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Chris Schlarb: Psychic Temples

by Ian Patterson
July 24, 2013

Truck driver, husband, father, and law-abiding citizen by day, Chris Schlarb presumably dons a cape at other moments that transforms him, if not quite into the savior of creative music, at the very least into the creator of other-worldly sounds of singular vision and exceptional beauty. Guitarist, composer, and founder of independent record label Sounds Are ...

Article: Album Review

Mark Murphy: A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn

Read "A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
July 24, 2013

In his time, vocalist Mark Murphy has been described as hip, cool, swinging, fearless, gruff, and eccentric (among other things). Some-- but most definitely not all--of these terms could also be applied to Shirley Horn. So it's fitting that Murphy should pay tribute to his compatriot, as he does on A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra: Artistry

by Jack Bowers
July 24, 2013

On Artistry, the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra pays homage to one of Richmond's former employers, the legendary Stan Kenton, not by rehashing music performed by the Kenton Orchestra--no matter how forward-leaning that may have been--but rather by renovating a few themes associated with Kenton (and quite a few others that weren't) in the manner in ...

News: Performance / Tour

Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators at the Caramoor Jazz Festival on July 28

July 24, 2013

Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators with Lewis Nash, Steve Turre, Vincent Herring July 28 - 2pm - Caramoor Jazz Festival Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca & The Jass Syncopators headline this Sunday at 2pm at the 20th Anniversary Caramoor Jazz Festival in Katonah, NY. Enjoy a pleasant drive to Westchester County for a relaxing outdoor afternoon ...

Article: Album Review

Mark Dresser Quintet: Nourishments

Read "Nourishments" reviewed by Robert Bush

by Robert Bush
July 23, 2013

Mark Dresser has risen to the very upper echelon of the double-bass world in the most impressive fashion: by choosing the road less traveled. His path of virtuosity has eschewed the conventional metrics of velocity over changes in favor of the development of a highly personal improvising language that includes timbre gradients, two-handed tapping, use of ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Mort Weiss: In Twilight... Not!

by C. Michael Bailey
July 23, 2013

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams... --Yann Martel, The Life of Pi The Internet has done a bang-up job of bringing everything and everybody closer together. An immediate effect ...

Article: Album Review

Photon Band: Pure Photonic Matter Volume 1

Read "Pure Photonic Matter Volume 1" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 23, 2013

The Philadelphia-based Photon Band conspicuously unites Indie rock with an amalgamation of psychedelics and spacey overtures amid occasional nods to the British punk rock movement and hard-driving proto-punk ensembles such as MC5. This limited edition vinyl release was largely created by the band's leader, guitarist/bassist/vocalist Art di Furia. Some of the rewarding elements can be attributed ...

Article: Album Review

Brandon Bernstein Trio: But Beautiful

Read "But Beautiful" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 23, 2013

Sensitive, serious and sincere are the adjectives that bass veteran Putter Smith uses to describe guitarist Brandon Bernstein, and those simple words prove to be descriptive bull's eyes. Bernstein started on guitar at fourteen, scored a scholarship from the Berklee School of Music at eighteen, and proceeded to wrack up a series of degrees--culminating in a ...

News: Recording

Earth, Wind & Fire Releasing New Studio Album "Now, Then & Forever" on September 10

July 23, 2013

Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the release of Now, Then & Forever by the legendary group Earth, Wind & Fire. This marks the group’s first new studio album in eight years. Now, Then & Forever, will be available everywhere on Tuesday, September 10. Earth, Wind & Fire’s first album of new studio material since 2005, ...

News: Recording

Danny Michel Releases "Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me" with The Garifuna Collective

July 23, 2013

Danny Michel first fell in love with the Central American country of Belize 15 years ago when he traveled there for a break from a cold Canada winter. What started as a vacation from the grind of touring and recording changed Michel’s life and led him down a long and winding road towards the creation of ...