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Article: Album Review

Peter Brendler and John Abercrombie: The Angle Below

Read "The Angle Below" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
October 10, 2013

Peter Brendler and guitarist John Abercrombie have developed their playing partnership over a number of years, but The Angle Below is their first duo recording. Brendler--"the guy on the bass" as he's described in Neil Tesser's sleeve notes--is the nominal leader but he refers to the album as a collaboration. He's not wrong. He may be ...

Article: Reassessing

Oscar Peterson & Stephane Grappelli: Skol

by C. Michael Bailey
October 10, 2013

Oscar Peterson and Stephane Grappelli Skol OJC 1979/2013 Music impresario Norman Granz (1918-2001) was a cagey so-and-so. When he inaugurated Pablo Records in 1973, he already had a catalog of recordings and an immediate pool of exceptional performers who also happened to be under his management (often making his acquaintance ...

Article: Album Review

The Idan Raichel Project: Quarter to Six

Read "Quarter to Six" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 10, 2013

Since emerging at the helm of his Project roughly a decade ago, Israeli composer, keyboardist and bandleader Idan Raichel has spirited through rarified air: He co-wrote a song for racial harmony with Israeli President Shimon Perez, and performed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial inaugural ceremony in Washington, DC. He performed “Gift of Acceptance" with ...

Article: Album Review

Justin Morell: Justin Morell Dectet - Subjects and Compliments

Read "Justin Morell Dectet - Subjects and Compliments" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 10, 2013

Guitarist Justin Morell has succumb to his inner conflict between jazz and classical musics and composed a dozen pieces bowing to each in what may best be considered a jazz suite. This is not Gunther Schuller's “Third Stream" or the Modern Jazz Quartet's chamber jazz. It is a little bigger than that. Morell leads one of ...

News: Radio

This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Battle Of The Bands With Banu Gibson, Savion Glover & William Warfield

October 10, 2013

Riverwalk Jazz this week presents an old-fashioned Battle of the Bands pitting the Jim Cullum Jazz Band against Banu Gibson and her New Orleans Hot Jazz. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in ...

News: Award / Grant

Chris Greco - Nominee - Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2013

October 10, 2013

Official Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2013. Chris Greco's jazz composition “Oliver" is a nominee for the 2013 Hollywood Music in Media Awards event. “Oliver" is a simmering up-tempo line that features Greco's wide command and nuanced approach on the tenor saxophone. For the third consecutive year reed player Greco has received a HMMA jazz ...

News: Music Industry

Not an Obituary for the Artists Quarter

October 10, 2013

For nearly four decades, over three locations and one significant hiatus, the Artists Quarter has symbolized the true spirit of jazz—a collaborative, forward-thinking, open community. And like most jazz clubs throughout the country, the AQ has struggled to hold faithful audience in the face of rising costs, declining support to the arts, and dwindling audiences. We ...

News: Recording

James Booker's 'Classified: Remixed & Expanded' on Rounder Records

October 10, 2013

The Bayou Maharajah. The Piano Pope. The Ivory Emperor. The Bronze Liberace. Music Magnifico. Gonzo. The Piano Prince of New Orleans. James Booker coined more than a few extravagant nicknames for himself, and he lived up to every one of them. James Carroll Booker III was also an unheralded genius of American music, a New Orleans ...

News: Recording

Antonio Loureira Mixes Things Up, from Brazil to the Globe

October 10, 2013

“I didn’t want to make music that was exactly right. It makes me frustrated. I want to have fun. I want to play.” Antonio Loureiro is a man with a singular vision for his music. For the Brazilian multi-instrumentalist and singer, the magic exists in the moment, in spontaneity, where barriers between songs and instrumentals don’t ...

News: Recording

3 Cohens - The All-star Family Jazz Band Of Clarinetist/tenor Saxophonist Anat, Trumpeter Avishai & Soprano Saxist Yuval - Release Their Fourth Album Together, "Tightrope"

October 10, 2013

To be released Oct. 22, 2013, via Anzic Records, “Tightrope" features the 3 Cohens improvising as an a cappella horn choir and teaming with special guests Fred Hersch, Christian McBride & Jonathan Blake “To the ranks of the Heaths of Philadelphia, the Joneses of Detroit and the Marsalises of New Orleans, fans can now add the ...