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Pianist Romain Collin Launches #taurussesh: Intimate video series features Collin and special guests

January 9, 2019

Romain Collin has just launched #TaurusSesh, a series of intimate videos in which he explores the vast musical possibilities offered by his unique combination of acoustic piano, vocal loops and textures, and the bass synthesizer Moog Taurus. The first clip, the original Collin composition “Raw, Scorched and Untethered," features Collin playing solo. All other videos will ...

Article: Book Review

Tracy Fessenden: Religion Around Billie Holiday

by S.G Provizer
January 8, 2019

Religion Around Billie Holiday Tracy Fessenden 280 pages ISBN: #9780271080956 Cambridge University Press 2018 This is one of the most unusual books about a jazz figure that I've encountered in a long time. The premise, as spelled out in this interview with author Fessenden, is fascinating. She is ...

Article: Interview

Ted Rosenthal: Dear Erich, A Jazz Opera

by Ken Dryden
January 7, 2019

Ted Rosenthal is one of the most renowned pianists of his generation. He won first prize at the second Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and has been awarded several NEA grants as a composer. Well known as the pianist in Gerry Mulligan's final quartet, Rosenthal has recorded or performed with many other artists, including Bob ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Joe Locke, Branford Marsalis and More

by Joe Dimino
January 7, 2019

We start this week's episode with one of the finest voices on the vibes who made his way through Kansas City in early December, Joe Locke, with a cut off his new CD Subtle Disguise. From there, we dive headlong into the music of a legend on the drums in Billy Cobham, who was the subject ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dr. Monty Alexander At Birdland On January 15-19 With "Love Letters" From Jamaica To Jazz!

January 5, 2019

THE LEGENDARY JAMAICAN PIANO MASTER Dr. Monty Alexander Love Notes: From Jamaica to Jazz At Birdland from January 15-19 Reserve Now! Monty Alexander: piano JJ Shakur: bass Jason Brown: drums January 15-19, 2019 Birdland 315 W. 44th St. ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Nu Jazz Agency Announces The Inaugural Performance Of The Winners Of The 2018 Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition In NYC On January 14, 2019 At Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola

January 4, 2019

The Nu Jazz Agency, a leader in the non-profit musical arts industry, has announced the inaugural performance in the 2019 season of the winners of the 2018 Ellis Marsalis International Jazz Piano Competition held this past June in Huntington, West Virginia. Ben Paterson (Philadelphia, PA: First Place); Rina Yamazaki (Saitama, Japan: Second Place & The Nu ...

Article: Live Review

Rene Marie With Experiment In Truth At The Jazz Corner

by Martin McFie
January 3, 2019

Rene Marie The Jazz Corner Rene Marie with Experiment in Truth Hilton Head Island, SC December 28-29, 2018 There are no sharp edges to Rene Marie's voice. Her singing has a warm, soft-velvet quality. She does, however, have an extensive range and an ability to change direction and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Award-Winning Drummer Tatsuya “Tat” Yoshinaga Performs At Saloon In Davis Square With The Anthony Crescente Quartet

December 30, 2018

Multi-Instrumentalist and award-winning drummer Tatsuya “Tat” Yoshinaga will be performing at Saloon in Davis Square featuring the Anthony Crescente Quartet. They will perform on December 31, 2018, from 10:00 PM-2:00 AM at the Saloon, 255 Elm St, Somerville, MA. The ensemble features Anthony Crescente on guitar, Tatsuya “Tat" Yoshinaga on drums, Alex Peabody on saxophone, and ...

Article: Book Review

Sonny Rollins: Meditating on a Riff

by S.G Provizer
December 31, 2018

Sonny Rollins--Meditating on a Riff Hugh Wyatt 304 Pages ISBN: #978-0-9981219-2-5 Kamama Books 2018 Author Hugh Wyatt doesn't hide his friendship with Sonny Rollins-Rollins is his daughter's godfather-he has written a spiritual biography of saxophone great Sonny Rollins which is perilously close to hagiography. He says in the ...

Article: Live Review

Joey Alexander Trio With Chris Potter at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
December 31, 2018

Joey Alexander Trio with Chris PotterSFJAZZ San Francisco, CA December 13, 2018 Child prodigies have long maintained an important presence in jazz. These have included Bix Beiderbecke, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams and Keith Jarrett. Jarrett gave his first formal recital at the age of seven. Hancock performed on piano with the ...