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News: Performance / Tour

Looking Ahead: Southwest Florida Jazz in the Summer

June 29, 2014

The snowbird concert season for jazz may be over in the Sarasota to Naples territory, but there’s still jazz to be found. Most of it is in the form of regular gigs at restaurants that offer jazz multiple times a week. They include J.D.’s in Port Charlotte (after its vacation week hiatus ends July 8), The ...

News: Award / Grant

NEA Jazz Masters 2015 Class

June 29, 2014

Initiated in 1982, the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship is the nation’s highest honor given to those who have devoted their lives and careers to jazz, an art form uniquely rooted in American history and culture. Described by The New York Times as a “rare public accolade for jazz”, the recipients represent a wide variety of musical ...

Article: Album Review

Lucky Peterson: The Son Of A Bluesman

Read "The Son Of A Bluesman" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 28, 2014

When the multi-talented Lucky Peterson sings of blues in his blood, it's not merely figurative boasting; Peterson's pedigree reads like a partial history of the music. Peterson was born into the blues, growing up in a home where his father--James Peterson--played guitar, sang, and passed on his gifts to his offspring. More importantly, ...

Article: Live Review

Buddy Guy At the Paramount

by Mike Perciaccante
June 28, 2014

Buddy Guy The Paramount Huntington, NY June 11, 2014 On a pleasant Wednesday evening in early June, following a bluesy and soulful acoustic set by opening act Matt Anderson, six time Grammy Award winner and Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame member Buddy Guy brought his unique brand of Chicago Blues ...

Article: Live Review

Glen David Andrews at the Rockwood Music Hall

by Mike Perciaccante
June 28, 2014

Glen David Andrews with special guest Henry Butler Rockwood Music Hall New York, NY June 18, 2014 Glen David Andrews is a showman--pure and simple. He thrives in the spotlight. Shine a spotlight on the man and he comes alive. He is a force of nature, and one to be reckoned ...

Article: Live Review

Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

by Mike Perciaccante
June 28, 2014

Goo Goo Dolls & Daughtry with special guests Plain White T's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY June 14, 2014 On June 14, the Goo Goo Dolls/Daughtry summer tour rolled into the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, in Wantagh, New York. Sharing the stage with Plain White T's, all three ...

Article: Album Review

Xavi Reija: Resolution

Read "Resolution" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
June 27, 2014

Catalan drummer Xavi Reija's fifth recording and his first with MoonJune Records is a highly charged affair that draws from rock, jazz and the shifting ground between. Reija's hard-edged polyrhythms, bassist Bernat Hernandez' thundering bass lines and guitarist Dusan Jevtovic's raw, fuzz-toned electric guitar combine to stir up a storm that evokes memories of drummer Tony ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

The Amazing Bud Powell, Volumes 1 and 2 – Blue Note 1503 and 1504

by Marc Davis
June 27, 2014

In the pantheon of bebop's Founding Fathers, there are three giants. Everyone knows Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Everyone forgets Bud Powell. Like Bird and Diz, Powell could spit out notes faster than anyone before or since. Also like Bird and Diz, Powell sometimes fell in love with his own speed, so some recordings ...

Article: Album Review

Fred Hersch Trio: Floating

Read "Floating" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 27, 2014

Live albums and studio albums can by miles or millimeters apart in terms of presentation, conception, quality, layout and reception; it all depends on the circumstances and intentions when a record is made. Pianist Fred Hersch's Floating, for example, nearly erases that potential divide. While it's against his very nature, Hersch could've haphazardly ...

Article: Live Review

Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion at Yoshi's

by Harry S. Pariser
June 27, 2014

Ginger Baker's Jazz Confusion Yoshis Oakland , CA June 15, 2014 Dedicated. Stubborn. Outspoken. Perspicacious. These are some of the descriptions which come to mind when considering the personality and legacy of legendary drummer Ginger Baker. Baker first came to prominence as a member of the rock power ...