Aug. 5th!

July 1, 2014

Legendary Cuban born woodwind master Paquito D'Rivera will release his new classical meets jazz fusion recording on his own Paquito Records on August 5th! The border between classical and jazz music has always been a fluid one, with composers from each camp finding inspiration on both sides of the divide. It wasn’t long ago that Darius ...

Article: Live Review

Angelique Kidjo at Nourse Auditorium, San Francisco

by Harry S. Pariser
June 30, 2014

Angelique Kidjo California Institute of Integral Studies Nourse Theater June 21, 2014 “I believe that any feeling of xenophobia and fear comes from ignorance. Often people think that when you are not like them, you are different and therefore you are a threat. It is not true. I think that the ...

Article: Album Review

Tomás Doncker Band: Moanin' at Midnight

Read "Moanin' at Midnight" reviewed by Paul Naser

by Paul Naser
June 30, 2014

Internationally renowned guitarist and vocalist Tomás Doncker has worked with such greats as Bootsy Collins and Ivan Neville. His newest release, Moanin' at Midnight: The Howlin Wolf Project (True Groove, 2014), a tribute to blues legend Chester Burnett, otherwise known as Howlin' Wolf, has all the raw energy that a blues record like this needs. The ...