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Article: Album Review

Cave Women: Cave Women

Read "Cave Women" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
February 9, 2013

Scarcely the most appropriate name. There's nothing primitive or brutal about this five-woman outfit from Sacramento, California. Cave Women's debut is a gentle, dreamy mix of original compositions influenced primarily by bossa nova and Celtic folk. Antonio Carlos Jobim meets Loreena McKennit? There are even--thanks to Emily Messick's accordion--occasional echoes of French chanson. ...

News: Recording

Armen Nalbandian To Release 8th Album: Surrounded By Snakes

February 9, 2013

After weeks of speculation, Pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian announced via his twitter (@armennalbandian) on Friday afternoon that he would be releasing his 8th album entitled, Surrounded by Snakes, “very soon." Nalbandian’s record label, Blacksmith Brother, recently tweeted the vague “Beware the Ides of March” in late January, possibly hinting at a potential release date. Nalbandian's most recent ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 8-14

February 9, 2013

A busy weekend for jazz fans, special gigs for Valentine's Day, and the Electric Fetus' semi-annual music sale—plenty of options to keep your ears and toes warm in mid-February. Big Gigs This Week Friday, February 8. Although he suggested he was taking a vacation from recording, extraordinary guitarist/composer Reynold Philipsek is keeping his performing chops well ...

News: Event

FELA! comes to Chicago

February 9, 2013

The award-winning Broadway musical FELA! – which is bringing the life and music of Nigerian icon and Afrobeat originator Fela Anikulapo-Kuti to the world stage - will play Chicago’s Arie Crown Theater February 19 – 23. An all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza in the best Broadway tradition, in other respects FELA! transcends musical theater convention. Escapism is replaced ...

Article: Live From New York

Ivo Perelman, ESG, Frank London & The Pharcyde

by Martin Longley
February 8, 2013

The Ivo Perelman Quartet The Stone January 30, 2013 The leader of this quartet is actually its least-known member, outside of the hardcore free jazz zone. This gig arrived towards the conclusion of a fortnight's curation at The Stone by Joe Morris, who played upright bass for Brazilian tenor ...

Article: Live Review

Rudresh Mahanthappa: Buffalo, NY, January 27, 2013

by Chuck Schultz
February 8, 2013

Rudresh MahanthappaAlbright Knox Art GalleryBuffalo, NYJanuary, 27 2013It is no secret that modern jazz musicians often draw upon multiple cultures when creating their art.In saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's case, he begins by meshing traditional music from India along with influences ranging from the Middle East to the East Village, from ...

Article: Album Review

Emy Tseng: Sonho

Read "Sonho" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
February 8, 2013

Fifty-plus years after saxophonist Stan Getz and singer/guitarist Astrud Gilberto captured composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and served up bossa nova for popular consumption, musicians continue to eagerly return to Brazilian classics. Logically, the integration of attractive bossa textures with the Great American Songbook has been another phenomenon. Thus, the bossa nova resource has been incredibly robust ...

Article: Jazz Near Me

John Coltrane: There Was No End To The Music

by Rob Armstrong
February 8, 2013

[Editor's Note: All About Jazz, Hidden City Philadelphia, and the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia have collaborated to present a series of articles on the local jazz scene that John Coltrane inhabited, developed in, and ultimately transcended between 1943 and 1958, when he called the city home.] When 18 year old John Coltrane moved ...

News: Interview

STLJN Interview: Dan Loomis of the Wee Trio on Recording Live at Jazz at the Bistro

February 8, 2013

As mentioned several times before in this space, The Wee Trio (pictured, top left) are in St. Louis this weekend, performing and recording a live album on Friday and Saturday nights at Jazz at the Bistro. Though scheduling complications over the past week rendered fruitless our attempts to connect via phone with bassist and St. Louis ...

News: Performance / Tour

With Fierce and Elegant Conviction: Lynne Arriale in the Twin Cities

February 8, 2013

So what do Hoagy Carmichael, Abduallah Ibrahim, Monk, Sting and Blondie have in common? Lynne Arriale. At any given performance, on any recent recording, the pianist's set list can cover all of the above, along with a good sampling of her own compositions. This may not seem all that unusual in this era of modern jazz ...