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Article: Profile

EJ Park: Touching Us Softly with Her Song

by Victor L. Schermer
April 24, 2014

Her name is EJ Park. She's a young woman from Gwangju, South Korea. She disembarks from a plane in a city and country she's never been to before. She's a singer and pianist with a passion for jazz, and she's enrolled in the jazz master's degree program at the University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia, ...

Article: Album Review

The Young Mothers: A Mothers Work Is Never Done

Read "A Mothers Work Is Never Done" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 24, 2014

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten reminds us that jazz is the musical equivalent of a dark star, a musical black hole, absorbing all musical energy and classifications. The Norwegian-born bassist-turned Austin, TX resident assembled a multi-genre sextet under the uncategorizable name The Young Mothers. Sure, let's not call this jazz, because it would alienate 99% of fans. But ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron: Play Morricone 1 & 2

by Gabriel Medina Arenas
April 24, 2014

Film lovers all over the world recognize Ennio Morricone as one of the best score composers of all time. His music has been used in more than 500 movies and TV shows. About 60 of them have won Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA awards and other honors. Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson and Joey Baron started ...

News: Radio

Eddie Condon: Renaissance Man Of Jazz This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

April 24, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz: photographer, author and record producer Hank O’Neal, who collaborated on Eddie Condon’s Scrapbook of Jazz talks about the Condon legacy. Eddie’s daughter Maggie Condon shares her wealth of memories. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows ...

News: Recording

Impulse! Renaissance Universal Music Group Reactivates Legendary Impulse! Label

April 24, 2014

First Release From Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein And The Hot 9 “Viper’s Drag” Due Out July 15 In The U.S. Universal Music Group is reactivating the legendary jazz label impulse! with the release of Viper’s Drag, a retro-modern opus from Henry Butler-Steven Bernstein and the Hot 9 that is due out July 15 in the U.S. The ...

News: Education

$500,000 Gift To Fund Jazz Scholarships At Brubeck Institute

April 24, 2014

A contemporary of Dave and Iola Brubeck who gained his own success as the vice president of public relations for Pan American World Airways has given University of the Pacific a $500,000 gift that will enable talented musicians for generations to study at the prestigious Brubeck Institute. Richard N. Barkle, who studied speech at then-College of ...

News: Event

Jazz Nominee, Mwalim To Perform At 2014 New England Urban Music Awards

April 24, 2014

ROXBURY - Things are revving up for the 2014 New England Urban Music Awards, complete with a kick-off mixer that was held on April 21 at Darryl's Corner Bar & Kitchen in Boston. This year, the award ceremony will feature a performance by Mwalim *7) -DaPhunkee Professor, a winner of the 'Best Male Jazz' category in ...

Article: Album Review

Dewa Budjana (with Jimmy Johnson & Vinnie Colaiuta): Surya Namaskar

Read "Surya Namaskar" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
April 23, 2014

Guitarist Dewa Budjana's two releases on MoonJune Records in 2013, Dawai in Paradise and Joged Kahyangan introduced a talented musician whose Indonesian roots dovetailed with prog rock, jazz fusion and a melodic pop sensibility; Budjana showed tremendous chops but, as he demonstrates once again, he's perhaps primarily a tunesmith. Budjana draws from a similar well of ...

Article: Live Review

Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson at Jazz at Kitano

by Dan Bilawsky
April 23, 2014

Sara Gazarek and Josh Nelson Jazz at Kitano New York, NY April 19, 2014 Some relationships are beyond close, bordering on the sacred. There's the strong bond between husband and wife, the high level of trust between friend and confidant, and, perhaps most interestingly, the intimate connection between singer and ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Smoke Sessions: A Threesome from Herring, Jackson, & Hazeltine

by C. Andrew Hovan
April 23, 2014

With the launch of their own label at the start of 2014, Smoke Jazz Club widened their circle by committing to tape performances by some of New York's finest musicians and dispersing this music via downloads and discs. A decidedly bare bones operation, the in-house production team has done a great job of capturing the ambiance ...