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Jazz This Week: Jeremy Davenport Returns to the Bistro, Cactus Truck, and More

November 28, 2014

A few quick suggestions for some post-Turkey Day jazz and creative music in and around St. Louis... Tonight, trumpeter, singer and U City native Jeremy Davenport returns from his current home in New Orleans to play his annual post-Thanksgiving weekend gig at Jazz at the Bistro. Though he's been leader of the house band in the ...

Article: Album Review

Dylan Ryan / Sand: Circa

by Glenn Astarita
November 27, 2014

Following up the well-received Sky Bleached (2012, Cuneiform Records), drummer Dylan Ryan and his trio continue their full-blown aerial assault on conventional power trio mechanisms. Think of spaced out jazz rock with asymmetrical doses of Black Sabbath, avant- garde breakouts, and brooding rhythmic tirades, culminated with the art of improvisation. Guitarist Timothy Young's (Wayne Horvitz, David ...

Article: Album Review

The Ed Palermo Big Band: Oh No! Not Jazz!!

Read "Oh No! Not Jazz!!" reviewed by Vic Albani

by Vic Albani
November 27, 2014

La Big Band di Ed Palermo ha iniziato a suonare le composizioni di uno dei più grandi musicisti del secolo scorso, Frank Zappa, per puro e immenso amore nei confronti di quel genio poco dopo la sua scomparsa avvenuta il 4 dicembre del 1993. A parte la risaputa difficoltà tecnica ed esecutiva delle ...

Article: Album Review

Alex Belhaj's Crescent City Quartet: Sugar Blues

Read "Sugar Blues" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
November 26, 2014

Trad jazz isn't trending on Twitter or climbing the charts, but that doesn't mean it's completely irrelevant in today's musical landscape. There's still a segment of people, both on the delivering and listening ends, who enjoy the way multiple horns can snake around one another in a polyphonic dance of joy, supported and driven by guitar ...

Article: Album Review

Carmen Lundy: Soul To Soul

Read "Soul To Soul" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
November 26, 2014

There are records created through years of preparation and production that take a lifetime to achieve. Soul to Soul by vocalist Carmen Lundy, indeed falls in that category, yet defies categorization. Lundy is setting her own course, while other singers seek safe refuge in tepid covers of popular standards. She offers original material delivered with authenticity ...

Article: Jazz Near Me

All-Star Trio at Philly’s Hip Square on the Square

by Gloria Krolak
November 26, 2014

Ever since Lennie Tristano recorded his landmark album Live at the Confucius Restaurant in 1955, Chinese food and jazz have teamed up. The All-Star Trio continues the tradition at Philadelphia's Square on the Square, a Chinese restaurant on 19th and Chestnut. It's a regular Wednesday night gig for the spirited trio of pianist Andy ...

Article: Album Review

Manuel Valera Sr.: Recuerdos

Read "Recuerdos" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
November 26, 2014

Recuerdos might translate as “Remembrances," but save for maybe a track or two, this album is clearly not about nostalgia--it is a contemporary Latin jazz album filled with inspired moments--among these “Solitude," a tune in which veteran saxophonist Manuel Valeras, Sr. and his son (pianist Manuel Valera) share a close duet. “Si La Comprienderas" opens the ...

Article: Take Five With...

David Friesen e il Questionario di Proust

by AAJ Staff
November 26, 2014

All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. David Friesen Melodie cantabili e progressioni armoniche inconsuete. AAJ La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. D.F. La capacità di ascoltare. AAJ Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice. ...

Article: Album Review

Andrea Manzoni: Destination Under Construction

Read "Destination Under Construction" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
November 26, 2014

Sono bastati appena due dischi ad Andrea Manzoni per acquisire piena visibilità, grazie alle doti di strumentista e compositore che l'hanno imposto sulla scena nazionale come sicura promessa. Dopo l'esordio con Quantum Discord, il 35enne pianista piemontese ritorna in trio modificando l'organico (il batterista Andrea Beccaro al posto di Ruben Bellavia; una scelta che ...

News: Advocacy

New York is Music Coalition Gains Momentum at Recent Roundtable | Sights Set on Passing Empire State Music Production Tax Credit

November 26, 2014

On November 12, New York Is Music partnered with NYS Assemblyman Joseph Lentol to host a roundtable discussion focused on the coalition's first initiative: gaining support for the passing of the Empire State Music Production Tax Credit. The bill was introduced by Assemblyman Lentol in hopes of rejuvenating the Empire State's increasingly lackluster music industry scene. The bill ...