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Article: Album Review

Living By Lanterns: New Myth/Old Science

Read "New Myth/Old Science" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
October 21, 2012

First premiered live at the 2011 Chicago Jazz Festival, the material presented on the studio recording New Myth/Old Science was originally commissioned by Experimental Sound Studio. As one of the Windy City's most prominent scene leaders, drummer Mike Reed was given unprecedented access to audition over 700 hours of tape from Sun Ra's El Saturn Audio ...

Article: Book Review

Preston Lauterbach: The Chitlin’ Circuit and the Road to Rock ‘n’ Roll

by C. Michael Bailey
October 21, 2012

The Chitlin' Circuit and the Road to Rock 'n' RollPreston Lauterbach368 pagesISBN 0393342948W. W. Norton2012Preston Lauterbach's meticulously researched and present The Chitlin' Circuit and the Road to Rock 'n' Roll turns a bright light on what might be considered the Higgs Field of rock ...

Article: Album Review

Stephen Riley: Hart-beat

Read "Hart-beat" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
October 21, 2012

The tenor saxophone trio is one of the great, if somewhat underutilized lineups in jazz. Stephen Riley has made a study of the format and delivers a fine addition to a limited canon with Hart-beat. Eschewing piano and leaving the horn to carry the musical weight all by itself is an idea that was ...

Article: Album Review

Narada Burton Greene: Live at Kerrytown House

Read "Live at Kerrytown House" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
October 20, 2012

Does the world need yet another solo piano album? Well if they are all as enjoyable as this then there would be no doubt as to the answer. Live At Kerrytown House captures veteran pianist Narada Burton Greene in pristine clarity on a well-tuned instrument, for an intimate set from Ann Arbor in 2010. Even though ...

Article: Album Review

Roger Davidson Trio: We Remember Helen

Read "We Remember Helen" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 20, 2012

The music business holds claim to more than its share of selfish, self-promoting, greedy individuals who built their fortunes on the backs of others but, within its ranks also exist a certain class of individual that truly looks out for the best interests of the music and the people who make it. Helen Keane, by all ...

Article: Live Review

Shemekia Copeland: New York, NY, September 27, 2012

by Mike Perciaccante
October 20, 2012

Shemekia Copeland City Winery New York, NY September 27, 2012Shemekia Copeland, the daughter of the late, great blues guitarist Johnny “Clyde" Copeland, is an accomplished blues singer in her own right. She possesses a soulful, smoky voice and can, when needed, whisper a seductive lyric or belt and wail ...

Article: Live Review

Michael Wolff: Half Moon Bay, CA, September 23, 2012

by Bill Leikam
October 20, 2012

Michael WolffTribute to Cal TjaderDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CASeptember 23, 2012Early in the week prior to this performance, the Douglas Beach House was already nearly sold out and yet, when the doors opened that Sunday afternoon, people still clamored to get in to hear some of vibraphonist Cal ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Formanek: Small Places

Read "Small Places" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
October 20, 2012

Small Places is bassist Michael Formanek's follow-up to 2009's The Rub and Spare Change, his critically acclaimed ECM debut as a leader. While Formanek's sophomore effort for the label features the same high profile sidemen, it differs in that the lineup rehearsed the material live before heading into the studio with producer Manfred Eicher, where every ...

Article: Album Review

Tarek Yamani Trio: Ashur

by Jerry D'Souza
October 20, 2012

Accolades often disappear in the mists of time but Tarek Yamani who won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composer's Award 2010, for “Sama'i Yamani," stamps his credentials in no uncertain terms on Ashur. Born in Lebanon, he is a self-taught pianist who found his groove in several styles including hip-hop, Afro-Cuban and flamenco music. He began ...

News: Performance / Tour

Marc Hoffman Returns To Childress Vineyard

October 20, 2012

Pianist/vocalist/composer plays original and standard jazz CHARLOTTE, NC: Virillion Music recording artist Marc Hoffman will perform this Saturday, October 20th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m at Childress Vineyards in Lexington, NC as part of the “Music In the Vineyards” series. Hoffman, a NC native will include original instrumental and vocal jazz in his performance, as ...