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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz in 2012: Alive and Well, Locally and Beyond

December 27, 2012

Sunday's Strib carried its annual Twin Cities Critics Tally - a set of critics' “best ofs" celebrating the best of local musicians, local songs, live acts and recordings. And as usual, jazz is barely visible, with only Chris Bates' Red Five debut album, New Hope, carrying the banner for America's much ignored native art form. Not ...

Article: Live From New York

Arto Lindsay, Egberto Gismonti, Kassin, Orquestra Imperial & Arnaldo Antunes

by Martin Longley
December 26, 2012

Arto Lindsay New Museum November 30, 2012 Right from the outset, singer/guitarist Arto Lindsay appeared uncomfortable about the framing for this gig in the New Museum on the Bowery. He'd been involved in one of the current exhibitions upstairs, documenting the art scene in that area (Come ...

Article: Album Review

Bruce Cox Core-Tet: Status Cymbals

Read "Status Cymbals" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 26, 2012

Drummer Bruce Cox may not be a household name in the jazz world, but he's studied, played and/or recorded with plenty of people who are. The Philadelphia-born stick-wielder gleaned plenty of wisdom through his lessons with drumming icons Philly Joe Jones and Alan Dawson, and he's put that knowledge to good use by backing the greats ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Damani Phillips: The Reckoning

by Victor Verney
December 26, 2012

Damani PhillipsThe ReckoningSelf Produced2012“Reckoning" is a complex word with many shades of meaning, an apt choice for reedman Damani Phillips' latest CD. As a noun, it signifies (among other things) an objective appraisal built with concrete facts. Used as a verb, the word denotes an educated guess based ...

Article: Year in Review

John Sharpe’s Best Releases of 2012

by John Sharpe
December 26, 2012

Here are ten new releases which stood out this year: Wadada Leo Smith Ten Freedom Summers Cuneiform Without a doubt, Ten Freedom Summers is the crowning achievement of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's distinguished career to date. Years in the making, the complete sequence of 19 ...

News: Radio

Celebrated Russian TV Personality/Singer Oleg Frish To Host Radio Show In The US

December 26, 2012

CELEBRATED RUSSIAN TV PERSONALITY/SINGER OLEG FRISH TO HOST RADIO SHOW IN THE U.S. – WEEKLY PROGRAM TO SERVE AS HOMAGE TO THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK “Very positive and very swinging.” —New York Daily News “He has an appealing voice, his accent is charming, and he swings happily throughout songs.” —Scott Yanow, LA Jazz Scene New York, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pianist Luke Carlos O'Reilly In Media PA On Wed. Jan. 16th!

December 26, 2012

Jazz Bridge in Media! presents pianist Luke Carlos O’Reilly at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County — 145 West Rose Tree Road in Media, PA — on Wednesday January 16th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Columbian native O'Reilly, a graduate of Temple University's ...

News: Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Larry McKenna In Old City Phila. On Thurs. Jan. 17th!

December 26, 2012

Jazz Bridge in Old City Philadelphia presents saxophonist Larry McKenna at the Arch Street Friends Meeting House — 4th and Arch Street in Philadelphia — on Thursday January 17th. Tickets are $10, $5 for students and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30. Larry McKenna has been a significant part of the Philadelphia ...

Article: Album Review

Vlatkovich Tryyo: Pershing Woman

Read "Pershing Woman" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 25, 2012

Southern California-based trombonist Michael Vlatkovich leads a power-packed trio, captured live at a Michigan venue. The trombonist is firmly entrenched in the region's avant-garde and progressive jazz loop, alongside cohorts such as multi-reedman Vinny Golia, pfMentum Records proprietor and trumpeter Jeff Kaiser and other notables. Here, the trio generates a lot of positive hoopla and excitement ...

Article: Interview

Fabrizio Sotti: The Key to Music

by Fernando Rodriguez De Mondesert
December 25, 2012

Invited to perform at the 16th edition of the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival, this past November, guitarist Fabrizio Sotti was sitting on the beach in Cabarete, along the country's north coast, when this interview took place.Sottis' most recent release, Inner Dance (E1, 2010), was almost his third release, following the guitarist's This World Upside ...