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News: Performance / Tour

Kelley Suttenfield To Perform At Jazz At Kitano, Wednesday July 3

June 19, 2013

Kelley Suttenfield in Concert Wednesday, July 3, 2013, 8 & 10pm Featuring: Kelley Suttenfield, voice Michael Cabe, piano Tosh Sheridan, guitar Matt Aronoff, bass Brian Adler, drums Jazz at Kitano 66 Park Avenue (@ 38th St), New York, NY Sets at 8 ...

News: Recording

Rob Hart Trio Releases "3000 Realms Of 10 Worlds" - Special Guests: Kai Eckhardt / Stu Hamm / Fareed Haque

June 19, 2013

“The concept of 3000 REALMS OF 10 WORLDS (July 1 release, self-released) is to divulge many musical styles from different ethnicities and countries around the globe, to explore beyond musical boundaries. The basic core recording sessions started with the trio lineup and then built layers upon these basic trio sessions. I have added overdub layers, from ...

Article: Live Review

Top Italian Jazz at Birdland: New York, NY, June 4-9, 2013

by Thomas Conrad
June 18, 2013

Top Italian Jazz at BirdlandBirdlandNew York, NYJune 4-9, 2013 Birdland is at 315 West 44th Street in Manhattan. Taxis can drop you at the door. But if you come by subway, you pass through Times Square, that outrageous canyon where night is bright as day, with its teeming, dazed multitudes. ...

Article: Album Review

David Murray Infinity Quartet: Be My Monster Love

Read "Be My Monster Love" reviewed by Steve Bryant

by Steve Bryant
June 18, 2013

Tenor man David Murray is considered to be one of the most prolific and innovative players and composers of the last 40 years.Not only has he distinguished himself as an inventive leader of the avant-garde movement, he has become a veritable Renaissance man just based on the myriad of projects he has undertaken in ...

News: Education

Student Led Berklee Rhythm Collective Teach And Perform In Colombia As Cultural Ambassadors

June 18, 2013

Berklee College of Music student bassist Esther Rojas, a native of Barranquilla, Colombia, leads the Berklee Rhythm Collective on a two-week trip to her home country to teach and perform. The program, sponsored by the Colombo-Americano Bi-National Center (BNC) of the U.S. Embassy’s Cultural Affairs Office, is part of an initiative to promote Colombian and U.S. ...

News: Recording

Brainkiller Pushes The Envelope On Genre-defying Second Album Colourless Green Superheroes

June 18, 2013

On the creative instrumental music scene today there are a plethora of fresh-sounding new bands that artfully blend jazz, classical, rock, electronica and the avant-garde. Add to that list the renegade trio Brainkiller, which has been flying under the radar with a potent sound that is steeped in structure while pushing the envelope on audaciousness. With ...

News: Festival

Berkshire Gateway To Feature Phil Woods, Freddie Bryant, Greg Caputo Big Band

June 18, 2013

Berkshires Jazz, Inc. today announced the second annual Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend, bringing marquee performers and local jazz musicians to downtown Lee, Massachusetts, July 25-28. In collaboration with Berkshire Gateway Preservation, Inc., Berkshires Jazz presents the {Greg Caputo Big Band, Phil Woods, and the Freddie Bryant Quartet in the striking performance space at First Congregational Church, ...

News: Advocacy

Artist, Location Selected for Miles Davis Statue in Alton

June 18, 2013

According to a story published in yesterday's Alton Telegraph, artist and sculptor Preston Jackson has been selected to create a statue of Miles Davis for display in the town where the legendary trumpeter was born. Jackson, who grew up in Decatur and now lives in Peoria, has taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and created ...

Article: Album Review

Ken Silverman: Visionaries

Read "Visionaries" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 17, 2013

Most of the world simply lives by the known, but some people fantasize about discoveries and ideas that are beyond the generally accepted scope of possibility. A select few from that list manage to make their dreams turn into reality, and they go down in history as visionaries; these are the people that multi-instrumentalist Ken Silverman ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Joe Locke: Lay Down My Heart - Blues & Ballads Vol 1

by John Kelman
June 17, 2013

In a rarefied space, Joe Locke continues to evolve, engage and impress. There simply isn't another vibraphonist of his generation with Locke's stellar chops, thorough understanding of history/tradition--not just of jazz, but of music, period--and ability to build programs based on thematic concepts that not only stand out in his gradually growing discography, but fit contextually ...