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Article: Live From Philadelphia

March 2013: Billy Hart Quartet

by RJ Johnson
April 5, 2013

Billy Hart QuartetPhiladelphia Art AlliancePhiladelphia, PAMarch 20, 2013The music of the Billy Hart Quartet demonstrates a thorough amalgamation of intriguingly disparate musical elements which retains both the mastery of a group of accomplished veterans and the perpetually transformative nature of a leader dedicated to a lifetime of artistic ...

Article: Album Review

Frank Lowe: The Loweski

Read "The Loweski" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
April 5, 2013

Producer Michael Anderson has unearthed yet more music from the ESP-disk vaults to complement tenor saxophonist Frank Lowe's Black Beings (ESP-disk, 1974), the session which announced the Memphis-born reedman's arrival as leader on the NYC jazz scene. Recorded at the same date, reputed to be from Ornette Coleman's Prince Street loft, The Loweski adds another 37-minutes ...

Article: Album Review

Robb Cappelleto: !!!

by Karl Ackermann
April 5, 2013

It takes confidence to title a debut release with a series of unpronounceable punctuations but guitarist/composer Robb Cappelletto does just that with !!!. Cappelletto's Toronto- based trio tackles a variety of styles from blues-rock to hard bop and ballads. Within each style they demonstrate an expert ability to negotiate some complex pieces in untraditional ways and, ...

Article: Tell Me More

Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, and Crazy Little Things

by Belinda Ware
April 5, 2013

Television Actress Lynda Carter introduced herself to national audiences with a spectacular debut in one of the most successful superhero television shows to date, starring in dual roles as Wonder Woman and her alter ego of Diana Prince on The New Adventures of Wonder Woman. As the series became a hit, Carter became one of America's ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Gallant Trio: Completely

Read "Completely" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 5, 2013

The art of the piano trio can go the conservative route. How many players are out there going over the same jazz standards, the same American Songbook tunes? Some do it very well; others sound uninspired. But things evolve. Bill Evans created a quiet revolution with his late fifties/early sixties trio with bassist Scott La Faro ...

News: Recording

Guitarist Roman Miroshnichenko Releases "Surreal"

April 5, 2013

Surreal, the latest album by Russian jazz fusion guitarist, and Independent Music Award winner, Roman Miroshnichenko is now on sale through online digital distribution in North America at iTunes and CDBaby. Surreal, is a global, collaborative production involving studios from four different continents: Europe, Asia, North, and South America, and some of the most preeminent musicians ...

News: Recording

World Music's Badi Assad Back In The U.s. With A Modern Vocal Brazilian/flamenco Guitar Release With Lush Arrangements & English Versions

April 4, 2013

São Paulo, Brazil: Badi Assad is one of the most innovative, passionate and talented artists of her generation and listed by Rolling Stone as a top guitarist from Brazil. She transcends traditional styles of her native Brazilian music with a mixture of pop, jazz and ethnic sounds from around the world. As a result, the singer, ...

News: Festival

A Smorgasbord Of 21st Century Piano Moods And Grooves At Newport Jazz Festival

April 5, 2013

A Smorgasbord of 21st Century Piano Moods and Grooves at Newport Jazz Festival® August 2-4, 2013 NEWPORT, RI: The Newport Jazz Festival has been one of the greatest showcases for jazz pianists in the past six decades, including Duke Ellington, Erroll Garner, John Lewis, Mary Lou Williams, Dave Brubeck and more. This year’s cross-section of keyboard ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, April 5-11

April 5, 2013

Some of the excitement this weekend takes place across state lines as the annual Eau Claire Jazz Festival welcomes hometown hero Geoffrey Keezer and Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi, but there's plenty of hot competition right here, with the multi-set 60th birthday party for avant-garde leader John Zorn at the Walker, Happy Apple on a rare weekend ...

News: Performance / Tour

Emmanuel Baptist Church Welcomes Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon To Their Next Jazz Vespers

April 5, 2013

Brooklyn, NY: Extraordinary and Award-winning jazz artist Wycliffe Gordon will be performing at the next edition of Emmanuel Baptist Church’s highly popular Jazz Vespers series. He will be bringing his unique hard-swinging, straight-ahead style to a diverse audience of true jazz lovers. The Jazz Vespers service will take place in its standing home at the historic ...