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Article: Live Review

The Charlie Daniels Band at the NYCB Theatre

by Mike Perciaccante
September 22, 2013

The Charlie Daniels Band with the Marshall Tucker Band NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY September 7, 2013 The show outside of the NYCB Theatre at Westbury was something to behold. The local fire department sent two trucks outfitted with retractable ladders and a huge American flag, which they proudly raised ...

Article: Album Review

Bill Hollis: Best of Bill Hollis

Read "Best of Bill Hollis" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
September 22, 2013

Songwriter and pianist William Odell (Bill) Hollis passed away three years ago leaving behind a legacy of 175 original tunes. Best of Bill Hollis on the Blujazz label collects eight of these from two different sessions from 1983 and 1985. The former is recorded with a trio in Bristol, Pennsylvania and the latter with a quartet ...

Article: Album Review

Bryn Roberts: Fables

Read "Fables" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
September 22, 2013

Born in Canada, pianist Bryn Roberts has enjoyed a prolific career as a session artist since moving to New York City in 2001. Snuggled within a modern mainstream vibe, his persuasive compositions pay homage to melodic content, often complemented by saxophonist Seamus Blake's burly delivery and fluid lines. Nonetheless, many of these works contain quite a ...

News: Recording

Newpoli: Music Beyond The Tarantula’s Bite

September 22, 2013

Sometimes you don’t understand what you have until you leave it behind. It can be people, places. It can even be the music. That’s definitely the case with Newpoli. When the founding members left Italy to study jazz at Berklee College of Music, they never imagined that they’d end up performing the folk music of their ...

News: Recording

SAM Releases Debut "Another Life" Split into Two Volumes

September 22, 2013

The progressive-rock improvising trio SAM, formed by bassist Julie Slick, guitarist Peter Alexius and Chapman Stick player Marc Mennigmann, announce to release of their debut album called Another Life split in two volumes. Both volumes will be available on BandCamp, iTunes, Amazon, CDbaby, and several other digital record stores. The release of a physical 2 CD ...

News: Book / Magazine

Bill Wyman Releases Limited Edition "Scrapbook" in North America

September 22, 2013

For the first time ever, rock and roll legend and founding member of The Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman is offering American music fans a unique glimpse into his extraordinary life with his limited edition luxury Scrapbook, soon to be available in North America. Signed by the man himself and certified for authentication, there are only 1962 ...

Article: Catching Up With

Tiempo Libre: Back in Havana

by Luellen Smiley
September 21, 2013

Sometimes an interview with a musician goes deeper than a narrative history of recordings, concert calendar and early training. That happened when I met Jorge Gómez; founder, keyboardist and musical director of Tiempo Libre, an all Cuban born Timba band. We met in a modest hotel room in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he and his ...

Article: Album Review

Jeff Lorber Fusion: Hacienda

Read "Hacienda" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush
September 21, 2013

If the word “fusion" is a dirty word don't tell Jeff Lorber. In 1977, the Jeff Lorber Fusion made the scene and 36 years later there's a new incarnation of the band built around Lorber's keyboards, synths and occasional guitar, Jimmy Haslip on bass, and Eric Marienthal on saxophone. What's changed in nearly four decades later ...

Article: Interview

Kevin Hays: Creative Flow

by George Colligan
September 21, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]If you aren't familiar with pianist Kevin Hays, you should be. He's recorded and toured with many of the greatest jazz musicians of all time. And those who call him can't seem to get enough of him. His recent projects as a ...

Article: Live Review

The Royal Southern Brotherhood at B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill

by Mike Perciaccante
September 21, 2013

The Royal Southern Brotherhood B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill New York, NY September 4, 2013 The Royal Southern Brotherhood is well-named. It is exactly what it should be: an all-star group of virtuoso musicians with roots in the south who play an amalgam of blues, soul, funk and southern- influenced ...