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Anton Schwartz: Flash Mob

Read "Flash Mob" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
February 3, 2014

While attending Harvard University, Anton Schwartz held down the first tenor saxophone chair in its jazz band, yet relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, where he became a significant jazz force, also serving as an educator and mentor. Flash Mob--which is perhaps his most robust album to date--denotes his fifth venture as a leader and ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Stan Kenton Alumni Band: Road Scholars

by Jack Bowers
February 2, 2014

Road Scholars? A clever title indeed, but these gentlemen (and three ladies) are more akin to “road maestros," an appraisal that is abundantly clear from A to Z on this latest recording by trumpeter Mike Vax's turbo-charged Stan Kenton Alumni Band, taped at various concerts during the band's 2013 spring tour, a two-week, three-thousand-mile odyssey that ...

Article: Album Review

Kidd Jordan / Alvin Fielder /Peter Kowald: Trio and Duo in New Orleans

Read "Trio and Duo in New Orleans" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
February 2, 2014

Eminent avant-garde saxophonist Edward Kidd" Jordan doesn't venture outside the New Orleans area that often, but like- minded artists will occasionally make the trip to the Big Easy to unite in the studio or for a live date. Such is the case here on this 2-disc set, capturing Jordan in trio and duo settings with late, ...

News: Recording

Jack Gates: Voyage Of The Troubadour

February 2, 2014

Original music by Jack Gates (acoustic and electric guitar), Sharyl Gates (voice, lyrics), Phil Thompson (drums) and Dean Muench (bass). Plus one added Carlos Antonio Jobim, tune, So Danco Samba. JACK GATES VOYAGE OF THE TROUBADOUR In days gone by a musician leaves San Francisco Bay on a sailing ship that travels south around Cape Horn ...

News: Event

Nu Jazz Entertainment Announces The Presentation Of The Only Jazz & Classical Panels At Midem In 2014!

February 2, 2014

Nu Jazz Entertainment has just announced that Managing Director Jerald Miller will be leading the only (two) panels at the MIDEM 2014 (Cannes, France) to deal with Classical, Jazz, World Music & Catalog content. The first panel “The Future of Classical & Jazz” will take place on February 2, 2014 in the “Brands & Fans”central. From ...

News: Recording

Dee Bell & Marcos Silva Release "Silva • Bell • Elation" January 21 (Laser Records)

February 2, 2014

“Silver Bells” was the Bell Family signature Christmas song. It was a tradition in our family holiday jam sessions. Because of this, the merging of the two names Marcos Silva and Dee Bell seemed tunefully obvious. Elation was the result of the Silva Bell musical partnership. From the first recording with Stan Getz to the present, ...

News: Recording

Vocalist Carmen Cuesta Releases "Toda Una Vida...", A Collection Of Boleros With A Jazz Flavor

February 2, 2014

Following up on her acclaimed recording Mi Bossa Nova, vocalist Carmen Cuesta returns home to Spain, both physically and spiritually, to embrace the enduring magic of the bolero on her soulful and sensual new masterwork Toda Una Vida (Tweety Records, January 28, 2014 release). Tapping into the wealth of classic pieces from Spain and South America, ...

Article: Live Review

Snarky Puppy and Lalah Hathaway at Jefferson Center

by John Wesley Reed Jr.
February 1, 2014

Snarky Puppy with Lilah Hathaway Jefferson Center Shaftman Hall Roanoke, VA March 8, 2013 Lalah Hathaway gave an exclusive master class type performance in vocalese exercises in a featured track from the latest release on funk-soul act Snarky Puppy, Family Dinner (Ropeadope 2013). Family Dinner was recorded on ...

Article: Album Review

Scenes: ...but not heard

Read "...but not heard" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 1, 2014

ECM Records has been noted for its “Nordic Cool," school, from its many recordings of Scandinavian artists, with pianist Tord Gustavsen coming most readily to mind. Seattle's Origin Records has what can be called its “Northwest U.S. Cool" with recordings from bassist Jeff Johnson, saxophonist Hans Teuber, and the collective trio Scenes, with guitarist John Stowell, ...

Article: Album Review

Daniel Smith: Smokin' Hot Bassoon Blues

Read "Smokin' Hot Bassoon Blues" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2014

All those who can resist reviewing--or reading a review about--a jazz / blues quartet led by a bassoonist, please raise your hands. No one? Very well, then, let us proceed. The bassoonist in question is Daniel Smith, and while his name may be unassuming, it would be good to report that there is nothing ordinary about ...