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News: Performance / Tour

Texas Blues Rocker Hamilton Loomis Tours U.S. For Album Release

July 30, 2013

“If blues, soul, and rock can be said to form a triangle, you’ll find Hamilton Loomis right in the center of it,” says Guitar Player Magazine. An apt description, as young Loomis is one of the young artists at the forefront of bringing blues-based American music into the 21st century and redefining it for a contemporary ...

Article: Interview

Etienne Charles: Trumpet's First Chantwell

by DanMichael Reyes
July 29, 2013

Trinidadian-born trumpeter Etienne Charles has made it a point to share the culture of his native homeland with the world through music, whether it is writing songs on cuatro or steel pan, incorporating Kweyol chants on the opening track to his latest album Creole Soul (Culture Shock, 2013), or playing with an undeniable Caribbean bounce that ...

Article: Album Review

Peter Sprague String Consort: Dr. Einstein's Spin

Read "Dr. Einstein's Spin" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush
July 29, 2013

Composer/guitarist Peter Sprague isn't well-known, but there are few musicians operating at his level; he counts pianist Chick Corea, bassist Charlie Haden and fellow six-stringer Pat Metheny among his enthusiastic supporters.One of his ongoing projects, The Peter Sprague String Consort, represents a true marriage of jazz trio with string quartet, and the ensemble is ...

Article: Album Review

Eldar Djangirov: Breakthrough

Read "Breakthrough" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 29, 2013

"Point Of View Redux"--the eight-minute-long opener on pianist Eldar Djangirov's Breakthrough--doesn't exactly say it all, but it says a hell of a lot. A firmly delivered flourish flies through the air in the opening seconds, a rollicking riff sets things in motion as titan-like technique powers the warp-speed explorations that follow, things take a bluesy turn ...

Article: Album Review

Paul Marinaro: Without A Song

Read "Without A Song" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 29, 2013

At first blush, Chicago singer Paul Marinaro's debut recording, Without A Song, is a well-meaning vanity recording that turns out to be...well, well-meaning. That impression is forgivable only for those not living in the Chicago area. Further reading reveals that this recording had its genesis in some 78 rpm acetates Marinaro found of his father singing ...

News: Performance / Tour

Michelle Walker Live @ North Square Lounge Sunday Brunch

July 29, 2013

Michelle Walker Performs @ The North Square Sunday Brunch Sunday August 11, 2013 North Square Lounge 103 Waverly Place @ MacDougal New York, NY 10011 (212) 254-1200 2 Sets: 12:30pm & 2:15pm No Cover or Minimum Reservation strongly recommended. Ask for seating ...

News: Performance / Tour

"Santa Baby" Singer Cynthia Basinet Surfaces In New York For Rare Show

July 29, 2013

New York, NY: The Los Angeles based actress, singer Cynthia Basinet best known for her “Santa Baby" performs a rare intimate show, “Under the Moon" for fans this Wednesday. Cynthia has appeared in over 100+ TV, movies and commercials. Her now iconic version of “Santa Baby", (oft credited to Marilyn Monroe) includes soundtracks for “Party Monster" ...

News: Recording

Aug. 13: Lorraine Feather Releases “Attachments” Lyricist-Singer’s Intense & Intimate Follow-up To Grammy-nominated “Ages” & “Tales Of The Unusual”

July 29, 2013

"Attachments" (Jazzed Media - JM 1063, August 13 Release) is lyricist / singer Lorraine Feather’s 8th solo jazz album since the year 2000. On each of these ambitious releases, she has sung only her own lyrics, and received extraordinary press. Her 2010 stages-of-life release Ages and her 2012 Gothic adventure Tales of the Unusual received Grammy ...

News: Performance / Tour

Internationally Acclaimed Pianist Keiko Matsui Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of U. S. Recording Career With New Album On July 30 And U. S. Tour, August 4 - December 21, 2013

July 29, 2013

New album Soul Quest features Narada Michael Walden, Chuck Loeb, Marcus Miller & Kirk Whalum, among others. Matsui added to Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour with Oleta Adams and Jonathan Butler “Creating this album was like going on a soul quest, as I tried to figure out how to express the things I was thinking ...

News: Event

Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend Debuts Phil Woods Compositions

July 29, 2013

Four-day Festival Featured Phil Woods, Freddie Bryant, Greg Caputo and Dozens of Local Musicians and Associated Events. By Ed Bride How do you give wobbly knees to 300 strong? Aside from using a metaphor, you put a legendary alto saxophonist in front of a kickass big band and let them wail. At least, that’s the evidence ...