Home » Search Center » Results: United States

Results for "United States"

News: Performance / Tour

Tony Miceli & Diane Monroe In Media Pa Wednesday April 17th!

March 29, 2013

Appearing at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County—145 West Rose Tree Road in Media—on Wednesday, April 17th is jazz vibraphonist Tony Miceli with violinist Diane Monroe. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Jazz has produced but a few world class vibraphonists ...

News: Performance / Tour

Guitarist Greg Matthews In Olde City Phila. Thurs. April 18th!

March 29, 2013

Appearing at the Arch Street Friends Meeting House—4th and Arch Street in Philadelphia—on Thursday, April 18th is jazz guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Greg Matthews. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Matthews, who holds a Bachelor’s Degree in guitar performance and composition from the University of ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Hiromi: Move

by Jeff Winbush
March 29, 2013

In a world where the path to commercial success is to play it safe and keep faith in formula, it is only within jazz where being unpredictable is not only a virtue, but an expectation. Hiromi marks her first decade of music-making on her terrific ninth album, Move featuring her Trio Project with bassist Anthony Jackson ...

Article: Album Review

Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo: Melody Magic

Read "Melody Magic" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 29, 2013

Melody Magic is a fun-and-attractive, finely crafted collection of some of the greatest classic(al) music melodies in existence, arranged by one of the most talented, earnest-and-enlightened guitarists in the business today. Frank Vignola, who's worked with everybody from guitar innovator/icon Les Paul to trumpeter/jazz figurehead Wynton Marsalis, and Vinny Raniolo, his young guitar wielding brother-in-arms, join ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Dave Pell: Four Classic Albums

by David Rickert
March 29, 2013

If you were to wander up and down the West Coast in the fifties you were more likely to find Dave Pell playing dances on college campuses than in clubs. Despite filling his octet with seasoned musicians who could really cut loose when given the chance, Pell's studio recordings always have a hint of ...

Article: Meet the Staff

Meet C. Michael Bailey

by AAJ Staff
April 30, 2013

I currently live in: Bryant, AR I joined All About Jazz in: 1997 What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? In 1997, the Internet was such a new place. I saw a fledgling request from one Michael Ricci asking for jazz articles for his new website, All About Jazz. ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Blanco: No Time Like The Present

Read "No Time Like The Present" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
March 29, 2013

A talented in-demand Broadway/jazz bassist, Michael Blanco's No Time Like The Present announces his second album as leader presenting a collection of refreshing new jazz originals offered by a dynamic quintet that features veteran saxophonist John Ellis and New York guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg among the cast. The two-time recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer ...

Article: Album Review

Curtis Hasselbring: Number Stations

Read "Number Stations" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 29, 2013

Many avant-garde composers, leaders or conductors employ various mechanisms to instruct the band for a specific composition. Here, longtime New York City alternative composer, trombonist Curtis Hasselbring integrates an all-star lineup for pieces inspired by a random series of numbers, based on shortwave radio stations. Hasslebring iterates that these pieces are hypothetically decoded and provide cryptic ...

News: Recording

Pianist Marc Cary Releases "For the Love of Abbey", June 11 on Motema Music

March 29, 2013

A STERLING SOLO PIANO TRIBUTE TO CARY’S MENTOR AND LONGTIME EMPLOYER, THE LATE ABBEY LINCOLN View video footage of Marc Cary performing live with Abbey Lincoln Marc Cary has gained a reputation as one of the most creative pianists of our time, a bandleader with musical interests that encompass jazz, go-go, hip-hop, electronic music, Indian classical ...

News: Recording

Freedonia Music Releases Four New CDs

March 29, 2013

Freedonia Music, the St. Louis-based independent label run by multi-instrumentalist Jay Zelenka, has released four new CDs from local/regional jazz and creative music performers: Ghost Machines (pictured) is a sampler album showcasing the label's various recordings of “avant-garde, free jazz & free improv artists from St. Louis USA," including the Human Arts Ensemble, EXILES, The Free ...