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Article: Album Review

Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer

Read "OverTime: Music of Bob Brookmeyer" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
October 13, 2014

While it may be hard to believe, the reality is that the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is nearing the end of its first half-century together. Formed in 1966 as the Thad Jones -Mel Lewis Orchestra, it continued on after Jones' departure as the Mel Lewis Orchestra, then as the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra after Lewis' death in February ...

Article: Interview

Jon Irabagon: Examining All The Angles

by R.J. DeLuke
October 13, 2014

Saxophonist Jon Irabagon likes challenges in music; likes attempting different things. He's not opposed to things traditional, but would prefer to come at music and sounds from different angles. He enjoys the journey; enjoys experiencing the results. At 35, he's on the go all the time, ubiquitous on the New York City music scene. ...

Article: Live From New York

Ches Smith, Patti Smith & Jesse Paris Smith

by Martin Longley
October 13, 2014

Ches Smith's We All Break The Stone September 30, 2014 The California drummer Ches Smith has long been transplanted to New York City, so that now he's indelibly embedded in its streets, he's frequently playing in a vast variety of settings. Some of these were presented during his six-night ...

Article: Album Review

Madeleine Peyroux: Keep Me In Your Heart For A While: The Best Of Madeleine Peyroux

Read "Keep Me In Your Heart For A While: The Best Of Madeleine Peyroux" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 13, 2014

Vocalist and composer Madeleine Peyroux has a stylistic reach well beyond that of jazz. Her only peer in this respect is Nora Jones. True, she has a great fascination with Billie Holiday, but she has managed to assimilate this influence into her own presence and parlay it into the para-jazz realm with intelligent programming and song ...

Article: Album Review

Matadors: Matadorials

Read "Matadorials" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
October 13, 2014

The acoustic jazz Matadors came together while its three members--multi-woodwind player Michael Sachs from Los Angeles, bassist Aaron Darrell from Virginia and drummer Jun Young Song from Seoul (Korea)--were simultaneously pursuing undergraduate studies through Berklee College of Music scholarships. Their progressive jazz debut marks the first release on Berklee's independent record label birnCORE, was recorded live ...

Article: Album Review

Mississippi Heat: Warning Shot

Read "Warning Shot" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 13, 2014

My father, born in 1915 and having seen and heard such, would call Warning Shot “Roadhouse Music." More technically, this is “jump blues" employing a larger-than-average band with an unidentified horn section on a majority of the 16 selections, the longest clocking in at 5:36 and the shortest at 3:00. This is an old-fashioned recording of ...

News: Event

Jazz Standard Youth Orchestra Kicks Off Its "Jazz For Kids" Program on October 19th

October 13, 2014

JAZZ FOR KIDS Ongoing, every Sunday Oct 19-May 17 (except for 12/21, 12/28 + 2/1). Doors open at 1:00pm; show from 2:00pm to 3:00pm. Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street (between Park & Lexington); Train 6 to 28th/Lex. FREE! In lieu of a cover charge, guests may give a $5 donation that benefits the Jazz Standard ...

News: Education

Wynton Marsalis Leads Juilliard’s Jazz Program

October 13, 2014

By Peter Monaghan Wynton Marsalis, the trumpeter, has a new role that is likely to expand his influence on the direction and public perception of jazz: director of the jazz-studies program at Juilliard School of Music. In July Mr. Marsalis replaced Carl Allen, a drummer, as leader of the program at his alma mater. His appointment ...

Article: Live Review

Kurt Elling's Passion World at Jazz at the Kimmel

by Victor L. Schermer
October 12, 2014

Kurt Elling: “Passion World" Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Perelman Theater Philadelphia, PA October 5, 2014 Kurt Elling has repeatedly proved his mettle as a vocalist, accumulating so many Downbeat awards and Grammy nominations that it seems superfluous to once again critique any of ...

Article: Album Review

Paragon: Cerca

by Phil Barnes
October 12, 2014

The art of conversation is surely dying. Too many people prepared to shout out the first thought that comes into their empty head, or repeat some banal corporate half-truth intended to drown out dissenting views. Self-importance, simple bad manners and selfishness rule the world with little space to reflect on or listen to what others have ...