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Innovative Guitarist Jon Durant Releases New Solo Guitar Album Alternate Landscapes

April 3, 2019

Following his acclaimed CD Parting Is, Jon Durant returns with a new solo album Alternate Landscapes. While both records are solo guitar, that’s also where the similarity ends. Alternate Landscapes expands the idea of solo guitar to include MIDI guitar triggering old school synthesizer sequences and breathy wind instruments alongside Jon’s signature cloud guitar textures. The ...

Article: Live Review

Carla Bley Trio at Dazzle

by Geoff Anderson
April 3, 2019

Carla Bley Trio Dazzle Denver, CO March 24, 2019 At age 82, Carla Bley has been around. But not everywhere. Remarkably, her two nights at Dazzle last weekend marked her first appearances in Colorado as a performer. Still, the depth and scope of her past music-making is unmatched ...

Article: In Pictures

2019 Hudson Jazz Festival

by Rudolph Lu
April 2, 2019

Hudson, New York is a two-hour ride from New York City, an hour away from Albany, and home to the Hudson Jazz Festival. Now in its second year, this year's festival took place from February 17 through February 19, with all performances held in the recently restored Hudson Hall. Day one featured the music ...

News: Recording

Juilliard Faculty Lukas Gabric Releases New Album "Labor Of Love - With Strings" - Available Now

April 2, 2019

Saxophonist and Juilliard Faculty Lukas Gabric announces the release of his new album Labor of Love: Lukas Gabric with Strings on Alessa Records. Liner Notes for Labor of Love When Lukas Gabric asked me to write a bit about this excellent new recording, I knew it would be a pleasure to sit and listen to his ...

News: Advocacy

Jazz Arts Initiative Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Announces Name Change To JazzArts Charlotte

April 2, 2019

International jazz legend Wynton Marsalis joined JazzArts Charlotte President and CEO Lonnie Davis on Saturday, March 30 for a re-branding kickoff event held for sponsors, volunteers and local dignitaries. Ten years ago, Lonnie and O.C. Davis came to Charlotte from their hometown of New Orleans, displaced by Hurricane Katrina. They had an audacious dream to create ...

Article: Live Review

Salvant, Skonberg, Aldana And More At Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
March 30, 2019

Cecile McLorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melissa Aldana, Christian Sands, Yasushi Nakamura and Jamison Ross Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Monterey Jazz Festival On TourPhiladelphia, PA March 23, 2019 While some jazz festivals sponsor tours that highlight their more seasoned icons, Monterey was different in ...

Article: Live Review

Carla Bley Trio at Dazzle Jazz

by Tyran Grillo
March 30, 2019

Carla Bley Trio Dazzle Jazz Denver, CO March 24, 2019Pianist Carla Bley drew an equilateral triangle with electric bassist Steve Swallow and saxophonist Andy Sheppard at Dazzle Jazz in Denver. The trio showed the true meaning of democracy, unafraid to temper every glint of brightness with a hint of shadow. As ...

Article: Live Review

Gogol Bordello At The Space At Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
March 30, 2019

Gogol Bordello The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY March 20, 2019 Gogol Bordello is not your run-of-the-mill band. Their music is an amalgamation of many genres: gypsy music infused with East European jazz, klezmer, Latin rhythms, worldbeat , folk, funk, R&B, disco, soul, rock, punk and pop. The seven-player group ...

Article: SoCal Jazz

Ron Carter: The Paragon of Bass Virtuosity

by Jim Worsley
March 28, 2019

Some half a century ago, iconic bassist Ron Carter had already dynamically impacted the jazz world with his advanced rhythmic cadences and his artistic vision with the second great Miles Davis quintet. The sumptuous and indelible mark that Carter and his bandmates left on jazz history is well-documented. An educated, articulate and determined man, Carter's journey ...

Article: Live Review

Ron Carter Quartet At Regattabar

by Peter Jurew
March 28, 2019

Ron Carter Quartet Regattabar Cambridge, MA February 22, 2019 You are the “World's Greatest Jazz Bassist," as a sign used to say at The Knickerbocker Saloon in New York City, where you and Cedar Walton held forth for many years. You have been at the top of your ...