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Article: Album Review

Carl Bartlett, Jr.: Hopeful

Read "Hopeful" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 10, 2013

Alto saxophonist Carl Bartlett, Jr. was pushing his late twenties when he figured it was high time that he put out a CD. Hopeful resulted, and the Queens, New York native proved he was more than ready for the task. Opening boldly, with a five minute sax solo--the disc's title tune--the young artist announces his arrival. ...

Article: One LP

Christian Scott: Clifford Brown, The Beginning of the End

by William Ellis
April 10, 2013

I choose a Clifford Brown album called The Beginning and the End (Columbia, 1973). It chronicles this guy's experience from the beginning of his musical career until a recording the day before he actually died. It's strange, because when I first got the record I didn't really know what the record was about or ...

Article: Album Review

Chris Clark Quintet: Cedar Wisely

Read "Cedar Wisely" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 10, 2013

This quintet was assembled for the recording of this album by young saxophonist Chris Clark, incorporating the talents of veteran saxophonist Peter Epstein who is also the department head for the University of Nevada, Reno where Clark also studied. With his debut effort as a leader, Clark enacts a concentrated focus on the compositional aspects, and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Vocalist Kitty Mayo @ Cheltenham PA Center For The Arts Wed. May 1st!

April 9, 2013

Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts — 439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham — on Wednesday, May 1st is singer Kitty Mayo. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Kitty Mayo was born into a musical family and was singing before she walked. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Vocalist Sherry Wilson Butler @ Kennett Sq. PA Flash On Wed. May 1st!

April 9, 2013

Appearing at Kennett Flash — 102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square — on Wednesday, May 1st is singer Sherry Wilson Butler. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and are available only at the door. Showtime is 7:30. Information: 215-517-8337. Sherry Wilson Butler is a singer, entertainer, development teacher/coach, music educator, lyricist, event-programming specialist, educational administrator, actress, ...

Article: Live Review

Yusef Lateef: Celebrating 75 Years of Music at Roulette in Brooklyn

by Scott Krane
April 9, 2013

Rarely in the history of contemporary American music has one artist iconized as many aspects of organized sound as Yusef Lateef who appeared in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night, April 6, at the new Brooklyn version of the Manhattan performance space, Roulette, near the new Barclay's Arena. In a two-hour performance billed, “Yusef Lateef: Celebrating ...

Article: Interview

Ralph Bowen: The Power Play

by Diana Kondrashin
April 9, 2013

Ralph Bowen was born in Canada but he has pursued a jazz career in the United States for over 20 years, as tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger. He strikes neatly with his recordings as a leader, just like it was done last year with Total Eclipse, an album recorded with his quartet: organist Jared Gold, guitarist ...

Article: Album Review

Dave Douglas Quintet: Time Travel

Read "Time Travel" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
April 9, 2013

Time Travel is the follow-up to 2012's Be Still, the critically acclaimed debut of trumpeter Dave Douglas' new Quintet. Since co-founding Greenleaf Records with label manager Michael Friedman in 2005, Douglas has issued a number of eclectic projects on the imprint, but few have been as surprising as last year's release, which featured folk singer Aoife ...

Article: In The Biz

Why Don't People Listen to Your Music?

by Mike Rubini
April 9, 2013

My name is Mike Rubini, and I'm pursuing a career in music. I have worked for All About Jazz as a social media consultant. This new column will focus heavily on a well-researched and thoughtful critique of major issues facing independent musicians and an in-depth analysis of the processes that can be used to understand the ...

News: Radio

Radio Arts Foundation's New Station Goes Live

April 9, 2013

Since the sale of the former KFUO (aka Classic 99) to new owners back in 2010, there's been no local classical music programming on broadcast radio in St. Louis. Today, classical music radio came back to the airwaves here in the form of a new station run by the Radio Arts Foundation, and it's bringing a ...