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Newport Festivals Foundation Exceeds Goal For Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

November 19, 2014

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Exceeds Goal for Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Artistic Reserve Grant NEWPORT, RI – Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. (NFF) has exceeded its goal to raise $750, 000 towards a three-to-one match to create a $1, 000, 000 artistic reserve grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF), it was announced today by George ...

Article: Profile

Memories in Motian

by Zeno De Rossi
November 19, 2014

Poco dopo aver appreso la triste notizia della morte di Paul Motian, avvenuta il 22 novembre 2011, ho sentito la forte esigenza di ri-tuffarmi in profondità nella sua musica. In seguito, dopo aver letto un toccante scritto di Ellery Eskelin (pubblicato sul suo sito e riportato qui di seguito), pensai che sarebbe stato ...

Article: Interview

Billy Harper: A Life of Persistence and Improvisation

by R.J. DeLuke
November 19, 2014

On stage, Billy Harper puts his lips to the tenor saxophone, stands relatively erect and sings through his horn; a strong, angular, muscular sound. There little physical gesticulation, belying the effort it takes to express feelings and emotions through the instrument. But Harper's creative statements demand attention. Over the last few years, a lot ...

Article: Film Review

Low Down

by Victor L. Schermer
November 19, 2014

Low Down Directed by Jeff Preiss Screenplay by Amy Albany and Topper Lilien Oscilliscope Laboratories 2014 Low Down is an independent film that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2014. It relates to the life of the late Joe Albany, a well accomplished if lesser ...

Article: Live Review

Armand Boatman Trio + Jim Cooper at Musicians Hall

by Patricia Myers
November 18, 2014

Armand Boatman Trio + Jim Cooper Musicians Hall/Phoenix Federation of Musicians Local 586 AFM Phoenix, Arizona November 4,2014 The sparkling piano style of Armand Boatman combined with the flashing mallets of longtime Chicago- area vibraphonist Jim Cooper in a quartet setting on Nov. 4 at the Phoenix Musicians Hall. From the ...

Article: Album Review

Maria Ahn: Je t'aime Bowie

Read "Je t'aime Bowie" reviewed by Mario Calvitti

by Mario Calvitti
November 18, 2014

Da quando il Kronos Quartet e altre formazioni simili hanno abbattuto gli steccati tra musica accademica e musica popolare interpretando in chiave contemporanea i classici del rock, le contaminazioni tra i generi non si sono risparmiate. E se in passato erano i musicisti rock a cercare di nobilitarsi strizzando l'occhio al mondo classico con ibridizzazioni tanto ...

News: Radio

Joey Cohn Named General Manager Of KPLU/JAZZ24

November 18, 2014

Seattle-Tacoma, WA: Joey Cohn has been named General Manager of KPLU and Jazz24, after assuming the duties of Interim General Manager in April 2014. Cohn is nationally known for his expertise in programming jazz and has consulted with NPR, Verve Records and a number of public radio stations around the country. Under his leadership, KPLU was ...

Article: Film Review

Fred Hersch: My Coma Dreams

by Victor L. Schermer
November 18, 2014

My Coma Dreams Music composed by Fred Hersch Conceived, Written, and Directed by Herschel Garfein Palmetto Records 2014 If you were a composer, would you write a piece of music based on your experience of being unconscious for 40 days in a medically-induced coma? The ...

Article: Album Review

Assaf Kehati Trio: Naked

by Edward Blanco
November 17, 2014

A progressive jazz guitarist with a preference for the electric strings and a light touch, Assaf Kehati unveils his third album Naked since arriving from Israel in 2007 and establishing himself as a modern force to be reckoned with. Kehati offers an album of primarily original music conveying a story behind every piece beginning with the ...

Article: Album Review

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Double Windsor

Read "Double Windsor" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
November 17, 2014

I dieci minuti dell'iniziale title-track valgono da soli il prezzo del biglietto. Non che il resto dello spettacolo sia di secondo piano, ma è in quell'inizio folgorante che riusciamo a cogliere al meglio l'originale vis poetica di Sylvie Courvoisier, pianista di origini svizzere da anni trapiantata a New York. C'è un ostinato sui ...