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Article: Album Review

Rufus Reid: Quiet Pride

Read "Quiet Pride" reviewed by Maurizio Zerbo

by Maurizio Zerbo
December 19, 2014

Malgrado lo si possa considerare un virtuoso del proprio strumento, Rufus Reid non è mai stato sotto l'occhio dei riflettori. Ispirato all'opera della scultrice Elisabeth Catlett, questo suo CD ne mette in mostra tutto il suo poliforme talento. A conti fatti, quest'opera è la prova discografica più ambiziosa e convincente di Reid, dove l'intensità della musica ...

News: Performance / Tour

Acid Mambo: Chris Washburne & Syotos at Winter Jazzfest (Carroll Place) on January 10 -

December 19, 2014

Chris Washburne & SYOTOS will present a sneak preview of their forthcoming release at this year's Winter JazzFest in New York City. It's what they call “Acid Mambo!" Think Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Neil Young and Lou Reed meet Tito Puente! Afro Latin jazz on a psychedelic trip! “SYOTOS plays with fire and erudition!" —New York ...

News: Festival

Chris Botti And Jon Batiste & Stay Human Tix At Newport Jazz Fest On Sale 12/18

December 18, 2014

Tickets Go On Sale Worldwide on Thursday, December 18, 10:00 am for Newport Jazz Festival Opening Night Concert featuring Chris Botti and Jon Batiste & Stay Human at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport Casino Pre-Concert Cocktail Party Tickets Also On Sale NEWPORT, RI – Tickets for the opening night concert of the Newport ...

News: Award / Grant

George Wein Honored With The Recording Academy Trustees Award

December 19, 2014

Wein Joins 2015 Recipients Richard Perry and Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil NEW YORK, NY – GEORGE WEIN, world-renowned founder/producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and numerous other music events, will receive The Recording Academy Trustees Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions in areas other than performance. The ...

Article: Album Review

Rob Mazurek and Black Cube SP: Return the Tides: Ascension Suite and Holy Ghost

Read "Return the Tides: Ascension Suite and Holy Ghost" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
December 18, 2014

Return the Tides is a heart-felt tribute to Rob Mazurek's mother, Kathleen Mazurek, who died on May 4, 2013, just days after receiving a diagnosis of late stage cancer. Her sudden and unexpected passing motivated Mazurek to honor her generous spirit through music that would, in his words, “clear a path for my mother into the ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Arthur Barron, David Liebman, Abel Pabon: The Miami Jazz Project

by Victor L. Schermer
December 18, 2014

Always on the lookout for outstanding players to join him, NEA Jazz Master saxophonist, flautist, and composer David Liebman finds in the The Miami Jazz Project a simpatico group of musicians to echo and recapitulate his interest in the post- Coltrane concatenation of fusion and world music where his career first took off in the 1970s. ...

Article: Album Review

Chad Eby Quartet: The Sweet Shel Suite

Read "The Sweet Shel Suite" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
December 18, 2014

Reading poet Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree once again as an adult, it is improbable that one would take away the same message as you did reading the book as a child. The boy in the story grows up playing in the branches of the tree and eating its fruit, eventually cutting the trunk for wood. ...

Article: Year in Review

Troy Collins' Best Releases of 2014

by Troy Collins
December 17, 2014

Considering the quantity of recordings released in a year's time, attempting to compile an end of the year list mentioning every first-rate session would be difficult at best. The ten titles included below are among the most exceptional new jazz albums I've heard in 2014. Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack ...Awaits Silent Tristero's Empire ...

News: Recording

Jacky Terrasson Set To Make His Impulse! Label Debut With February 24 Release Of "Take This"

December 17, 2014

ACCLAIMED PIANIST TO CELEBRATE WITH SHOWS MARCH 13-15 AT DIZZY’S CLUB COCA-COLA AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER IN NYC Pianist/composer Jacky Terrasson makes his Impulse! label debut with the February 24, 2015 release of Take This, a sparkling new album that captures the quintessence of his multifaceted musical makeup, which draws upon modern post-bop, pop, hip-hop, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jamie Cullum, The UK's #1 Jazz Artist, Announces US Headline Tour In Support Of New Album, "Interlude," Out January 27, 2015 On Blue Note Records

December 17, 2014

RUN INCLUDES JANUARY 24 SHOW AT LARGO IN LOS ANGELES AND FEBRUARY 5 CONCERT AT NYC’S BEACON THEATRE CULLUM WILL OPEN FOR BILLY JOEL IN NYC, DALLAS AND MIAMI BEGINNING TODAY ON ITUNES, FANS WHO PRE-ORDER INTERLUDE WILL INSTANTLY RECEIVE THE NEW TRACK, “MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE,” PLUS “GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE” FEATURING LAURA MVULA AND ...