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News: Award / Grant

Jazz Trumpeter Jeff Lofton Wins "Best Horn Player" Austin Chronicle's 2013-14 Austin Music Awards

March 13, 2014

Austin, TX - Jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton will accept his award for “Best Horn Player" at the Austin Music Awards tonight at the Austin Convention Center in the heart of SXSW. Presented by the Austin Chronicle, the Austin Music Awards are voted on by the public and the awards show airs locally on public access TV ...

News: Obituary

Iola Brubeck, 90, Widow Of Jazz Great Dave Brubeck Dies, Helped Promote Music Genre Worldwide

March 13, 2014

Iola Whitlock Brubeck, the widow and lifelong collaborator of jazz great Dave Brubeck, died March 12, 2014, at her home after a brave battle with cancer. The University of the Pacific alumna was 90 years old. Mrs. Brubeck earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1945 from College of the Pacific, which became University of the ...

News: Festival

Rosfest 2014 Lineup To Feature Prog Legends Caravan, Beardfish, Collage, Sound Of Contact, Clepsydra And Others

March 13, 2014

Gettysburg, PA - The most anticipated music festival of 2014, the legendary RoSfest, will take place this year May 2-4, 2014, and will feature progressive rock icons Caravan, Beardfish, Collage, Clepsydra, Sound Of Contact and others! The Rites of Spring Festival, or RoSfest as it's commonly called, is an annual progressive rock festival held every spring ...

Article: Album Review

ti-an-guis: ti-an-guis

Read "ti-an-guis" reviewed by Mike Oppenheim

by Mike Oppenheim
March 12, 2014

ti-an-guis, the self-titled debut album of the group ti-an- guis, is a unique contribution to contemporary folk and world music. Vocalist Lovorka Hojevac, guitarists Francisco Medina, Carlos Henrique Jacques Anderson, bassist Noa Stroeter, and percussionist Pepe Garcia come together to form a world fusion ensemble that is truly global. The individual musicians come from Mexican, Croatian, ...

Article: Record Label Profile

Hot Tone Music: Creating Great Music of Today

by Jakob Baekgaard
March 12, 2014

There was a time when the only possibility for an artist was to record for a major label, but nowadays things have changed. While major labels are struggling to make the money they used to do, many of them have also stopped being innovators. Instead, they churn out repackaged product and focus on new music that ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Mehliana - Taming The Dragon

by John Kelman
March 12, 2014

First impressions shouldn't necessarily be the lasting ones. Despite, according to the press sheet, having played together for several years, über-pianist Brad Mehldau and drummer Mark Guiliana only began touring as Mehliana in 2013, and one of the heavily electronic duo's early performances at the 40th Vossa Jazz Festival in Voss, Norway was, sadly, eminently forgettable. ...

Article: Album Review

Roberto Magris Trio: One Night In With Hope And More…vol. 2

Read "One Night In With Hope And More…vol. 2" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 12, 2014

Italian pianist and composer Roberto Magris continues his pilgrimage to the heart of hard bop with the release of his second volume of One Night In With Hope And More.... Volume 1 was critically well considered, focusing on the music of Elmo Hope, Andrew Hill, and Barry Harris. Magris' journey began several years earlier with the ...

Article: Album Review

Lisa Mezzacappa Trio: X Marks The Question

Read "X Marks The Question" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 12, 2014

X Marks The Question is one of two concurrent September 2013 releases on separate record labels by burgeoning San Francisco Bay Area-based, bassist composer Lisa Mezzacappa. On Comeuppance (Not Two Records, 2013) she fronts a quartet featuring saxophonist Aaron Bennett but here, spearheads a power-packed progressive jazz trio, highlighting lead soloist, guitarist Chris Welcome. And as ...

Article: Album Review

Jason Roebke & Tobias Delius: Panoramic

Read "Panoramic" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 12, 2014

Il disco viene registrato nell'aprile 2011 presso gli studi BelAir quando la ICP Orchestra fa tappa a Chicago durante il tour per gli States. Tobias Delius, una delle colonne del portentoso ensemble olandese, incontra Jason Roebke, contrabbassista tra i più rappresentativi della scena jazz della Windy City, e prende forma Panoramic. Album nel quale l'inesauribile tensione ...

Article: Album Review

Bill Evans, Bob Brookmeyer: The Ivory Hunters

Read "The Ivory Hunters" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 12, 2014

Solo nel jazz accadono simili incontri, dove le regole vengono stravolte. È il caso di questa seduta discografica del 1959, che vede entrare in sala di incisione un quartetto guidato da un pianista ed un trombonista. Grazie all'idea estemporanea del produttore, Bob Brookmeyer viene invitato a sedersi al pianoforte e ne discende un percorso davvero ragguardevole. ...