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News: Performance / Tour

Sheldon Concert Hall Announces 2013-14 Season Schedule

April 20, 2013

The Sheldon Concert Hall today announced the schedule for the various subscription series in its 2013-14 season. The Sheldon's 2013-14 jazz series will kick off on Wednesday, October 23 with the Brubeck Brothers Quartet, featuring bassist/trombonist Chris Brubeck and drummer Dan Brubeck doing a tribute to their dad, the late pianist Dave Brubeck, who played at ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 19-25

April 20, 2013

Like good jazz, Minnesota's weather is unpredictable, and forces us all to become good improvisers. Spring might not be swinging yet, but the birds are churning out some pleasing melodies, and a slow but sure warming trend will make club-hopping and gig-going a bit easier. So watch out for patches of ice but do get out ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Jonathan Kreisberg - One" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

April 20, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Jonathan Kreisberg - One“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 20th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Jonathan Kreisberg at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About One A solo ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Aruan Ortiz

by AAJ Staff
April 19, 2013

Meet Aruan Ortiz: Named “the latest Cuban wunderkind to arrive in the United States" by BET Jazz, this classically trained violist and pianist from Santiago de Cuba, considers himself “a curious person who loves music," and portrays his music as an architectural structure of sounds, incorporating contemporary classical music, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and improvisation as primary material ...

Article: Album Review

Nouveau Stride: Fourteen by Nouveau Stride

Read "Fourteen by Nouveau Stride" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 19, 2013

Composing lyrics to established jazz standards--those jazz instrumental compositions that have become established in the canon, Thelonious Monk's “'Round Midnight" is the most famous example--is an artform all it own. Classic composers/interpreters include Eddie Jefferson, Babs Gonzales, King Pleasure (Clarence Beeks) and Jon Hendricks. There have been recent vocalese contributions made by a new generation that ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Various Artists: Rework_ Philip Glass Remixes

by Nenad Georgievski
April 19, 2013

In these modern times, remixing is seen as merely another way of reinterpreting someone's work. Just like jazz or rock artists reworking old standards or classics in their own way, so, too, do remixers apply a modern method of interpreting people's songs, compositions--or, their entire oeuvre.According to Wikipedia “the remix is an alternative version ...

Article: Live Review

Bibi Ferreira: New York, NY, April 14, 2013

by Ernest Barteldes
April 19, 2013

Bibi Ferreira Alice Tully Hall New York, NY April 14, 2013 On her first-ever New York City performance, the legendary Brazilian actor, singer, conductor and theater director Bibi Ferreira took the stage at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall backed by a 20-piece orchestra conducted by maestro João ...

Article: Album Review

Marbin: Last Chapter of Dreaming

Read "Last Chapter of Dreaming" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
April 19, 2013

Even on their eponymous debut Marbin's style was far from being derivative but with Last Chapter of Dreaming their third release in as many years they have matured and found their singular artistic voice. In a way this album expands on the themes and motifs expressed on their second Breaking the Cycle but the ideas are ...

Article: Live From New York

Spiritualized, Connie Crothers, Allen Lowe & Vinny Golia

by Martin Longley
April 18, 2013

Spiritualized Secret Project Robot April 2, 2013 The English cosmo-psychedelic drugsludge-rock combo Spiritualized would usually be expected to play at one of NYC's larger venues, such as Terminal 5 or Webster Hall. Just prior to their U.S. West Coast dates, Spiritualized suddenly announced a micro-gig, leaking the ...

Article: Album Review

Charnett Moffett: The Bridge

Read "The Bridge" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
April 18, 2013

The sound of Charnett Moffett's bass resonates almost instantly straight to the depths of the soul. Over his career, Moffett has played in a tremendous variety of settings and explored seemingly every avenue, alley, and obscure landscape of both the upright and electric bass. Now with his first solo bass CD, The Bridge, audiences can experience ...