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News: Performance / Tour

A Solid Night of Jazz, Enhanced by Two Bostonians

May 9, 2014

Pianist Joe Delaney's Wednesday night trio gig at Brew Babies in Cape Coral FL had some added firepower on May 7 when two very fine Boston-area musicians sat in. Delaney invited saxophonist Bob Bowlby to join the merriment, since he was in the Tampa area to visit his daughter. And trumpeter Trent Austin was in town ...

News: Music Industry

Hot Tone Music Release's Three New CD's

May 9, 2014

Mimi Jones is the label founder and a N.Y.C. native, bassist, vocalist, composer and producer! Her new Balance CD release is a blend of genre's of classic and contemporary jazz, edgy soul and even a rock element. Balance stands firmly in its leaders dedication of “creating great music of today"! With Balance, Mimi's universal music heritage ...

Article: Live Review

Stephan Crump's Rosetta Trio at Constellation

by Hrayr Attarian
May 8, 2014

Stephan Crump's Rosetta Trio Constellation Chicago IL May 3rd 2014 For a little over a year drummer Mike Reed's Constellation has served as a refuge for fans of adventurous music who were left “orphaned" after the death of Chicago Jazz doyen, saxophonist Fred Anderson and the demise of his original Velvet ...

Article: Album Review

Peter Van Huffel/Michael Bates/Jeff Davis: Boom Crane

Read "Boom Crane" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 8, 2014

Pity the neighbors of the jazz trio Boom Crane. It's not that their garage band approach to music making is off-putting or offensive, it's that the ferocity of their approach is just so demanding. Saxophonist Peter Van Huffel's New York trio of Michael Bates (bass) and Jeff Davis (drums) release this, their inaugural recording, as a ...

Article: Album Review

Sara Serpa & André Matos: Primavera

Read "Primavera" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 8, 2014

A little bit of magic is evident in the recording Primavera by the Portuguese-born-now-New Yorkers Sara Serpa and André Matos. Not magic as in sleight of hand or illusion, but magical as in enchanting and, indeed, spellbinding. The musical pair, also wife and husband, created this duo recording with the help of some of their own ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Henrik Otto Donner and TUMO: And It Happened...

by Dave Wayne
May 8, 2014

As a fanatical music consumer whose obsessive focus on modern jazz from places outside of the United States has become a source of bemused perplexity for my friends and family, I am always a little embarrassed when I encounter an artist whom I should have known about many years ago. Henrik Otto Donner is one such ...

Article: Live Review

Orquesta Aragon at San Francisco State University

by Harry S. Pariser
May 8, 2014

Orquesta Aragon McKenna Theater San Francisco State San Francisco April 20, 2014 A San Francisco April sunny Easter Sunday had a number of events going on. The Sisters of the Perpetual Indulgence were holding their legendary Easter Pageant in Golden Gate Park, and marijuana enthusiasts were convening on a ...

Article: Album Review

Kevin Coelho: Turn It Up

Read "Turn It Up" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
May 8, 2014

Dopo l'esordio discografico ad appena 16 anni (Funkengruven--the Joy of Driving a B3, Chicken Coup Records 2012) Kevin Coelho ripropone il trio con gli stessi partner per una nuova carrellata di brani eseguiti sotto il segno del funk e del groove. Se quanto espresso allora in termini di padronanza musicale e feeling poteva bastare per ...

Article: Album Review

Awakening Orchestra: Vol. 1: This Is Not the Answer

Read "Vol. 1: This Is Not the Answer" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
May 8, 2014

Connecticut native Kyle Saulnier is both a life-long student and a working teacher of jazz. The multi-instrumentalist and composer leads the 20-piece Awakening Orchestra's debut, This Is Not the Answer and it is as rare an achievement as Carla Bley's historic Escalator Over The Hill (ECM, 1971). The latter work--more jazz-operetta in orientation and prescribed in ...

News: Radio

Bing & Louis: A Pocketful Of Dreams With Gary Giddins, This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

May 8, 2014

Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong struck up a friendship in the 1920s that flourished as they worked together—for almost half a century—on stage, in movies, and on radio and TV. This week on Riverwalkl Jazz, Gary Giddins, author of Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams-the Early Years, 1903-1940 shares a look into the friendship between Bing ...