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Celebrating The Life And Music Of Chico Hamilton This Sunday 12/15

December 10, 2013

EUPHORIA Presents Celebrating the Life & Music of Foreststorn “Chico" Hamilton, featuring Chico's longstanding Euphoria ensemble with Paul Ramsey (bass), Evan Schwam (flute + reeds), Jeremy Carlstedt (drums + percussion), Mayu Saeki (flute) & Nick Demopolous (guitar). NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton passed away of natural causes on 11/25/13. Saluted by the Kennedy Center as a ...

News: Technology

Dickens Of A Twitter Torrent From An Ancient Future Present Starring Etherseizer Scrooogle

December 10, 2013

The week of December 9, the twitter account of the world fusion music band Ancient Future is hosting a twitter torrent from Ancient Future leader Matthew Montfort's spooky little spoof, “Dickens of an Ancient Future Present." Based on Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carole," the spoof follows Etherseizer Scrooogle as he is haunted by four phantoms: ...

News: Recording

Jordan Rudess Releases "All That Is Now"

December 10, 2013

JORDAN RUDESS DREAM THEATER KEYBOARDIST AND AWARD-WINNING APP BUILDER RELEASES SOLO PIANO ALBUM “ALL THAT IS NOW” “JORDAN RUDESS EXPLORES” THE INTERACTIVE AURAL AND VISUAL IOS APP RELEASED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALBUM Jordan Rudess, best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy-nominated prog rock band, DREAM THEATER, has released his latest solo piano recording, ALL ...

News: Crowdfunding Campaign

Legendary Jazz Group Weather Report Rises With Legacy Project

December 10, 2013

Documentary “Calm Before The Storm" to be directed by Tony Zawinul Seminal jazz group Weather Report rises again with the Weather Report Legacy Project and crowdfunding initiative. The new project, launching December 9, 2013, will support the creation of a documentary, “Calm Before the Storm." The film documents the group from its beginnings in 1970, through ...

Article: Album Review

Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio 2

Read "Black Radio 2" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
December 9, 2013

The conditions have to be just right for lightning to strike twice in the same location which holds true for studio recordings where the variables of performers, music, and other factors can affect the outcome. While Robert Glasper's 2012 critically acclaimed Black Radio (Blue Note) deftly combined jazz, hip hop, and “Neo Soul" to win Best ...

Article: Live Review

Vijay Iyer Solo at San Francisco Performances

by Harry S. Pariser
December 9, 2013

Vijay Iyer San Francisco Performances San Francisco, CA November 16, 2013 Polymath, pianist, arranger, composer, Grammy nominee, creative program director, a doctorate holder, the recipient of a 2013 MacArthur “genius" fellowship, the recipient of a groundbreaking “quintuple crown" in the 2012 Down Beat International Critics Poll, as well as a “quadruple ...

Article: Album Review

Angelica Sanchez/ Wadada Leo Smith: Twine Forest

Read "Twine Forest" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 9, 2013

As the saying goes, “It takes two to tango." It certainly does, and it also takes two to make beautiful music together. Pianist Angelica Sanchez and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith produce abundant beauty from Sanchez' compositions on Twine Forest. Smith's recordings have ranged from large ensemble work-- Silver Orchestra, Organic, and his electric-Miles ...

Article: Live Review

Jason Moran, Randy Weston and Billy Harper at SFJazz

by Harry S. Pariser
December 9, 2013

Jason Moran, Randy Weston and Billy Harper SFJazz San Francisco, CA November 24, 2013 Three fine musicians came together on stage in a new jazz facility in San Francisco. First up was a rising star in the jazz world, an acclaimed pianist who frequently incorporates samples of taped music and text ...

Article: Profile

Being Grateful: Defining the Jazz Years Part One - 1973

by Jacob Hobson
December 9, 2013

Jazz, like the Grateful Dead, has never been particularly easy to define. It seems jazz, in its most simply defined meaning, is improvised music. The Grateful Dead have been called a thousand different things since its official formation in 1965, but has rarely been called a jazz band. There have always been and will always be ...

Article: New York Beat

Stacey Kent at Birdland

by Nick Catalano
December 8, 2013

After appearing in 18 countries on a world tour in support of their Warner Brothers CD The Changing Lights, Stacey Kent and her conductor/arranger/ saxophonist (and husband of 22 years) Jim Tomlinson wound up their travels at Birdland during the week of December 3rd. Transcending genres and national boundaries, the elfin-voiced multi-lingual Kent who has sung ...