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Jordan Young: Cymbal Melodies

Read "Cymbal Melodies" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 1, 2012

Drummer Jordan Young took the organ quartet outside of its stylistic comfort zone on his debut, Jordan Young Group (Self Produced, 2010), and continues to carve his own path within this format on this enjoyable follow-up. Young reconvenes the quartet from his first leader date, with Avi Rothbard taking the place of guitarist Yotam Silberstein, and ...

Article: Album Review

Isamu McGregor: Isamu McGregor: Live at the Baked Potato!

Read "Isamu McGregor: Live at the Baked Potato!" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
October 1, 2012

Keyboardist Isamu McGregor has fairly raced out of the blocks, playing or recording with guitarist Wayne Krantz, saxophonist Chris Potter, drummer Ari Hoenig, bassist James Genus, pianist Jean- Michel Pilc, vibraphonist Stefon Harris and vocalist Jimmy Scott--to name but a few--while still just 22 years old. His debut as leader sees him lead his energetic quartet ...

News: Interview

Musician friends celebrate Thielemans' 90 years

October 1, 2012

NEW YORK — Jazz harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans quipped that his legs don't work but his mouth does after he was pushed onstage in a wheelchair to a standing ovation during the first of two Jazz at Lincoln Center concerts this weekend celebrating his 90 years. And once he put his harmonica to his lips, he ...

News: Recording

Dennis Haklar's "Lizard's Tale"Featuring Music Legends Jon Anderson And Larry Coryell Now Available!

October 1, 2012

Central, NJ: The music community is buzzing with excitement about the debut CD release by guitarist Dennis Haklar titled 'Lizard's Tale', featuring guest performances by music legends Jon Anderson (YES) and Larry Coryell. Also featuring Mark Egan on bass (known for his work with Pat Metheny) and Thierry Arpino (known for his work with Jean-luc Ponty) ...

News: Education

Augusta Read Thomas, Daniel Kellogg Named As Guest Composers For The 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival

October 1, 2012

Columbia, MO – Continuing its emerging tradition of pairing an acknowledged master and a rising star, the Mizzou New Music Initiative has named Augusta Read Thomas and Daniel Kellogg as guest composers for the 2013 Mizzou International Composers Festival (MICF). Formerly known as the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, the MICF will be held from Monday, ...

Article: Live Review

Little Feat: Little Rock, AR, September 10, 2012

by C. Michael Bailey
September 30, 2012

Little FeatRevolution RoomLittle Rock, ARSeptember 12, 2012 Mother Nature finally exhaled, and the brutal Southern Summer of 2012 came to a curious end, producing what passed for an electric blue Monday evening. The temperature and humidity were both blessedly low and sitting on the sidewalk of Little Rock's River Market ...

Article: Album Review

Nicky Schrire: Freedom Flight

Read "Freedom Flight" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
September 30, 2012

Freedom Flight is the debut from vocalist Nicky Schrire, a young singer who was born in London, raised in Cape Town and now resides in New York. It's a distinctive debut, heralding the welcome arrival to the scene of a fine vocalist with an eclectic range of source material--a mix of Latin, pop, folk, and American ...

Article: Album Review

Connie Evingson: Sweet Happy Life

Read "Sweet Happy Life" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 30, 2012

Norman Gimbel's name may not register with a lot of educated jazz fans, yet he's linked to some of the most important songs and artists in the music. Gimbel wrote the lyrics attached to harmonica ace Toots Thielemans' best known number, “Bluesette," captured Michel Legrand's musical moods in words on “I Will Wait For You" and ...

Article: Opinion

On the Banks of the Jabbok With Chet Baker

by C. Michael Bailey
September 30, 2012

When Yale professor Harold Bloom was interviewed by NPR shortly after publication of Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine (Riverhead, 2005), he was quite candid about his relationship with his own Judaism and Yahweh: Bloom: ... I may, as I say, lack trust in the covenant, but though I keep asking Yahweh to go ...

Article: Live Review

Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band: New York, NY, September 10, 2012

by Mike Perciaccante
September 30, 2012

Hugh Laurie & The Copper Bottom Band The Grand Ballroom At Manhattan Center New York, New York September 10, 2012 There was a palpable feeling of excited anticipation in the air as the audience filed into New York City's Manhattan Center--Hugh Laurie, known to many as the irrepressible Dr. Gregory ...