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Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang: For Ed Blackwell
by Mark Corroto
This forty-two minute continuous recording of drummers Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang was released on the occasion of the 25th anniversary performance of their Winter Solstice Concerts in December 2015. The percussionists' tradition of welcoming the return of the sun to the northern hemisphere every December 21st by making music predawn only to be illuminated by ...
John Blevins: Matterhorn
by Dave Wayne
Back in the 1960s, when the music now commonly known as fusion was called “jazz-rock," the earliest bands to get plastered with said label were essentially funk and rock rhythm sections--guitar, bass, keys and drums, plus or minus congas--with a lead singer and a jazzy horn section tacked on. Think Blood Sweat and Tears, or Tower ...
Jazz this week: STL Free Jazz Collective, Erin Bode, a tribute to Charlie Christian, and more
This week's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis offers an eclectic selection of shows for Valentine's Day weekend, from free jazz to smooth romantic balladry. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, February 10 As of this writing late on Wednesday afternoon, the 7:30 set of Branford Marsalis' third and final night at Jazz ...
Austin-Based Jazz Vocalist Dena Taylor Releases New CD, "You've Changed"
Dena Taylor recorded her new album, You’ve Changed, while wondering if it would be her last time to sing and record. The day after it was finished she underwent throat surgery with no promises from doctors that she would even be able to talk after the surgery. Thankfully, it went well and she is speaking AND ...
Celebrating the rhythmic essence and varieties of tropical jazz
Since departing the New York jazz scene more than 25 years ago, guitarist Steve Uscher has immersed himself in what he calls tropical jazz- the varied but often-sultry music originating in Argentina, Brazil and Cuba, as well as a few other Caribbean locales. After his Big Apple days working on Broadway shows, in jazz clubs and ...
Josh Lawrence Quintet at Chris’ Jazz Café
by Victor L. Schermer
Josh Lawrence Quintet Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA February 5, 2016 Josh Lawrence is a top-of-the-line, ascending trumpeter/composer/bandleader in Philadelphia and New York who in a few short years has three solo albums under his name, is a member of Orrin Evans' Captain Black Big Band and is co-founder of ...
Roswell Rudd & Heather Masse: August Love Song
by C. Michael Bailey
I am reading a book entitled When Breathe Becomes Air by Dr. Paul Kalanithi. The book details the most fundamental things of life, those things as close to us as skin. He derives his title from the 17th Century sonnet series by Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who sat in ...
Pat Martino at The Jazz Standard
by Nick Catalano
On Thursday February 4 paradigmatic guitarist Pat Martino led his trio into The Jazz Standard for another seminal Big Apple performance. Gotham has been very lucky in recent years as Martino has rarely missed an opportunity to perform here and has headlined at most of the leading clubs. Quintessential hard swing has long ...
Julie Charnet At SOUTH Restaurant And Jazz Parlor in Philadelphia on February 21
On February 21, Julie Charnet takes center stage at SOUTH Restaurant and Jazz Parlor. This performance will be the first for Charnet at SOUTH and she is looking forward to the expanding music scene in North Philadelphia. “I'm excited to perform at SOUTH. After performing in Philadelphia for years, it's nice to see a new jazz ...
NEC Faculty Member Jason Moran Led A Performance Of "The Music Of Andrew Hill"
As the culmination of one of his regular teaching residencies, NEC faculty member Jason Moran presented a performance of the music of his mentor Andrew Hill in a concert titled simply “The Music of Andrew Hill" on Thursday, January 28. Moran led NEC students in the re-imagining of Hill's music, including material drawn from several landmark ...
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