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Natalie Cressman: Turn The Sea

Read "Turn The Sea" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 19, 2014

Trombonist/vocalist Natalie Cressman follows-up her excellent debut recording, Unfolding (Self Produced, 2012) with her fully realized yet completely different Turn the Sea. Cressman is a busy artist recently appearing on many projects as disparate as anchoring the horn section of Trey Anastasio's band and appearing on recording dates led by Peter Apfelbaum and Josh Roseman to ...

Article: Album Review

Made To Break: Cherchez La Femme

Read "Cherchez La Femme" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
February 19, 2014

Conceived in 2011, the electric/acoustic ensemble Made To Break has had the opportunity to tour and evolve as an improvising unit. The result, their third disc recorded in 2013, Cherchez La Femme reveals a truly engaged band. That statement wouldn't be unexpected if we were talking about a rock group or a jazz band for that ...

Article: Album Review

Mike Davis: Fortunes and Hat-Tricks, Vol. 2

Read "Fortunes and Hat-Tricks, Vol. 2" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
February 19, 2014

Double bassist Mike Davis organizes his spontaneous, immediate improvisations-compositions according to two arbitrary guidelines. The Fortunes group of such compositions draw its inspiration from evocative song titles taken from about 100 fortune cookies, but Davis and his trio co-conspirators--saxophonist Jacob Duncan and drummer Jason Tiemann--never discuss their different interpretations of these titles before playing. The second ...

Article: Album Review

Nate Wooley Sextet: (Sit in) The Throne of Friendship

Read "(Sit in) The Throne of Friendship" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
February 19, 2014

Si respira aria di festa in (Sit In) The Throne of Friendship ultima fatica discografica del trombettista e compositore Nate Wooley. Si avverte quella sensazione un po' démodé che solo il circo o il luna park sono in grado di offrire, tra momenti di eccitazione per le novità o per le mirabolanti avventure promesse, rassicuranti sensazioni ...

Article: Album Review

Twins of El Dorado: Portend the End

Read "Portend the End" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
February 19, 2014

Il duo newyorchese (di Brooklyn, per l'esattezza) Twins of El Dorado sposa un abbinamento decisamente inusuale: voce e tromba. In questo album, inciso nel febbraio 2012, convergono composizioni (con l'elasticità che si deve usare in questi casi, dove l'improvvisazione gioca un ruolo assolutamente centrale) dovute ai due performer, con le eccezioni di “Fare Thee," la cui ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Brazil Project In Baltimore

February 19, 2014

Brazilian-born Lucini Brothers - Alejandro Lucini on drums and Leonardo Lucini on 7-string bass - bring authentic, sizzling Brazilian rhythms to AN DIE MUSIK in Baltimore. Those two prodigies, along with saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk and pianist Wayne Wilentz, both known for their command of West African and Latin idioms, will play some intriguing originals and give ...

News: Performance / Tour

Acclaimed Hip-Hop/Classical String Duo Black Violin Makes Classical Music Cool At NJPAC

February 19, 2014

Black Violin brings their much heralded version of classical music to NJPAC’s Victoria Theater, Saturday, February 22nd at 2pm and 7pm. They will also do a special performance for over 500 Newark area students in grades four through eight. A mixture of hip-hop, rock, R&B and bluegrass, Black Violin comprised of members Wilner “Wil B” Baptiste ...

News: Festival

LA Philharmonic Presents 36th Playboy Jazz Festival At The Hollywood Bowl

February 19, 2014

SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2014 and SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2014 PERFORMERS INCLUDE CELEBRATED ICONS OF THE GENRE, EMERGING ARTISTS AND A TRIBUTE TO THE LEGENDARY GEORGE DUKE Single Tickets available Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Philharmonic today announced the line-up for the 36th annual Playboy Jazz Festival to be held Saturday, June ...

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Wine And Jazz Fans Can Getaway For The Day

February 19, 2014

Single-day tickets for June’s Napa Valley Jazz Getaway are now on sale. Los Angeles, CA: Single-day tickets went on sale today for the star-studded concerts taking place June 12-15, 2014 as part of the third annual Napa Valley Jazz Getaway, a wine and jazz festival set in scenic California Wine Country. Available at TicketFly, tickets are ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Ulysses Owens Jr.: Of Odysseys And Evolution

by Dan Bilawsky
February 18, 2014

The back panel of drummer Ulysses Owens Jr.'s Onward & Upward is adorned with a telling quote from spiritual teacher/writer Ernest Holmes. His statement, that “evolution is proof of an irresistible urge which pushes everything onward and upward," could be applied to myriad topics, but it truly captures the essence of jazz drumming through time; it ...