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Article: Big Band Report

Pointing Fingers... And Naming Names

by Jack Bowers
May 4, 2013

As the countdown continues toward the last Big Band Report in June, the time has come to point fingers and name names--in other words, to compile a short list of contemporary jazz musicians who have risen above the norm to help make life more pleasurable for one devoted listener. These are, mind you, personal choices, and ...

Article: Album Review

Willie Nelson and Family: Let’s Face the Music and Dance

Read "Let’s Face the Music and Dance" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 4, 2013

While it is an apologia for Willie Nelson, at 80, he has more than earned the right to do as he damn well pleases when he records. When Ray Charles passed away in 2004, Nelson was the only American musician to possibly accept the Charles mantle of musician with the greatest depth and breadth, having had ...

Article: Album Review

Charles Flores: Impressions Of Graffiti

Read "Impressions Of Graffiti" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
May 4, 2013

Reared and educated in Cuba, bassist Charles Flores migrated to the US and evolved into a first-call session artist for saxophonist David Sanchez and flautist Dave Valentine among many others. Sadly, Flores' debut solo endeavor is a posthumous release as he succumbed to cancer on August 22, 2012. Yet it's a luminous testament to his holistic ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Joy Divine

by AAJ Staff
May 4, 2013

Meet Joy Divine:The power of music is my inspiration. The simple truth is, I love to sing. Anyone who knows me would say, I'm a passionate advocate for keeping music alive, no matter what. Anyone who knows me would also say I am a passionate advocate for keeping music alive in your life, no ...

Article: Album Review

Uri Gurvich: BabEl

by Mark Corroto
May 4, 2013

Toss a dart at the world map and you are likely to hit a country of origin for a band member in saxophonist Uri Gurvich's ensemble. The Israeli-born son of Argentinian parents assembled an international cast for his first release The Storyteller (Tzadik, 2009). The same band of Bulgarian bassist Peter Slavov, Cuban drummer Francisco Mela, ...

Article: Album Review

Michelle Pollace: New Beginning

Read "New Beginning" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
May 4, 2013

Pianist and composer Michelle Pollace from the San Francisco Bay Area has been a long-time exponent of the Latin jazz genre going back to her days as co-leader of the Zarate Pollace Project where, along with Bay Area songwriter and guitarist Abel Zarate, the group performed a blend of fusion, jazz, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles of ...

News: Performance / Tour

UK Prog Legends Nektar To Tour The Us Summer 2013

May 4, 2013

London, UK: One of the summer’s most highly anticipated tours, “Legends of U.K. Classic Rock”, will feature progressive rock legends Nektar, beginning in June 2013. After a bit of an absence from U.S. Stages, Nektar is sure to be a treat for concert-goers who will be fortunate enough to catch one of the shows! Nektar founding ...

News: Performance / Tour

"Somethin' Else" Brings More Jazz to Saturday Schedule on RAF-St. Louis

May 4, 2013

The Radio Arts Foundation - St. Louis has added more jazz programming to the schedule of their new classical station, as “Somethin' Else," a new hour-long weekly broadcast hosted by Calvin Wilson, has joined the lineup at 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Named with a nod to the titles of classic albums from Cannonball Adderley and Ornette ...

Article: Album Review

Jacob Varmus: Terminal Stillness

Read "Terminal Stillness" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
May 3, 2013

Jazz is always caught up in the idea of looking forward or backwards, but whatever happened to the idea of looking around? Much ado about movement--toward the future, the past, the next chord in the progression or the next stage of a career--often gets in the way of the simple act of creation. The jazz community, ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Christopher O'Riley: O’Riley’s Lizst

by C. Michael Bailey
May 3, 2013

Hungarian pianist and composer Franz Liszt (1811-86) made a career as the consummate concert showoff. He fully learned to be a showoff from fiddler Nicolo Paganini (1782--1840), who, with Liszt, championed the idea of the “Artist as Hero." Previously, it had not been so fashionable for an artist to outshine the composer whose music he or ...