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Article: Live Review

David Murray And Class Struggle at The Village Vanguard

by Mike Jurkovic
July 4, 2018

David Murray and Class Struggle The Village Vanguard New York, NY June 22, 2018 Upon taking the Vanguard stage, Murray broke the night wide open with a hard, slippery solo that had his sextet Class Struggle--featuring the saxophonist's son guitarist Mingus Murray, brotherly rhythm section of bassist Rashaan Carter and drummer ...

Article: Live From New York

Sabir Khan, Steve Smith, Billy Childs, Pamelia Stickney & Sam Amidon

by Martin Longley
July 4, 2018

Sabir Khan & Aditya Kalyanpur The Rubin Museum Of Art March 23, 2018 The Rubin Museum now seems to have eased off on its penchant for strictly all-acoustic performances, with microphones in place for this recital by the Indian sarangi player Sabir Khan, returning a long time after his ...

Article: Interview

Monika Herzig: A Portrait of a Hero

by Hrayr Attarian
July 3, 2018

German-born and US-based pianist, author and composer Monika Herzig released her most accomplished work to date the sublime Sheroes in March of 2018. This cohesive album is a celebration of women in music and particularly jazz, on it Herzig's group of women instrumentalists stimulatingly interpret several originals and two covers. Herzig has a doctorate in music ...

Article: Book Review

The Jazz Bubble: Neoclassical Jazz in Neoliberal Culture

by Ian Patterson
July 3, 2018

The Jazz Bubble: Neoclassical Jazz in Neoliberal Culture Dale Chapman282 PagesISBN: 9780520279384 University of California Press 2018 What explains vibraphonist Stefon Harris giving a TED talk at a conference devoted to behavioral finance? Why would one of the world's largest investment banks sink $10 million into the New Orleans ...

News: Recording

New On Lenny White's Venture IYOUWE! Norbert And Karen Stachel & LehCats - Movement To Egalitaria

July 3, 2018

Funky, Soulful Sounds Featuring More Than 30 Players! “Movement to Egalitaria is a line in the sand. Any jazz fusion recordings that are released in the future will be compared to this album. Karen Stachel and Norbert Stachel have delivered an epic and energetic production for the ages. They have poured their hearts and ...

Article: Profile

Kuumbwa And The Magic of Monday Night

by Arthur R George
July 2, 2018

Monday nights, otherwise a down time for many music venues, have been magic for the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA. Kuumbwa's most prominent shows occur, oddly, on off-calendar Monday nights or midweek, featuring headliners before or after their engagements nearby in San Francisco and Oakland and who are touring up or down the West ...

Article: In Pictures

2018 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival

by Richard Conde
July 1, 2018

Celebrating its 41th anniversary over the June 23rd weekend, the 2018 Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival at the Saratoga's Performing Arts center in Saratoga Springs N.Y., featured a great program presenting a wide range of music. Musicians who came to join the celebration included icon Herbie Hancock, rising star Jazzmeia Horn and Sammy Miller and the Congregation ...

Article: Live Review

Doobie Brothers/Steely Dan at Blossom Music Center

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 1, 2018

The Doobie Brothers & Steely Dan-The Summer of Living Dangerously Tour Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio June 23, 2018 If there is one tried and true adage that is applicable to the arts, it is the one that goes “everything old is new again." Be it a need for monetary ...

News: Recording

King Crimson The Elements Tour Box 2018 2-CD Set Now Available

July 1, 2018

The Elements Tour Box was originally devised specifically as a one-off edition for the 2014 King Crimson tour but has since become an in-demand series with subsequent editions in 2015, 16 & 17 becoming firm sellers. As with previous releases in the series, the full variety of King Crimson’s music can be represented over 2CDs with ...

Article: Live Review

ZZ Top with John Fogerty At The Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

by Mike Perciaccante
June 30, 2018

ZZ Top with John Fogerty The Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Blues & Bayous Tour Wantagh, NY June 20, 2018 ZZ Top is known as the Little Ol' Band From Texas and for the past forty-seven years, since the release of ZZ Top's First Album ...