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Phish: Amsterdam
by Doug Collette
Delving in sequence into this eight CD set of the shows recorded in February and July of 1997, it sounds like the band really takes flight during “Timber" from the initial show. But Phish shows from throughout their history inevitably exhibit a relativity of momentum, the dynamics of which are dependent upon, but not limited by, ...
Deanna Witkowski: Raindrop: Improvisations with Chopin
by Hrayr Attarian
Pianist Deanna Witkowski is a truly versatile artist and consummate musician. Her superb forays into sacred music in a jazz framework, for instance, are captivating in their free flowing spirituality and her subtly adventurous category defying explorations thrill in their spontaneity and their imagination. On her fifth release, the intimate Raindrop she goes solo ...
Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian-American Experience
by Nicholas F. Mondello
Bebop, Swing, and Bella Musica: Jazz and the Italian-American Experience Bill Dal Cerro and David Anthony Witter 384 Pages ISBN: #978-1-60461-089-5 Bella Musica Publishing 2015 In this meticulously researched and anecdote-included work, authors Bill Dal Cerro and David Anthony Witter present a truly fascinating perspective on both the history ...
Jazz Recording Artist Matt Savage Releases Summer Single - "Go On" - July 24th
Matt Savage, Jazz recording artist, pianist and composer, is releasing Go On as a summer single on Friday, July 24th. Recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City, Go On is a catchy jazz-fusion tune featuring Matt Savage on both piano and electric keyboard, with Brandon Wright (tenor saxophone), Tom Berkmann (bass) and Richie Barshay (drums). ...
Rich Halley 4: Creating Structure
by Hrayr Attarian
The totally improvised Creating Structure is saxophonist Rich Halley's fifth release with his regular working quartet in as many years. With this exquisite album Halley achieves a new level of musical excellence as he perfects his signature sound of raw sophistication and his unique, simultaneously emotive and cerebral style. On the dramatic and free ...
Mark Winkler: Jazz and Other Four Letter Words
by C. Michael Bailey
Singer and lyricist Mark Winkler has been a common West Coast sight for many years. He has released seven releases, his previous one being the very well-received duet recording with {Manhattan Transfer}}'s soprano Cheryl Bentyne, West Coast Cool (Summit Records, 2013). That recording was right on the heels of Winkler's thematically motivated The Laura Nyro Project ...
Charlie Hunter Trio: Let the Bells Ring On
by Vincenzo Roggero
Pur avendo incrociato i loro destini nel corso degli ultimi vent'anni, in diversi contesti e con diverse formazioni è la prima volta in assoluto che Charlie Hunter, Bobby Previte e Curtis Fowlkes entrano in studio di registrazione per incidere un disco come trio. Dieci brani originali a nome del chitarrista, durata media quattro minuti, tempo perfetto ...
Mario Pavone: Blue Dialect
by Mark Corroto
Gone are the days where a jazz trio maintains a three month residency, playing nightly in a club. Nor are there world traveling units that refine their skills nightly on the road, working and reworking material. There will be no more piano trios led by the likes of Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans. But have no ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 24-30
It seems like we have a jazz festival every weekend this summer—if not an event so named, at least there are enough concerts and gigs to choose from that it seems like an endless celebration. This week we celebrate CD releases, homecomings and reunions; there's at least one “jazz festival" in the region, and Sommerfest brings ...
Denise King: Making the Tradition New
by Victor L. Schermer
Denise King is a Philadelphia vocalist who has made the world her oyster with her unique ability to navigate between rhythm and blues and sultry jazz standards. Discovered in the 1980s by an R&B songwriter-producer, King quickly found her way in the City of Brotherly Love with some of the top musicians in both popular and ...
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