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Mike DiRubbo: Threshold

Read "Threshold" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 21, 2014

New York-based alto saxophonist Mike DiRubbo is one of the most recognizable and formidable forces in the jazz world today. A former student of the late great jazz icon Jackie McLean and a fixture in the Big Apple's vibrant jazz scene, DiRubbo is no novice. He has a substantial discography, and experience performing with some of ...

Article: Album Review

Matthias Schubert / Simon Nabatov Duo: Descriptions

Read "Descriptions" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani
March 21, 2014

Si conoscevano e frequentavano da quasi trent'anni ma, sino a oggi, nonostante i tanti concerti, non avevano mai avuto la possibilità di incrociare i propri strumenti registrando anche un disco insieme. Per fortuna loro e nostra il signor “risolvo i problemi" Leo Feigin, strabiliante mente operativa e produttiva di una buona metà della musica di ricerca ...

News: Performance / Tour

Fretless Brothers Bring Harmonically Tuned Jazz To Shapeshifter Lab In Brooklyn

March 21, 2014

FreeNote Records is pleased to announce a live performance by the Fretless Brothers on Sunday, March 23rd at 8:15pm at ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, NY ($10). The Fretless Brothers are the world's first Harmonic Series jazz group, using specially fretted guitars to stretch the language of jazz to 36 notes per octave. The group ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 21-27

March 21, 2014

The weekend gets off to a jazz-busy start, from Orchestra Hall and contemporary trumpet king Chris Botti's second night to little Jazz Central's Bridge series and local jazz trumpet monster Adam Meckler, with a rare performance with his Quintet. Some hot vocals, sizzling guitars, inventive big bands and more fill out the coming week as we ...

News: Recording

Concord Music Group Reissues Vince Guaraldi's "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"

March 21, 2014

Remastered vinyl and CD recordings mark 50th anniversary of the soundtrack to a TV documentary that never aired LOS ANGELES, CA: Most of us recall A Charlie Brown Christmas—the classic animated special that originally aired on network television during the holiday season of 1965—as the moment when pianist Vince Guaraldi first breathed life into the entire ...

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New Ruben Blades CD, "Tangos," Set For Release June 24th

March 21, 2014

Tangos, the stunning new CD from Ruben Blades, is set for release via Sunnyside Records on June 24th. The best songs are those that provide messages that reach beyond the genre into which they are born. There are lyrics that can move people deeply, even when the composer and listener are separated by oceans. The tremendous ...

News: Event

Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month includes Month-Long Celebration and Honors Benny Golson

March 20, 2014

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Mayor Michael A. Nutter will officially proclaim April 2014 Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month and launch the month-long celebration during an April 3 press conference at City Hall. The event will honor Philadelphia-born jazz legend Benny Golson and include a live performance by the Francois Zayas Trio. Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month (Philly JAM) shines ...

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Trio Logic: Phishbacher, Dominic J Marshall, Bob Henschen Trios

by C. Michael Bailey
March 20, 2014

The traditional jazz piano trio (piano, double bass and drums) remains a robust and productive format for jazz performance and interpretation. Here are three examples supporting this. Phishbacher Trio Dreamcatcher Jazz Sick Records 2014 Pianist and composer Walter Fischbacher with his wife, singer/composer Elisabeth Lohninger ...

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Jaclyn Guillou: The Lover's Walk

Read "The Lover's Walk" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 20, 2014

Canada has long been the breeding ground for jazz musicians and vocalists, pianist Oscar Peterson and Diana Krall being notable examples. Vancouver-native Jaclyn Guillou is a multi-talented performer (song, dance and stage) who has carved out both an Old and New World presence. She released her first recording in 2011, To The City, a collection of ...

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Aural Mayhem – Rare Noise / Jamie Saft - Joe Morris / Chat Noir

by C. Michael Bailey
March 20, 2014

On a bright spring Thursday afternoon, June 28, 1928, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five entered the Okeh Studios in Chicago Illinois to record “Three Perfect Minutes" of music in the guise of Joe “King" Oliver's immortal “West End Blues." Describing Armstrong's “West End" cornet solo, Gunther Schuller opined that it was, ..."an impassioned almost stammering ...