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Jimmy Greene: A Beautiful Life
by Patricia Myers
Phoenix-born jazz drummer Lewis Nash was the drummer on tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene's newly released tribute album, A Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue Records, 2014). The CD is a remembrance celebration of Greene's 6-year-old daughter, Ana Márquez-Greene, who was among the 20 children and six educators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, on December ...
Grammys 2015: Jazz sticks to the familiar as Chick Corea wins two
Awards speeches are ideal forums for jokes, even during the Grammys' Internet-only pre-show broadcast. But there was a kernel of truth to what was said from the stage as Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band accepted honors in the big band category for the album “Life in the Bubble": “Once again we want to thank Chick Corea ...
The B-52s at The Space at Westbury
by Mike Perciaccante
The B-52s The Space at Westbury Westbury, NY January 30, 2015 Formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976, the B-52s have spent the past four decades delivering a fun '60s-drenched quirky, witty, humorous mix of new wave, surf, dance, rock and pop. Its call and response vocals are the ...
Ben Wolfe: The Whisperer
by Mark Corroto
You can always gauge a bassist-led recording by the players he attracts on the bandstand or in the studio. Proof of this premise is Ben Wolfe's latest, The Whisperer. Just like Charles Mingus had his Jaki Byard, Booker Ervin, and Dannie Richmond, and Dave Holland his Craig Taborn, Kevin Eubanks, and Eric Harland, Wolfe is also ...
"The Music Is The Magic," New CD By Vocalist Lainie Cooke, To Be Released March 17 By Ralph Peterson's Onyx Music Label
Given the deep jazz feeling and serious vocal chops displayed by Lainie Cooke on her new CD The Music Is the Magic, it’s hard to believe that the disc is only Cooke’s third. But this masterpiece of vocal jazz, which will be released March 17 by Ralph Peterson’s Onyx Music Label, affirms her standing in the ...
Composer/Musician Peter Gordon & His Love Of Life Orchestra Present Symphony No. 5
Peter Gordon’s Symphony No. 5 traces the growth of the New York-based composer’s musical ideas from 2007 to 2012. The number “5” of the title refers to the five-year gestation period as well as the five-movement form of the work, and the idea of a “fifth symphony” as a significant point in a composer’s trajectory. The ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 6-12
While it was very disappointing to have the Chris Potter Quartet postponed due to the latest East Coast snowstorm, it was gratifying to hear two stellar local bands filling in last week at the Dakota (a last-minute assemblage from Steve Kenny and the Atlantis Quartet). Potter will be rescheduled. Meanwhile we have another week of largely ...
The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11
by Doug Collette
Shorn of the overdubs and remixes that adorned the selected collection of tracks released in 1975 under the supervision of Robbie Robertson, the quick succession of thirty-eight cuts comprising The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 juxtaposes traditional songs, contemporary roots material and originals of greater or less significance to achieve a masterful recreation ...
A Tribute to Sly and the Family Stone's Stand! at the Fox Theater
by Harry S. Pariser
A Tribute to Sly and the Family Stone's Stand! Fox Theater Oakland, CA January 24, 2015 Jazz aficionados might not think that funk, soul, R&B and rock combo Sly and the Family Stone would have links to contemporary jazz, but the connections are, in fact, surprisingly strong. Sly and ...
Pray For Brain: None Of The Above
by Glenn Astarita
New Mexico is known for its picturesque landscape, arts & crafts and Mother Earth type activities, but not cited for harvesting diverse progressive rock power trios. In addition, the band's marketing pitch asks, “What happens when two Buddhists and a Muslim meet to make music?" Evidently, a whole lot is going on, as the musicians' incorporate ...
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