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Article: Album Review

Dom Minasi Septet: The Bird, the Girl and the Donkey II

Read "The Bird, the Girl and the Donkey II" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 11, 2012

Following the successful realization of the powerful, free jazz collective headed by Dom Minasi on The Bird, The Girl And The Donkey (Re:konstruKt, 2010), the guitarist decided to expand his collective from a quintet to a septet. He kept the same attitude: intense, muscular and fiery playing from the first second till the last, but with ...

News: Recording

Tom Stewart's New CD Now Available

December 1, 2012

Guitarist Tom Stewart has a new release entitled “Flyer." The CD contains all-original, modern jazz, featuring brilliant performances from Jeremy Powell on tenor saxophone, Mark Neuenschwander on bass, and Ian Goodman on drums. The CD is available physically on CD Baby, and digitally through dozens of outlets, including Amazon, iTunes, Rhapsody and many others. Tom was ...

News: Recording

Omnivore Recordings Chronicles Classic Years Of Wanda Jackson, George Jones And Merle Haggard

December 11, 2012

Ten-inch vinyl EPs made available on Black Friday provided a sneak preview of Merle Haggard’s The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles, George Jones’ The Complete United Artists Solo Singles, and Wanda Jackson’s The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Omnivore Records will release definitive compilations by three giants of country and rockabilly music ...

News: Award / Grant

Composer/Producer/Conductor Ryan Truesdell’s Groundbreaking Project "Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans" Nominated For Grammy Awards In Three Categories

December 11, 2012

CD also earned one of France’s highest honors: LES COUPS DE COEUR from the Académie Charles Cros Renowned composer/producer/conductor RYAN TRUESDELL’s highly acclaimed CD CENTENNIAL: Newly Discovered Works of Gil Evans (ArtistShare) has earned three nominations in the 55th annual GRAMMY Awards. CENTENNIAL has been nominated in the categories of Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album, Best ...

News: Award / Grant

Marlow Rosado Wins His First Grammy Nomination

December 11, 2012

Miami's Marlow Rosado's second CD, Retro, has been nominated for a 2013 Grammy award as Best Tropical Album.The concept behind “RETRO" is one of taking some of the strongest songs from the 1970's, maintaining the essentials of the originals, but metamorphosing them in Marlow's 21st-century conception until they become entirely his own. Besides Ismael Miranda, artists ...

News: Festival

Linda Presgrave Makes Fourth Appearance at Italian "Women in Jazz" Festival

December 11, 2012

Pianist, composer and St. Louis expat Linda Presgrave last month performed a concert in Frascati, Italy as part of the annual series Donne in Jazz (Women in Jazz), presented by the Italian cultural organization Fondazione Adkins Chiti. The concert on November 4 was Presgrave's fourth appearance in Frascati. She first played there in 2003 as part ...

News: Music Industry

Jazzed Media And Lorraine Feather Are Pleased To Announce The Following 2013 Grammy Nomination For Tales Of The Unusual (Lorraine Feather)

December 11, 2012

Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): “Out There” – Shelly Berg, Arranger Tales of the Unusual is an album released in February of 2012, composed of thirteen original compositions with lyrics by Lorraine Feather and music by Shelly Berg, Russell Ferrante (of the Grammy-winning group Yellowjackets), Eddie Arkin, Enrico Pireranunzi, Nino Rota, Edvard Grieg and Tony Morales. ...

Article: Interview

Branford Marsalis: Confident MF Playin’ Tunes

by R.J. DeLuke
December 10, 2012

Musicians evolve, and so do bands, if they're allowed to stay together long enough to develop their musical relationships--that certain chemistry. Such is the case with Branford Marsalis, the outstanding saxophonist who has been through so much in his storied career. It's also the case with his band, which he has kept together, with few personnel ...

Article: Album Review

Gato Libre: Forever

by Dave Wayne
December 10, 2012

Gato Libre is the most unexpected manifestation of the multifaceted collaboration between trumpeter Natsuki Tamura and pianist Satoko Fujii. This understated quartet of bass, acoustic guitar, trumpet and accordion creates a sound world that is totally unique: serene, atmospheric, and seemingly contrary to the duo's other collaborative musical ventures. Gato Libre's music isn't a fusion or ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Kurt Rosenwinkel: Star of Jupiter

by John Kelman
December 10, 2012

How time flies. While he's been busy with a number of other projects--his collaboration with the Portuguese Orchestra de Jazz de Mataosinhos on the ambitious Our Secret World (Wommusic, 2010) and the intimate, standards-laden Reflections (Wommusic, 2009)--it's been four years since guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel last released a small group record focusing largely on new original music. ...