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News: Recording

Rick Braun Feels Like Getting Up And Dancing

May 29, 2014

Chart-topping trumpeter returns July 8 with “Can You Feel It,” his first contemporary jazz album in five years; “Get Up and Dance” starts the party at radio Sherman Oaks, CA: It’s been five years since trumpeter-flugelhorn player Rick Braun released an album full of the funky R&B contemporary jazz grooves that made him one of the ...

News: Recording

Guitarist Ty Citerman Delves Deep Into His Jewish Roots On Bop Kabbalah Out Today On Tzadik Records

May 29, 2014

A founding member of the acclaimed punk/jazz/new music ensemble Gutbucket, composer/guitarist Ty Citerman delves deep into his Jewish roots for Tzadik Records’ Radical Jewish Culture series on his debut as a leader under his own name, Bop Kabbalah. Drawing inspiration from sources as varied as the Beat Generation, medieval Eastern European and Asian musical modes, the ...

News: Recording

Andy Biskin's Ibid "Act Necessary" (Strudelmedia) Out May 20

May 29, 2014

With An All-Star Quartet, Featuring Cornetist Kirk Knuffke, Trombonist Brian Drye, & Drummer Jeff Davis “It’s hard to find gentle humor in jazz but the clarinetist Andy Biskin has perfect radar for it. ...it’s a sweet-tempered [music] that doesn’t take itself too seriously but has a lot of hidden virtues.” —Ben Ratliff, The New York Times ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Stone Presents Weeklong Residency With Jazz Guitarist Eyal Maoz

May 29, 2014

Eyal Maoz Concert Residency Tuesday 7.15 – Sunday 7.20 at 8:00pm + 10:00pm nightly The Stone, Corner of Avenue C/2nd Street, NYC, Train: F/J/M/Z at Delancey-Essex $15/Students $10. No advanced ticket sales. “Maoz’s playing is just as often elegant, understated and even gorgeous... Wonderlech!” —Guitar Player Magazine “A cutting edge guitarist who combines the harmonic lyricism ...

News: Festival

Vision Festival 19 Celebrates Charles Gayle with Lifetime of Achievement

May 28, 2014

Celebrating Charles Gayle Lifetime Of Achievement on June 11 At this, the nineteenth Vision Festival, Arts For Art is proud to acknowledge Charles Gayle for his Lifetime of Achievement. A gentle and humble artist, he is clearly one of the greatest saxophone players. Born and raised in Buffalo, he was much influenced by the church, where ...

Article: Album Review

Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra: The Offense Of The Drum

Read "The Offense Of The Drum" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 28, 2014

The Offense Of The Drum may be the least cohesive record in Arturo O'Farrill's discography, but that's largely by design. Here, O'Farrill firmly adheres to his stated “artistic vision"--"to bend what the world knows as Afro Latin jazz over the acoustic horizon"--better than anywhere else in his discography. Guests galore and a belief in Afro Latin ...

Article: The Mort Report

My Final Report

by Mort Weiss
May 28, 2014

I stood there at graveside in the cold morning mist, collar of my dark blue, (but not too warm coat) turned up-in an effort to--ahh hell, I don't know--I saw it in a film noir flick once--let's just say--that it looked appropriate for the occasion--"the occasion"? The laying to rest of my mother-my mother of soul-of ...

Article: Album Review

Steve Lehman: Mise en Abîme

Read "Mise en Abîme" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
May 28, 2014

Composer/saxophonist Steve Lehman's credentials are as unique as his music. A Fulbright scholar with a PhD in composition, his on the job training has been at the hands of a diverse group of teachers including saxophone legends Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton. A New York native, Lehman garnered widespread praise with the groundbreaking Travail, Transformation and ...

Article: Album Review

Stephan Crump's Rosetta Trio: Thwirl

by Dave Wayne
May 28, 2014

Some groups just have chemistry, no matter what their instrumentation or musical background. Something about them just works. Stephan Crump's Rosetta Trio is one such group. Comprised of two guitarists-one electric and one acoustic-plus Crump's own resonant acoustic bass, the Rosetta Trio straddles the worlds of jazz, avant garde, and modern folk music with consummate ease ...

News: Radio

Sean Noonan Will Preview Music From New CD On Concert Window Webcast On May 28

May 28, 2014

On Wednesday, May 28, drummer, composer and producer Sean Noonan will preview music from his upcoming June 3 album, Pavees Dance: There's Always the Night, in a very special webcast on Concert Window. The live, real-time performance will feature Noonan, along with keyboardist Alex Marcelo, and - in a rare performance - former Can frontman Malcolm ...