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Article: Album Review

Darius Jones, Matthew Shipp: The Darkseid Recital

Read "The Darkseid Recital" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè
December 17, 2014

Delicati e sospesi impressionismi, movimentate evoluzioni in cui le asciutte sezioni del sax si sovrappongono al continuo e turbolento sottofondo tramato dal piano, rarefazioni caratterizzate da sonorità puntigliose del piano ed eccentriche del sax, scorribande free con i due strumenti legati inscindibilmente in un flusso turbinoso, frasi melodiche innestate su insistenze percussive... Queste ed altre situazioni ...

Article: Year in Review

Kurt Gottschalk's Top 12 for 2014

by Kurt Gottschalk
December 17, 2014

A dozen of my top picks and in no particular order. <br /><br />Dave Burrell & Steve Swell Turning Point No Business Neneh Cherry & FourTet Blank Project Smalltown Supersound Gato Libre Dudu Libra JazzWerkstatt Wien ...

Article: Album Review

John Brown: Quiet Time

Read "Quiet Time" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
December 17, 2014

"Le donne odiavano il jazz, non si capisce il motivo" cantava Paolo Conte in un celebre tema, ricordando l'Italia degli anni cinquanta. Oggi il quadro è mutato ma se avete qualche amica o amico (non esiste una specificità femminile in questo) che giudica il jazz “poco melodico" regalategli Quiet Time e cambierà idea. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz this week: Roy Hargrove, "Holiday Brasstravaganza," Ellington's "Nutcracker,"a big band murder mystery, and more

December 17, 2014

For this last week before Christmas, the calendar of jazz and creative music performances in and around St. Louis features the long-overdue return of a top touring trumpeter, plus several holiday-themed shows and some other special presentations from local performers. Let's go to the highlights.... Wednesday, December 17 Trumpeter Roy Hargrove returns to Jazz at the ...

News: Award / Grant

57th Grammy Nominations Recognize New England Conservatory Musicians

December 16, 2014

Strong showing for NEC musicians in jazz category A Far Cry chamber orchestra nominated for Kickstarter-funded project New England Conservatory students, alumni, and faculty are included in nominations for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, announced on Friday. Winners will be announced at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 8, 2015. Three of ...

Article: Album Review

Art Hirahara: Libations & Meditations

Read "Libations & Meditations" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 16, 2014

Pianist Art Hirahara's latest release on the Posi-Tone label is, as the title implies, music to drink in and think in. It's a collection of aural offerings tied to Hirahara's experiences coping with the loss of his father, but it's not a somber program. In fact, quite the opposite. The first three numbers--a brief, up-tempo display ...

Article: Live Review

Soulive at Higher Ground, South Burlington, Vermont

by Doug Collette
December 16, 2014

Soulive Higher Ground Ballroom South Burlington, Vermont December 13, 2014 Strikingly reminiscent of the Lettuce show October 25 2014, Soulive's extended single set at Higher Ground this night took flight during a blazing solo by guitarist Eric Krasno. It wasn't the only such instance that occurred during the two-hours plus the ...

News: Event

Patty Larkin, And Dom Flemons To Perform First Night Boston Concert, Broadcast On WUMB-FM 91.9

December 16, 2014

First Night Boston is presented by the Highland Street Foundation First Night Boston, Berklee College of Music, and WUMB-FM 91.9 present guitarist, singer- songwriter, and Berklee alumna Patty Larkin, and roots multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons, performing at the Berklee Performance Center on New Year's Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2014. The concert is a centerpiece of this year's ...

News: Education

SFJAZZ High School All Stars Alumni Aaron Bahr Wins First Hut Foundation Alumni Commission Award

December 16, 2014

SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Alumnus and trumpeter Aaron Bahr received the first HUT Foundation Alumni Commission Award. Bahr’s composition “Kenny’s Song” won the award along with a $1,000 check presented to him by saxophonist Ravi Coltrane at the SFJAZZ Center on Sunday, December 14 during the organization’s weeklong A Love Supreme 50th Anniversary celebration. In Spring ...

News: Event

iTunes Names The Cookers "Time And Time Again" The 2014 "Jazz Album Of The Year"!!, New Website Launched, Winter Jazzfest Performance Announced!

December 16, 2014

THE COOKERS TO PERFORM MUSIC FROM “TIME AND TIME AGAIN" @ THE 2015 WINTER JAZZFEST Saturday, January 10, 2015 @ 8:45 PM The Minetta Lane Theatre, 18-22 Minetta Lane, NYC After seven years together, The Cookers, who “embody the serious-as-death commitment that it took to thrive on the New York scene some four decades ago" (Andrew ...