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Tyler Blanton: Gotham

Read "Gotham" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 29, 2014

New York City is the Mecca for musicians, jazz and otherwise. Tributes to the metropolis meet with varying degrees of success. Guitarist/vocalist Lou Reed captured the mood and tone of the big city with his finest recorded outing, New York (Sire Records, 1989). Saxophonist Bob Belden, via his quintet called “Animation," gave the town a menacing ...

News: Event

New England Conservatory Presents Student Honors Ensembles Great On Paper And Choro Bastardo

March 29, 2014

Tuesday, April 1 at Jordan Hall Each year, an audition committee of professional musicians selects a few exceptional student ensembles to represent the New England Conservatory Honors Ensemble Program. Two of these ensembles — Great on Paper and Choro Bastardo perform on Tuesday, April 1 at 8 p.m. in NEC’s Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, Boston, ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Tord Gustavsen - Extended Circle" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

March 29, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records “Tord Gustavsen Quartet - Extended Circle“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on April 28th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Tord Gustavsen at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! ...

News: Recording

Two New Duo CDs By Bassist/Composer Jeff Denson Due April 15

March 29, 2014

Best known for his work in the celebrated cooperative trio Minsarah (which he founded with Florian Weber and Ziv Ravitz) and his seven-year tenure in the Lee Konitz New Quartet, bassist and composer Jeff Denson has also led a highly regarded quartet featuring Weber, Ralph Alessi, and Dan Weiss. Now Denson is preparing to showcase other ...

News: Recording

Singer-Songwriter Sam Morrow To Release Haunting Debut Album On April 29 Via Forty Below Records

March 29, 2014

10-Song Opus Produced By Eric Corne (John Mayall, DeVotchKa, KaiL Baxley) Record Release Show At Hotel Café In Los Angeles Scheduled For May 1st Los Angeles, CA: On April 29, Forty Below Records, home to albums by John Mayall, Bonson Berner and KaiL Baxley, will issue the extraordinary debut album by singer-songwriter Sam Morrow. Entitled Ephemeral, ...

News: Website

Jazz Musician Database Retooled and Relaunched at All About Jazz

March 28, 2014

All About Jazz's musician section, home to nearly 58,000 profiles, was redesigned for improved navigation and to shine a more intense spotlight on features including musician tracking, musician discovery, crowdfunding support, teaching credentials, and a musician's SoundCloud player and Bandcamp player. “A musician's profile is center to their activities at All About Jazz and is fully ...

News: Website

"Favorites" Calendar Added To Jazz Near You

March 28, 2014

Jazz Near You members can now create a custom calendar based on the musicians they track at All About Jazz. Each time a user tracks a musician, the musician's events, regardless of their location, will appear in the user's favorites calendar. So, if you're a Wayne Shorter fan and decide to track him, then Wayne Shorter's ...

Article: Live Review

Celebrating Ornette Coleman at the Painted Bride Art Center

by Victor L. Schermer
March 28, 2014

Denardo Coleman Group and Jamaaladeen Tacuma Band The Painted Bride Art Center Philadelphia, PA March 21, 2014 This concert was the second in a series curated by saxophonist, band leader, and composer/arranger Bobby Zankel entitled “Still the New Thing" honoring three icons of avant- garde jazz: Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, ...

Article: Live Review

Herb Alpert-Lani Hall Quintet at Musical Instrument Museum

by Patricia Myers
March 28, 2014

Herb Alpert-Lani Hall Quintet Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona March 17, 2014 Trumpeter-vocalist Herb Alpert and vocalist Lani Hall performed a lively and captivating concert that linked their past triumphs to their newest collaborations. The uber-professionalism of this concert conveyed the ambience of a New York City cabaret show, an informal ...

Article: Album Review

Dave Slonaker Big Band: Intrada

by Jack Bowers
March 28, 2014

Don't be put off by the name. Intrada, composer / arranger Dave Slonaker points out, is “a musical form often composed as a prelude, overture or fanfare," one whose upbeat phrases give rise to an exhilarating curtain-raiser on Slonaker's initial big-band recording. Rest assured this is a world-class ensemble and there's no doubt whose steady hand ...