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News: Performance / Tour

Dave Douglas Quintet And Special Guest, Aoife O' Donovan At Chris’ Jazz Cafe

October 28, 2012

Chris' Jazz Café presents trumpeter Dave Douglas and his Quintet with special guest, vocalist, Aoife O'Donovan, on Friday and Saturday November 16 & 17, 2012. Douglas is touring in support of his recent CD Be Still, which features Aoife O’Donovan, vocals, Jon Irabagon, saxophone, Matt Mitchell, piano, Linda Oh, bass, & Clarence Penn, drums. For his ...

Article: Album Review

Trevor Rabin: Jacaranda

Read "Jacaranda" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 27, 2012

It's been 23 years since Can't Look Away (Elektra Records, 1989), guitarist Trevor Rabin's previous solo album of original material, and 18 years since his departure from Yes. Rabin's relatively low profile since reflects his immersion in composing almost 40 film soundtracks. Jacaranda is a dazzling offering that showcases Rabin's virtuosity in numerous styles, drawing from ...

Article: Live Review

Adam Ant: New York City, NY October 6, 2012

by Christine Connallon
October 27, 2012

Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse / Brothers of Brazil The Best Buy Theater New York City, NY October 6, 2012 A perfectly paired show rolled into the Best Buy Theater on October 6, 2012. The sold out, Saturday night show positioned the rockabilly/punk Latin ...

Article: Album Review

Aparecidos: Palito Bombon Helado

Read "Palito Bombon Helado" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 27, 2012

Aparecidos is best described as an outfit that's whimsical in a worldly way. This string-heavy group blends classical allusions, South American strains, Eastern European thoughts, and straight-up rock and outré ideals into one hell of a zany package. Its unique blend of violin, classical guitars, percussion, drums, bass and electric guitar, along with various other odds ...

Article: Live Review

Ian Anderson: New York, NY, October 5, 2012

by Mike Perciaccante
October 27, 2012

Ian Anderson The Beacon Theatre New York, New York October 5, 2012 It was a decidedly older crowd that attended Ian Anderson's show at The Beacon Theatre on this cool, early October evening. Though the majority of the audience ranged from early-forties to early-sixties, it was also at least partially populated ...

Article: Album Review

Empty Cage Quartet: Empty Cage Quartet

Read "Empty Cage Quartet" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
October 27, 2012

The sixth album of West Coast Empty Cage Quartet features this unique, hard -riving outfit in its most abstract mode to date. During the last decade, the quartet focused on exploring new ways of integrating diverse influences into an original, creative blend--from modern forms of jazz improvisation to contemporary experimental practices. This self-titled, ...

News: Career

Renowned Vocalist And Composer Aubrey Johnson Joins Faculty At NEC

October 27, 2012

NEC Grad Johnson To Direct NEC’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble Group to be Featured in Concert on December 12 as part of In the Mix Concert Series New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department has hired vocalist/composer Aubrey Johnson to join the faculty. Johnson, who has deep ties to NEC, will direct the school’s 6-voice vocal jazz ensemble. ...

News: Book / Magazine

Paul De Barros Presents New Marian McPartland Biography "Shall We Play That One Together" At The University Of The District Of Columbia's Jazzforum

October 27, 2012

Thursday, November 1st At 7:00pm Author Paul de Barros discusses his just-published biography, Shall We Play That One Together?: The Life and Art of Jazz Piano Legend Marian McPartland (St. Martin's Press). Though she is well-known as the award winning host of NPR's long-running Piano Jazz program, McPartland's remarkable career began in the 1930s in her ...

Article: Film Review

Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project

by John Kelman
October 26, 2012

Pat Metheny The Orchestrion Project Eagle Eye Media 2012 When guitarist Pat Metheny released Orchestrion (Nonesuch) in 2010, it almost immediately became one of his most controversial recordings since Zero Tolerance for Silence (Warner Bros., 1992). Why, in a jazz world, where interaction with other musicians is so fundamental to its ...

Article: Album Review

Bobby Hutcherson: Somewhere In The Night

Read "Somewhere In The Night" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 26, 2012

The elder statesman of the vibraphone and the fastest gun in organ town don't seem like ideal partners on paper, but on record they gel quite well. Blue Note vibraphone icon Bobby Hutcherson and the fleet-fingered Joey DeFrancesco initially teamed up for the organist's Organic Vibes (Concord, 2006), and their chemistry was so strong that they ...