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Article: Album Review

Caroline Davis: Live Work & Play

Read "Live Work & Play" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
November 7, 2012

It's easy to become jaded in an ocean of music where many recordings sound so much alike. But every now and then something piques even great curiosity, as is the case with Live Work and Play , the captivating debut by saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis. Her abilities as a musician and leader signal not just another new ...

Article: Catching Up With

Lee Konitz: What True Improvising Is

by Bob Kenselaar
November 7, 2012

Lee Konitz is legendary as one of the great individualists in jazz, an art form that has always placed an extraordinary high value on individualism and unique forms of expression. “I've pretty much dedicated myself to trying to figure out what true improvising is," he says, “as opposed to playing what you know and getting loose ...

Article: Album Review

David Virelles: Continuum

Read "Continuum" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
November 7, 2012

Pianist David Virelles adopts an unusual strategy for his second album and first on Pi Recordings. Eschewing the piano pyrotechnics which illuminated his debut, Motion (Justin Time, 2008), he opts for an exploration of Cuban folklore and its manifestation through poetry, storytelling and art. Inspired by Afro-Cuban religious practice, Virelles has created a set of episodic ...

Article: Opinion

The Importance of Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas

by C. Michael Bailey
November 7, 2012

Into my heart on air that kills From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come ...

News: Recording

Debra Marie's "Stanzas Of My Life" Now Available At CD Baby

November 7, 2012

Dallas singer Debra Marie has announced the premiere of her CD, “Debra Marie: Stanzas of My Life," on CD Baby, a website that hosts the music of independent artists. Debra Marie's project was released to the the public on Oct. 18 and Oct. 25 during two CD release parties at the Buttons Restaurant locations in Addison ...

News: TV / Film

Encore Screenings Of The Led Zeppelin Concert Film Celebration Day To Take Place On Tuesday November 13 At 7:30 PM

November 7, 2012

Following the worldwide success of LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY, the cinema concert event which presented live footage of the band’s 2007 reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena, there has been an enormous response from fans – 1.7 million fans have visited the fan’s website. The film was screened in 15,000 cinemas around the world for a ...

News: Recording

Jim Hall: Two New ArtistShare Fan-funded Albums

November 7, 2012

We are very pleased to announce the official release of two ArtistShare Fan-Funded albums from the Jim Hall: Live! ArtistShare Fan-Funded Project. These albums beautifully demonstrate Jim Hall's enduring genius and influence as an improviser. The Jim Hall Quartet: Live at Birdland was recorded live at Birdland in New York City on November 10-11, 2010. This ...

News: Recording

Colorado Radio "Moved" By Debut CD From Joy Mover

November 6, 2012

When you think about Colorado, lots of things come to mind: mountain peaks, cowboys and wide open sky. But how about sultry, soothing jazz vocals? It may sound unusual, but that's exactly what's on the minds of eight radio stations throughout the state, all of which have begun playing songs from the self-titled debut album by ...

Article: Interview

Randy Napoleon: Playing for the Jukebox Crowd

by Trish Richardson
November 6, 2012

When guitarist Randy Napoleon titled his latest effort, The Jukebox Crowd (Gut String Records, 2012), the jukebox he referred to was not some nostalgic 1950s era one that sits idly in a corner. Rather, she is a much sleeker, hipper, and more modern version. She is cool and, of course, jazzy, and she commands center stage. ...

Article: Album Review

Carrie Wicks: Barely There

Read "Barely There" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 6, 2012

Vocalist Carrie Wicks' debut was 2010's I'll Get Around To It (OA2 Records). She slipped her original composition, the disc's title tune that she cowrote with bassist Ken Nottingham, onto the CD, along with a bunch of well-chosen songs from the 1940s and '50s, with Elvis Costello's timeless “Almost Blue" nudged in there, too. It all ...