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Article: Album Review

David Strother: Muse

by Florence Wetzel
July 26, 2013

Muse is a poetic suite on loss and resilience by violinist and sound sculptor David Strother. His previous release, Soundings.live (Self-produced), was a lovely integration of improvised violin and Los Angeles street noise, but on Muse he delves into the personal to tell a story through sound. Given Strother's extensive experience with spoken word, it's not ...

Article: Reassessing

Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner & Loewe

by C. Michael Bailey
July 26, 2013

Chet BakerChet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner & LoeweOJC1959/2013 The newest round of re-releases/remasters from the Concord Music Group celebrate the 60th anniversary of Riverside Records. Singer and trumpeter Chet Baker's Chet Baker Plays The Best Of Lerner & Loewe joins Mulligan Meets Monk (OJC/Riverside, 1957/2013) ...

Article: Album Review

lePercolateur: Pop Manouche

Read "Pop Manouche" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 26, 2013

Something different and exciting is brewing on lePercolateur's Pop Manouche. This Chicago-based, Hot Club-indebted outfit finds a way to blend the sonic sensibilities of Django Reinhardt's famed band into an alt- pop/alt-folk/alt-instrumental format on their debut album, creating something unique in the process; it's as if songstress Sam Phillips, the beyond-category Pink Martini, indie folk band ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With J. Vega

by AAJ Staff
July 26, 2013

Meet J Vega:I've been playing music and teaching guitar for more than 35 years. I've been on the faculty at Cal State L.A., East L.A. College, and Los Angeles City College. I also lead a quintet called J. Vega & Friends that plays throughout Southern California and maintain a teaching studio. Instrument(s):

Article: Album Review

Robin McKelle & The Flytones: Soul Flower

Read "Soul Flower" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 26, 2013

First, Robin McKelle & The Flytones Soul Flower is not neo-soul. Neo-soul is what Amy Winehouse was and Cee Lo Green is (at least on his “Forget You"). Neo-soul is a cheeky attempt to cash in on a classic style while, at the same time, not taking it seriously. Second, Soul Flower might be better termed ...

News: Recording

New York-Based Jazz Pianist Dimitrije Vasiljevic's Debut Album, "The Path Of Silvan" Now Available

July 26, 2013

In April 2013, Dimitrije Vasiljevic released his debut album as a leader, The Path of Silvan, consisting entirely of his original compositions. Silvans are said to be mythical creatures who led ancient Serbian knights from the darkness to the light. This album represents a fine mixture of modern jazz and Serbian traditional music from the Balkans. ...

News: Recording

Nashville Trumpeter/Composer Imer Santiago Debuts With "Hidden Journey" Aug. 27

July 26, 2013

Imer Santiago’s musical journey, which began in his native Ohio with stops in New Orleans and Austin, took an important turn in 2007 when he relocated to Nashville. There the accomplished young trumpeter forged a close bond with saxophonist Rahsaan Barber, one of the local jazz scene’s key players as well as the owner of Jazz ...

News: Radio

The Whiteman Years This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

July 25, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band teams up with Vince Giordano and Andy Stein, specialists in the music of Paul Whiteman in the 1920s. 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 ...

Article: Live Review

Chuck Anderson Trio: Philadelphia, PA, July 13, 2013

by Victor L. Schermer
July 25, 2013

Chuck Anderson TrioJamey's House of MusicPhiladelphia, PAJuly 13, 2013Chuck Anderson is a virtuoso jazz guitarist with an eclectic repertoire that includes standards, originals, a dash of rock, and artisan electric adaptations of classical acoustic guitar music. He started out forty years ago as the house guitarist at the Latin Casino, and ...

Article: Album Review

Alan Broadbent: Heart To Heart

Read "Heart To Heart" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 25, 2013

Pianist Alan Broadbent can't be accused of rushing to release his second solo piano album; Heart To Heart comes more than two decades after Broadbent initially took the solo plunge with Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume 14 (Concord, 1991), but it was worth the wait. While only Broadbent knows the exact reason ...