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Tim Kuhl Releases Album & Show
Digital Release: June 30 Vinyl Release: First week of August, 2015 Flying Moonlight Records is pleased to announce the release of 1982, Tim Kuhl’s follow-up effort to 2012’s critically acclaimed St. Helena. 1982 is a darker, electronic effort, concepted and composed on an iPad while touring the world playing drums for Sean Lennon’s The ...
Moon Hooch at Shakespeare's Pub
by John Ephland
Moon Hooch Shakespeare's Pub Kalamazoo, Michigan May 29, 2015 It was an interesting combination. Two saxophones and a drummer, along with a sound system that kept everyone on their feet, if not dancing. The up-and-coming New York aspirants Moon Hooch (previously touring with They Might Be Giants, Lotus and Galactic), on ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, Festival Edition! June 19-27
It's here! The 2015 Twin Cities Jazz Festival gets underway in phases, officially opening on June 25 but preliminary events began a few days ago with Jazz at the Library gigs in St. Paul and some Music on the Move" sets this weekend. Format for the Lead Sheet will be a little different for this week, ...
Jazz Journalists Association Honors Its Own: Chicago Writer-Broadcaster Neil Tesser Wins 2015 Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Award
NEW YORK CITY – Neil Tesser, a Chicago-based jazz journalist, broadcaster, author, educator, former chair of the board of trustees of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and current board member of the Jazz Journalists Association, was honored with the JJA's 2015 Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism Award on Tuesday, June 16 at a ...
Chad Lawson: Crossing Over and Back
by K. Shackelford
Chad Lawson is a compelling musical voice that deserves wider attention. He's a masterful pianist with an extensive jazz background, but has crossed genres taking the beauty of his music into the classical world. Recently, he released The Chopin Variations, arrangements of famed composer Frédéric François Chopin. On the album, Lawson re-contextualizes Chopin's piano solo pieces, ...
Soaring Music Publications Launches A Promotional Campaign For Jazz Guitarist Mike Denny
Soaring Music Publications has launched a promotional campaign to increase exposure to world-class jazz guitarist Mike Denny's work on Soaring Music Publications' recently released CD I'll Think of Something. The promotion includes an updated profile at the All About Jazz website, and an ad campaign including the Cadence Jazz World website and the Cadence Magazine July ...
Ray Anderson's Organic Quartet: Being the Point
by Stefano Merighi
Un suono scuro, profondo, indeterminato nelle intenzioni, trova improvvisamente la luce del calypso. Una luce che spinge la musica verso una danza sinuosa, scattante. È l'inizio di Being the Point, disco che riporta Ray Anderson alle sue passioni per il blues, per New Orleans, per i ritmi obliqui già frequentati all'epoca di Slickaphonics. ...
George Gee Celebrates Van Alexander Centennial In Los Angeles on July 12th
The George See Swing Orchestra, one of New York’s premiere dance bands, returns to the world famous Maxwell Demille’s Cicada Club at the Oviat Building in downtown Los Angeles for an evening of swing music and dancing honoring the great Chick Webb / Savoy Ballroom music man, Van Alexander (composer of the Ella Fitzgerald hit song ...
Larry McKenna and Bootsie Barnes Quintet: Inaugural Jazz Bridge River Cruise
by Victor L. Schermer
Larry McKenna-Bootsie Barnes Quintet The Jazz Bridge River Cruise Philadelphia, PA June 13, 2015 The Jazz Bridge, a Philadelphia area organization whose meritorious mission is to assist local jazz and blues musicians and vocalists in times of crisis, sponsors numerous concerts, but this was their first cruise event, and they ...
Michael Feinberg's Humblebrag: Live at 800 East
by Angelo Leonardi
Nato ad Atlanta ma stabilitosi a New York nel 2009, il bassista e compositore Michael Feinberg è uno dei migliori jazzmen emergenti del decennio. Poco più che 25enne ha già inciso alcuni dischi a suo nome, tra cui spicca l'Elvin Jones Project, registrato nel 2012 per la Sunnyside con la presenza di nomi illustri quali Billy ...

