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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 12-18

April 13, 2013

Seems that every so often, we have a weekend that is so jammed packed with music, you can only hope to clone yourself or hope it's all captured on You-Tube. Here comes another such weekend. No matter what you choose to do, you're going to miss something special. But no matter what you choose to do, ...

Article: Album Review

Ivo Perelman/ Matthew Shipp/ Michael Bisio/ Whit Dickey: The Edge

Read "The Edge" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 12, 2013

Saxophonist Ivo Perelman's association with Pianist Matthew Shipp's trio is completed with The Edge. He has recorded in varying combinations with the players: a duo with Shipp--The Art Of The Duet, Vol. 1 (Leo Records, 2013), a trio with Ship and bassist Michael Bisio--The Gift (Leo Records, 2012) and a duo with Shipp and drummer Whit ...

Article: Album Review

The Alan Evans Trio: Merkaba

Read "Merkaba" reviewed by Doug Collette

by Doug Collette
April 12, 2013

Anyone who mistakenly thought The Alan Evans Trio was (or was going to be) Soulive lite is going to be more than pleasantly surprised in hearing the threesome's sophomore recording. Before the opening cut “Thor" is thirty-seconds in, the band displays a depth and reach far in advance of its predecessor.Not that AET isn't ...

Article: New York Beat

Pat Martino at Birdland

by Nick Catalano
April 12, 2013

The legendary musical power of Pat Martino was on display at Birdland on April 4, 2013, in all its glory. The myths that have arisen about this formidable guitarist will have new layers when the jazz cognoscenti begin commenting on his latest feats. Martino's burning swing, long the trademark of his improvisational wizardry, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Molly Ringwald to Perform Tuesday, May 14 and Wednesday, May 15 at Jazz at the Bistro

April 12, 2013

Actress, author, and now singer Molly Ringwald is coming to St. Louis to perform on Tuesday, May 14 and Wednesday, May 15 at Jazz at the Bistro. The star of hit films including The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, and Sixteen Candles, Ringwald (pictured) has just released her first album as a jazz vocalist, Except Sometimes, ...

News: Recording

The New "Sunshower" Single From Airborne Will Chase The Clouds Away

April 12, 2013

“Sunshower,” the new single from the contemporary jazz group Airborne, embeds the beauty of nature into an amazing and smooth grooving tune that will shine a light of delight to any listener’s ear, mind and body. A sunshower is a meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining. These conditions often lead to ...

News: Performance / Tour

William Hooker Brings Drum Thunder To Outpost 186 Cambridge MA on Sunday April 14th

April 12, 2013

The venerable William Hooker rolls into town for a solo performance involving projected visuals and a duet segment with trumpeter Forbes Graham. The proceedings will commence at 8 pm with a suggested donation of $10.00. Mr. Hooker has been an avid collaborator with Knitting Factory notables such as Elliot Sharp, Thurston Moore and Zeena Parkins in ...

Article: Live Review

Tomasz Stanko New York Quartet at Birdland

by Tyran Grillo
April 12, 2013

Tomasz Stańko New York QuartetWisława Release PartyBirdlandNew York, NYMarch 29, 2013 “Assassins" might not have been the first description that came to mind when Tomasz Stańko and his young new allies took to the stage, but they proved no less calculating when they deployed the selfsame tune off Wisława (ECM, ...

Article: Album Review

Jaimeo Brown: Transcendence

Read "Transcendence" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
April 11, 2013

One of the more thought-provoking releases to come along this year, drummer Jaimeo Brown's Transcendence is an ethnomusicology patchwork with elements of the blues, gospel, rock, and modern jazz. Inspired by Gee's Bend, Alabama--an African American rural community formed in the early 1800's that is steeped in vibrant music and art--Brown's project conjures the voices of ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Trumpet Summit: Jeremy Pelt, Brad Goode and Terell Stafford

by C. Michael Bailey
April 11, 2013

The spirit of trumpeter Miles Davis remains very much a creative quasar furnishing a certain gravitational pull to a considerable population of bodies orbiting it. On the outer edges of this quasar's orbit are the (relatively) young trumpeters who emerged after the pedantic eclipse of Wynton Marsalis occurred. Three of these orbiting horn players have released ...