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Jeff Ballard: Time's Tales

Read "Time's Tales" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
May 12, 2014

Accanto all'esperienza con Brad Mehldau e Larry Grenadier e l'altra--meno appariscente e quasi cameristica--del Fly (che lo vede con quest'ultimo e Mark Turner) Jeff Ballard affianca dal 2006 un altro trio, di cui è leader, e che ora debutta su disco con questo variopinto ed estroverso Time's Tales. “Sono a metà della mia ...

News: Recording

Armen Nalbandian To Release Solo Piano Album, Time Waits On May 23rd

May 12, 2014

On May 23rd, 2014, pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian will release Time Waits (Blacksmith Brother Music), his ninth album as a leader and first solo piano album. Time Waits is also one of two solo piano albums that Nalbandian will be releasing this year and features several original compositions by Nalbandian as well as compositions by Thelonious Monk, ...

News: Award / Grant

New England Conservatory Announces 13 Winners In 37th Annual Downbeat Student Music Awards

May 12, 2014

Winners include Incoming and Current Students and Awards from Programs run by NEC Alumni New England Conservatory announces 13 winners from the 37th Annual DownBeat Student Music Awards. The awards, considered one of the top student music competitions in the world, feature categories for junior high, high school and university music students and bands. The 2014 ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Nick Vayenas - Some Other Time" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

May 12, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Whirlwind Recordings “Nick Vayenas - Some Other Time“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select TEN winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 9th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Nick Vayenas at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your ...

News: Obituary

Joe Wilder, trumpeter and NEA jazz master, dies at 92

May 12, 2014

Joe Wilder, a trumpeter of understated lyricism and breathtaking range, who toured with some of the biggest names in jazz, helped integrate Broadway pit orchestras and enjoyed a late-career renaissance as a rediscovered master, died May 9 at a rehabilitation facility in New York City. He was 92. He had congestive heart failure, said a daughter, ...

News: Recording

Jazz And Pop Crooner Spencer Day Readies New CD "Daybreak" Featuring Both Standards And Originals

May 12, 2014

Los Angeles, CA - Acclaimed singer/songwriter Spencer Day returns to his musical roots with his fifth full-length album Daybreak, and his first independent album in seven years. His past two albums were released on the legendary Concord/Jazz label. With Daybreak, Spencer has created an album of signature interpretations of well-loved songs from the 1960’s along with ...

News: Recording

New Release From Marianne Matheny-Katz Celebrates Charm City's Fertile Jazz Scene

May 12, 2014

BALTIMORE, MD – Jazz lovers will soon have the opportunity to enjoy the new album Somewhere in Paradise featuring vocalist Marianne Matheny-Katz with many of Baltimore’s best-known jazz musicians. The CD, on the Indy label Jazzway, goes to radio in the United States and will be available for sale in May 2014. While most of her ...

News: Education

Fourplay Guitarist Chuck Loeb Offers Personalized Online Lessons At The ArtistWorks Jazz Guitar School

May 12, 2014

NAPA, CA –Grammy Award nominated jazz guitarist Chuck Loeb is the latest marquee artist to bring his teaching mastery to ArtistWorks.com, a first-of-its-kind online music and art campus that provides members with personalized interaction with acclaimed musicians and artists. Tens of thousands of members in nearly 100 countries have improved their playing within ArtistWorks’ unique online ...

News: Recording

Spirojazz Releases Thought Provoking Fusion Album "Space and Alienation"

May 12, 2014

The music of multi-instrumentalist Don Andrews is alive. It literally breathes and accelerates at a breathtaking pace. On his latest effort, Space and Alienation, Andrews forces the listener to pay attention. No coercion is needed. Calling himself Spirojazz, Andrews crafts hypnotic, thought provoking, and daydreaming instrumentals that inspire various interpretations. If the title of the album ...

Article: Album Review

Peter Epstein Quartet: Polarities

Read "Polarities" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 11, 2014

Polarity, depending on the usage of the word, can reference opposites, the carrying of positive and negative charges, or attraction to a specific point, object, or idea; saxophonist Peter Epstein's Polarities deals with all of that. Epstein, a notable player on the New York scene in the '90s, has kept a lower profile ...