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William Hooker: Channels of Consciousness
by John Sharpe
On the face of it the title couldn't be more apt, as drummer William Hooker leads his four accomplices through an organically unfurling invention fashioned from their collective streams of consciousness. But a closer listen betrays signs of premeditation, not least in trumpeter Chris DiMeglio's wistful reiterated motif which reappears at regular junctures during the continuous ...
Take Five With Crystal Waters
by AAJ Staff
Meet Crystal Waters:When you hear the name Crystal Waters, you immediately think of a woman whose talent and brand has sustained her 20-year career, yet the breadth of her work continues to engage new fans and please her enormous base.She is best known for her string of domestic and international number one ...
Frederick Moyer: When Summer Comes
by Chris Mosey
A homage in all but name by American concert pianist Frederick Moyer to one of his heroes, Oscar Peterson. All the songs, save two, formed a regular part of the late, great Canadian's repertoire. The closing number, Moyer's own composition, “Gospel" bears a striking resemblance to Peterson's “Hymn To Freedom." Interestingly, Moyer claims ...
Joe Locke: Lay Down My Heart: Blues & Ballads Vol.1
by Edward Blanco
The ever versatile vibraphonist extraordinaire Joe Locke returns to his early days of music-making, where he once felt that jazz was, is and “should always be, people music." On his third recording for the Motema label, Locke presents Lay Down My Heart: Blues & Ballads Vol. 1 designed as a vehicle for people everywhere who need ...
Frederick Moyer: When Summer Comes
by Nicholas F. Mondello
A hardened cynic might think it could be a “grass is greener" rationale for a world-class concert pianist to take on a slew of GAS and jazz standards and record them in a solo format. “Ego-brushing," might also be tossed about. However, in the case of When Summer Comes a fine solo effort by Frederick Moyer, ...
Guitarist Wolfgang Schalk Releases Special Remix Of "The Second Third Man"
Release Date: June 11, 2013 / Label: Frame Up Music / Format: CD, Digital Download By Walter Kolosky The collaboration with Michael Brecker was a dream come true. By 1996 standards, the compositions and performances on Wolfgang Schalkʼs The Second Third Man were impressive. The title cut stood out, as I wrote previously: “The Second Third ...
Bay Area's Park St. Trio Set to Release "3 Plus 5" on June 7, 2013
Alameda, CA: Park St. Trio, one of the Bay Area's emergent jazz ensembles, will release its second album on June 7, 2013. The new album, “3 Plus 5," is more adventurous and highlights their growth as a band. The songwriting leans more modern while maintaining the strong melodies that makes their music enjoyable. The band has ...
"Black Lace Blue Tears," Debut CD For Seattle-Area Jazz Singer Eugenie Jones, Due May 28
With the release of her debut album Black Lace Blue Tears, Seattle-based Eugenie Jones emerges as a rising jazz vocal star with a deep-rooted sense of where she’s headed as an artist. Jones’s repertoire is based primarily on her own striking originals, and she also had a hand in all of the arrangements. The disc is ...
2013 Tri-C JazzFest: Cleveland, OH, April 19 - 27, 2013
by Matt Marshall
34th Annual Tri-C JazzFest ClevelandCleveland, OHApril 19-April 27, 2013There was a determined effort by Tri-C JazzFest Managing Director Terri Pontremoli to give this year's event more of a festival atmosphere than it has perhaps enjoyed in years past. For starters, many of the outlying venues, such as the East Cleveland library, a regular ...
Bobby McFerrin: spirityouall
by C. Michael Bailey
Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau and Jon Hendricks are the most innovative jazz voices of the past 50 years. Our current subject, McFerrin, took the technical capabilities of the human voice, remolding them into the fantastic and delightful forms we recognise as his genius today. spirityouall is McFerrin's celebration of both his father, Robert McFerrin, Sr., the ...
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