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Article: Album Review

Ken Husbands Trio: Keepin' it Going

Read "Keepin' it Going" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
June 13, 2014

When your PhD dissertation targets jazz in French culture, it might not be the most logical hypothesis that you would musically favor funk-fusion. For the northern California-based guitarist Ken Husbands and his trio, the fusion route is based in personal histories within the sub-genre. The results of the players' collective musical journeys are documented on the ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Nat Birchall: Live In Larissa

by Phil Barnes
June 13, 2014

This limited double vinyl and download collection is a wonderful document of two nights that Birchall and his band played at the Duende Jazz Bar in Larissa during May 2013. The trip appears to have made an enormous impression on Birchall who commented shortly after returning that “I think our visit will become one of the ...

Article: Album Review

Joe Morris & Jamie Saft: Plymouth

Read "Plymouth" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
June 13, 2014

Guitarist Joe Morris and keyboardist Jamie Saft follow-up the 2013 Rare Noise Records release Slobberpup in a similar vein by locking into another improvisational fest. Once all the audio processing equipment is ready to roll, it's time for instantaneous compositional forays, as they let the chips fall where they may. Morris' former student, guitarist and rising ...

Article: Book Review

ART: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman by Laurie Pepper

by C. Michael Bailey
June 13, 2014

ART: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman Laurie Pepper 358 Pages ISBN: # 978-1494297572 Art Pepper Music Corporation 2014 About two-thirds the way through her memoir, ART: Why I Stuck with a Junkie Jazzman Laurie Pepper plants her spear in the dirt and declares the obvious:

News: Recording

Newly Discovered New York Concerts From 1965 By Iconic Reedman Jimmy Giuffre’s 3 & 4 Now Available

June 13, 2014

New York Concerts Marks First Release of New Label Elemental Music, A Partnership Between American Producer Zev Feldman And Barcelona-Based Distributor Distrijazz, Dedicated to Releasing Newly Discovered Archival or Out of Print Jazz Featuring Joe Chambers, Richard Davis, Don Friedman & Barre Phillips The years between the release of Jimmy Giuffre‘s ground-breaking 1962 albumFree Fall and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Joey DeFrancesco Plays Jimmy Smith's Authentic Organ At The Philadelphia Clef Club Of Jazz

June 13, 2014

The Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz on the Avenue of the Arts is back and bigger and better than ever for Spring/Summer 2014 with Two Amazing Summer Concert Performances with Bernard Purdie and Joey DeFrancesco. Philadelphia, PA: PCC of Jazz is revving up for the 2014 Spring/Summer Season with two incredible concert performances featuring First, Bernard ...

News: Performance / Tour

The David Weiss Sextet CD Release Celebrations For When Words Fail

June 13, 2014

CD RELEASE CELEBRATIONS! FOR THE DAVID WEISS SEXTET - WHEN WORDS FAIL Available NOW on Motema Music JUNE 22 - MARLBORO, NY @ THE FALCON David Weiss (trumpet), Myron Walden (alto sax), Ben Wendel (tenor sax), David Bryant (piano), Luque Curtis (bass), Jonathan Barber (drums) JUNE 25 - NYC @ SMOKE JAZZ & SUPPER ...

News: Education

Berklee College Of Music Group Travels To Kenya For Cultural Exchange

June 13, 2014

A group of Berklee College of Music students, faculty and staff will participate in a cultural exchange program in Kenya from June 18 to July 7, where they will teach and perform Western music; and learn about traditional Kenyan music, instruments, dance, and culture. This is the third annual volunteer trip to Kenya sponsored by local ...

News: Event

Acclaimed Vocalist Libby York Celebrates Release Of Memoir A Personal Take On Standards From Porter To Fagen Tuesday, June 17 At Jazz Showcase In Chicago

June 13, 2014

York performs with Quartet: Jeremy Kahn, Larry Kohut and Eric Schneider Acclaimed vocalist Libby York celebrates the release of Memoir on Tuesday, June 17 at Jazz Showcase, 806 South Plymouth Court, Chicago. Joining her are pianist Jeremy Kahn, bassist Larry Kohut and Eric Schneider on tenor saxophone and clarinet. Sets at 8 and 10 p.m. $10, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Rob Mosher’s Polebridge Brings Chamber Jazz For The Wild West To Gigspace Performance Studio in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 2

June 13, 2014

Other Performances in Montreal, Toronto, London, Campbellford Music Inspired by Polebridge, MT, Population 88 - Schumann and Prokofiev Drunk at a Saloon Piano When composer/multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher rounded the bend into Polebridge, Montana and caught sight of the old saloon piano sitting derelict behind the local mercantile, his imagination soared. He sprinted straight over to the ...