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Thaddeus Ford plays from the heart

October 19, 2014

By Jerry Armbrister Thaddeus Ford is lucky to be alive. One year ago, he suffered a heart attack—at the young age of 34. Now one year later, he has assembled his band and will play—at the Tuesday Nite Jazz series at the St. Paul United Methodist Church—a set of original tunes that he himself wrote. He ...

Article: Album Review

Larry Corban & The Aperturistic Trio: The Corbanator

Read "The Corbanator" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 19, 2014

New York-based guitarist Larry Corban took his time creating a follow-up to his debut-- Moving 4-Ward (Self Produced, 2002); it would be more than a decade before album number two--The Circle Starts Here (Nabroc Records, 2013)--would appear, but that one got the ball rolling again. Corban formed a strong connection with his trio mates on that ...

Article: Live Review

Lila Downs at Jazz at Lincoln Center

by Ernest Barteldes
October 19, 2014

Lila Downs Jazz At Lincoln Center New York, NY October 11, 2014 On her two-day residence at Jazz At Lincoln Center, Lila Downs showcased a solid set of old favorites alongside new material from Raiz (Sony Latin, 2014), a collaboration with singers Soledad and Niña Pastori. Backed by ...

Article: Album Review

Tommy Igoe: The Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy

Read "The Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
October 19, 2014

Known as one of the best drummers in the jazz world today, Tommy Igoe is also one of the most in-demand musicians around and since 2006, Igoe and the Birdland Big band have been holding residency at New York's Birdland Jazz Club which apparently, is not enough to keep the drummer grounded. Igoe now lives in ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Classical Gas – Anne Akiko Meyers & Orion Weiss

by C. Michael Bailey
October 19, 2014

Anne Akiko Meyers American Masters: Barber, Corigliano, Bates Entertainment One 2013 Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers follows up her superb Vivaldi, The Four Seasons (eOne, 2014) and provides a partner to her The American Album (RCA Victor, 1996) that featured the music of Copland, Ives, Baker and Piston. On ...

Article: Album Review

Kaye Bohler: Handle the Curves

Read "Handle the Curves" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 19, 2014

"The White Tina Turner." Them is fightin' words. West coast vocalist and composer Kaye Bohler might be better described as Tina Turner covering Etta James at Muscle Shoals. Handle the Curves is a decade of original compositions that span from the Aretha Franklin-inflected “Diggin' on My Man" to the Van Morrison-ish title tune. ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 17-23

October 19, 2014

I don't remember when we last had three CD releases from top area jazz artists on the same weekend! And that's just the beginning of a very hot week on the Twin Cities jazz scene. Some tough choices must be made! Fortunately, you can't go wrong. Big Gigs This Week Friday, October 17. Swinging hot club ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Dave's Picks Volume 11: 11/17/72 and Wake Up to Find Out: 3/29/90

by Doug Collette
October 19, 2014

The story of the Grateful Dead may be the most fascinating in the history of rock and roll, the chapter dealing with the archiving of their live recordings perhaps the most absorbing of all, if only because it continues to be written with the ongoing release of various projects from various stages of the iconic band's ...

Article: Album Review

Frank Lowe: Out Loud

Read "Out Loud" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
October 19, 2014

Musical archeology has become somewhat of a trend these days. It might be explained, in part by the rebirth of vinyl and the excavation of long out-of-print titles, but also there are scores of devoted collectors who've discovered unpublished recordings of significant artists. For the serially neglected avant-garde of jazz, some of these finds have been ...

Article: Album Review

Brian Charette: Good Tipper

Read "Good Tipper" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 18, 2014

Nine of the eleven tracks on organist Brian Charette's Square One (Posi-Tone, 2014) were originals, but that doesn't mean he's uninterested in tackling the music of others. In fact, judging by this album, it would seem that he really digs digging into covers. Everybody from film score icon John Barry to tunesmith Jimmy Webb to saxophonist ...