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Article: Interview

Yuhan Su: Good Vibes

by Ian Patterson
May 21, 2013

Everybody loves the romance of a comeback: the phoenix-like rise from adversity, long-term exile, obscurity or defeat. Think of US President Abraham Lincoln's travails, boxer George Foreman's regaining the World Heavyweight title at the age of 45, actor Sean Connery's return as Bond, David Bowie's eternal reinvention or, indeed, the peculiar cycles of fashion that have ...

Article: Album Review

Christian McBride & Inside Straight: People Music

Read "People Music" reviewed by J Hunter

by J Hunter
May 20, 2013

Musicians create bands for many things: To gather like-minded artists together, or to achieve some grand artistic vision; Christian McBride created Inside Straight to get a gig. It seems Village Vanguard owner Lorraine Gordon loved McBride but wouldn't book him with his regular, fusion-heavy outfit--or, as Gordon put it, “that rock 'n' roll band." Necessity is ...

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Take Five With Mike Davis

by AAJ Staff
May 20, 2013

Meet Mike Davis:Mike Davis has lived several distinct musical lives. He has been a student, a serious student of performance and of theory and of composition and of art. He has been a gig warrior, playing multiple shows in multiple styles on different instruments at different venues with different bands on the same day ...

Article: Album Review

Laszlo Gardony: Clarity

Read "Clarity" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
May 20, 2013

Pianist Laszlo Gardony's Clarity is a single, composed on the spot, piano sonata comprising ten movements. The contemplative and intimate music bears marks of his various life experiences, from his classical training in his native Budapest to his career as a jazz educator at Boston's Berklee College of Music.Recorded in a single sitting in ...

Article: Album Review

Daniel Bennett Group: Clockhead Goes to Camp

Read "Clockhead Goes to Camp" reviewed by Mike Oppenheim

by Mike Oppenheim
May 20, 2013

Clockhead Goes to Camp, by the Daniel Bennett Group, is a refreshing album in its originality, positivity, and apparent simplicity. There are many ways in which this is not a typical jazz album. The instrumentation is one of them. Fronted by Daniel Bennett on saxophone and clarinet, a prominent percussion background, folk inspired guitar, and a ...

News: Festival

Sixth Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival In Brooklyn, Taking Place June 9 And 16 In The Urban Meadow

May 20, 2013

big bang productions presents the sixth annual RED HOOK JAZZ FESTIVAL on two consecutive Sundays, June 9 and June 16 in the Urban Meadow, a community garden on the Columbia Waterfront District. Both days start at 1pm and end at 6pm. Celebrating its sixth installment of this homegrown jazz festival, this year's line-up features some of ...

News: Education

Jazz Arts Group Announces 2013 Winner Of The Hank Marr High School Jazz Award

May 20, 2013

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) has announced its winner of the 2013 Hank Marr High School Jazz Award. This award demonstrates excellence in musicianship and performance amongst central Ohio's young students of jazz. Eight extremely talented high school students auditioned for the $500 cash award and the chance to perform with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Carmen Souza Announces New Album And North American Tour

May 20, 2013

The fact that Carmen Souza and Theo Pas‘cal complement each other musically in an ingenious way has already been shown in their successful cooperation over the last few years. The latest studio-album called Kachupada, that was recorded in London and Lisbon will be released in North America on June 11, 2013, continues this tradition. The title ...

News: Education

A New Look And Vibe For This Year’s Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet

May 20, 2013

The Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet for 2013-14 is taking on a whole new look and a whole new vibe. For the first time since the group comprising some of the nation’s top young jazz musicians was formed, there is a female member, and no pianist. And, for very nearly for the first time, there is a ...

News: Festival

Harry Belafonte at 4th edition Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival

May 20, 2013

Fundashon Bon Intenshon is very honored and proud to announce the presence of singer/actor Harry Belafonte at the fourth edition of Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival that will be held on August 30 and 31, 2013. Belafonte will deliver a speech entitled: “The Confirmation of Commitment for Peace, Sustainability and Brotherhood for All through Music”. American ...