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News: Recording

Charles Lloyd 2-CD Archival Discovery Due From Resonance Records Sept. 9

June 24, 2014

In the words of a classic TV show, there are eight million stories in the Naked City. Resonance Records uncovers a pair of long-untold tales from New York City’s fabled jazz past on Manhattan Stories, due for release on September 9. These two performances capture the always-extraordinary saxophonist and flutist Charles Lloyd in 1965, leading a ...

News: Recording

For Jonathan Butler, Living His Dream Is Now A Breeze

June 24, 2014

The singer-songwriter-guitarist’s “Living My Dream” album is released today as “African Breeze” storms the Billboard Smooth Jazz Singles chart. Sherman Oaks, Calif. (23 June 2014): Last year’s struggles serve as the theme of the material two-time Grammy nominee Jonathan Butler wrote and recorded at the House of Blues studios in Los Angeles for “Living My Dream,” ...

News: Performance / Tour

Resonance Jazz Summer Heat At Old First Concert Series and Live On KPFA

June 24, 2014

Resonance Jazz, a one-of-a-kind Bay Area jazz octet, performs at the “Old First Concert Series” in San Francisco for a 4:00pm performance on Sunday July 27, 2014. Performances offer a rich composite of original standards from Duke Ellington to George Gershwin and Keith Jarrett, marrying the sounds of this unusual orchestration with violin, viola, flute/vocals, cello, ...

News: Festival

Las Vegas Jazz Festival Lineup A Guaranteed Winner

June 24, 2014

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Cameo, Keith Sweat, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Eric Benét, Anthony Hamilton, Ledisi, Will Downing, Brian Culbertson, Euge Groove and more will put the soul into the September 19-21, 2014 music festival. Phoenix, Arizona: Since the roots of jazz are in rhythm and blues, it should be no surprise that a stellar cast of ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Mark Egan - About Now" Giveaway!

June 23, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Wavetone Records “Mark Egan - About Now“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on July 21st. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Mark Egan at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends ...

Article: Album Review

The North: Slow Down (This Isn't the Mainland)

Read "Slow Down (This Isn't the Mainland)" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
June 23, 2014

When French pianist Romain Collin and Hawaii natives double bassist Shawn Conley and drummer Abe Lagrimas, Jr got together in Honolulu there was no special agenda; just three friends playing a few gigs in a relaxed environment, far from the hurly burly of their adopted cities of Los Angeles and New York. However, a trio chemistry ...

Article: Album Review

Juanito Pascual: New Flamenco Trio

Read "New Flamenco Trio" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 23, 2014

While the trio may be the most overused grouping in jazz, it's not nearly as common in flamenco music. But that's not a problem for guitarist Juanito Pascual, a man skilled at tweaking established formulas. This Minnesota-born flamenco phenom is well-versed in the traditions, techniques and history of flamenco music, but he isn't ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Jazz Quanta June

by C. Michael Bailey
June 23, 2014

Francy Boland Playing With the Trio Schema 2013 Duke Ellington's rare trio recordings are always a treat. Money Jungle (United Artist, 1963) a trio session Ellington made with bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach is readily memorable. The big band leader Ellington was clearly able to hold ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Subtext

by John Kelman
June 23, 2014

Change is a fact of life, and it's something that's better to be embraced than challenged; as inevitable as death and taxes, it's one of those things that you may as well accept, because there are few, if any, options to do otherwise. That said, while the then-aptly titled Parting Shot (Tone Center, 2011) suggested that ...

Article: Album Review

Bobby Selvaggio: Short Stories

Read "Short Stories" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 23, 2014

Like the Japanese calligraphy art know as ensō, the condensed and succinct introduction alto saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio delivers on the track “Price Of Being (Intro)" is a disciplined stroke, delivered with an ease and elegance that belies the character and control required for such a statement. He works his instrument through this exercise with such command ...