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Article: Album Review

Ed Cherry: It's All Good

Read "It's All Good" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
September 13, 2012

Guitarist Ed Cherry has been playing professionally since the early '70s, as a sideman to musicians such as Tim Hardin, Jimmy McGriff, Henry Threadgill and Jimmy Smith. Most famously, he spent over fifteen years in Dizzy Gillespie's band, remaining with the group until the trumpeter's death in 1993. Perhaps because of his busy career as a ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Organic Music Society

by John Eyles
September 13, 2012

By the early 1970s, trumpeter Don Cherry had moved a long way--geographically and musically--from the music that had earned him a reputation as one of free jazz's great innovators. Resident in Sweden, he had embarked on a pioneering exploration of world fusion music, incorporating a range of influences, notably African, Native-American, Indian and Middle Eastern. During ...

Article: Album Review

The Remote Viewers: City Of Nets

Read "City Of Nets" reviewed by Alex Franquelli

by Alex Franquelli
September 13, 2012

From A to B. The language spoken by The Remote Viewers is one that feeds itself with the interferences caused by lines crossing each other at various speeds in a continuous effort to connect the dots. We, the humans, are the thriving beads forever longing that 'B' we, sometimes, don't even want to reach. City of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Shepley Metcalf Sings Laura Nyro At New York's Metropolitan Room

September 13, 2012

Boston’s acclaimed cabaret and jazz singer Shepley Metcalf brings her new show “Can You Surry? The Songs of Laura Nyro" to New York's Metropolitan Room for two nights in November. Known for her spirited and thoughtful delivery, Metcalf will explore the Nyro songbook from the mega hits (Stoned Soul Picnic, And When I Die, Wedding Bell ...

News: Event

Columbus Jazz Orchestra Kicks Off 40th Anniversary Season With Doc Severinsen

September 13, 2012

Columbus, OH – The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is proud to present the 40th anniversary season of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO) under the direction of world-renowned bandleader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling. Helping to kick off the ruby season of the CJO is none other than legendary Tonight Show bandleader and Grammy Award-winner ...

News: Education

Berklee Celebrate Its New Campus In Valencia, Spain, With The Launch Of The College’s First-ever Master’s Degrees

September 13, 2012

On September 17, Berklee College of Music president Roger H. Brown will give the welcome speech at the college's new campus in Valencia, Spain, to launch Berklee’s first-ever graduate programs, offering degrees in Contemporary Performance; Scoring for Film, Television and Video Games; and Global Entertainment and Music Business. This event represents the successful culmination of an ...

News: Recording

New CD Of Original Progressive Jazz From Michael Pelz-Sherman

September 13, 2012

Michael Pelz-Sherman has released a new new CD of original progressive jazz from North Carolina, featuring original compositions and extended free improvisations. From Michael Pelz-Sherman: Goes Without Saying presents two very different, yet complimentary sides of my creative musical work as a jazz composer and improvising keyboardist. The first six tracks are progressive jazz compositions, carefully ...

News: Technology

Blue Note Records Launches Innovative New Spotify App

September 12, 2012

EMI Music’s legendary Blue Note Records has announced the launch today of an innovative new app within the popular online music streaming service Spotify. The Blue Note app provides a rich user experience by creating a space to explore and discover music spanning the entire history of the label from 1939 to present. The app traces ...

Article: Album Review

Halie Loren: Stages

by Dan Bilawsky
September 12, 2012

The studio is a safe place for musicians looking to birth an album in a controlled environment, but the stage is the real proving ground for performers. These people make their mark when lights are low, nerves are tested and safety nets are removed. This is where the real deal musicians get separated from the great ...

Article: Live Review

Papo Vasquez Mighty Pirates Troubadours: Detroit, MI, September 1, 2012

by Steve Bryant
September 12, 2012

Papo Vasquez Mighty Pirates TroubadoursDetroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 1, 2012When a musician decides to play Latin,, it is easy for him to get pigeonholed into the Salsa circuit with a little instrumental mambo disguised as Latin jazz thrown in. This isn't the case for trombonist Papo Vasquez who, for the last ...