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Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Kicks Off August 21st!

August 15, 2013

City Parks Foundation announces the CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL - August 21-25 City Parks Foundation proudly announces the 21st edition of the beloved late summer jazz favorite, the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. In the world of modern music, few figures loom as large or cast as long a shadow as saxophonist Charlie Parker, best known as ...

Article: Interview

Mara Rosenbloom, Darius Jones, Brian Drye: Brooklyn Artist Snapshot

by Seton Hawkins
August 14, 2013

To even the casual observer, Brooklyn has incubated an extraordinary new generation of talented jazz artists. While the Borough is certainly renowned for a vibrant jazz community, and indeed has been since the mid-twentieth century, this latest cohort of artists is nevertheless worthy of a particular spotlight, not only for being a gathering of tremendous performers ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Alexi David

by AAJ Staff
August 14, 2013

Meet Alexi David:Cypriot-American composer and bassist Alexi David grew up in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood. His group, Alexi David's Patriot Act, has created the first fusion with jazz and the Greek sounds of rembetika. David is also adept on bouzouki, baglama and piano. He is a scholar on the music of the late Charles ...

Article: Album Review

Tom Kennedy: Just Play!

Read "Just Play!" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
August 14, 2013

An accomplished musician known for his prowess on electric bass, Tom Kennedy fronts a nine-piece ensemble of top-notch players delivering engaging new interpretations of well-known jazz standards on Just Play!, his fourth album as leader. While much of his experience performing progressive and mainstream jazz has been on the electric bass, Kennedy's first experience began on ...

News: Technology

Nonsoft Breaks Record, Makes Musical Programs In 64 Bytes

August 14, 2013

Nonsoft, the independent software. music, and game producer, has recently announced that their lead programmer has potentially broken several world records by creating an engine for audiovisual programs in 64 bytes or less. This is roughly equivalent to less than half the space of a Twitter text message for each tiny program. Nonsoft has used this ...

Article: Interview

Billy Childs: Pushing Past Preconceptions

by George Colligan
August 13, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]Billy Childs is simply one of the baddest musicians on the planet. He's a brilliant jazz pianist, having received much acclaim as a sideman with legends as well as from being a bandleader. His Windham Hill recordings--Take For Example, This....., His April ...

Article: Live From New York

Ensemble musikFabrik, Etienne Charles, Pulverize The Sound & Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora

by Martin Longley
August 13, 2013

Ensemble musikFabrik Avery Fisher Hall July 20, 2013 Karlheinz Stockhausen and Sun Ra must surely vie for the stellar position of most cosmically attuned composer within the bounds of the omniverse. Stockhausen's Licht is arguably his major work, at least in terms of sheer scale. It's a seven-day-long operatic ...

Article: Album Review

Rotem Sivan: Enchanted Sun

Read "Enchanted Sun" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
August 13, 2013

Guitarist Rotem Sivan, who made the move from his native Israel to New York City in 2008, chose the trio format for his debut, Enchanted Sun. Working with just bass and drums accompanying--whether the “lead" is a piano, a horn or a guitar---is one of the most intimate ways to make music; since pianist Bill Evans' ...

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Take Five With Kristin Korb

by AAJ Staff
August 13, 2013

Meet Kristin Korb: A singing double bassist with a deep sense of swing, Kristin Korb combines the instrumental influence of Ray Brown and Charles Mingus with the vocal styling of Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald to create a sound all herown. Exhilarating to watch live, she sings and plays the bass as effortlessly as she breathes.

News: Recording

"Why Stop Now ... Ubuntu," 12th CD By Tenor Saxophonist Michael Pedicin, Due Sept. 24

August 13, 2013

A passionately soulful improviser, tenor saxophonist Michael Pedicin is in the midst of an impressive creative surge clearly reflected in his prolific work as a recording artist and composer. His new CD, Why Stop Now...Ubuntu, is his 12th as a leader—and 5th in the last six years. Scheduled for release on September 24 by his GroundBlue ...