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News: Recording

Betty Moon Releases New Digital Single “time To Move On”

August 29, 2014

LOS ANGELES, CA - LA and Canadian rock veteran Betty Moon has digitally released her new song “Time To Move On” through online retailers. The track is the 2nd single from her 2014 new album Amourphous, which is currently available. A music video for the song was shot last week and will be released in mid-September. ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, August 29-September 4

August 29, 2014

Jazz does not take a holiday - but music makes the holiday weekend a real celebration. Labor Day typically marks the end of summer, return to school and cooler nights, but no reason to expect a cool-down of jazz offerings in the Twin Cities. Some special shows this weekend lead up to one of Saint Paul's ...

News: Performance / Tour

Legendary Jazz Influencers Reign in the 2014-15 Season with Jazz at the Kimmel Ticketed and Free Events

August 28, 2014

ALL STAR SITTIN’ IN JAM SESSION Kicks off the Jazz Season with Ticketed Performance Featuring Trombone Legend JEFF BRADSHAW, Jazz Vocalist LAURIN TALESE, Spoken Word Star URSULA RUCKER, Singer Songwriter SOMI, Hip-Hop Producer Kokayi, and Electro-Pop Chanteuse KATE FAUST Season Long Celebration of Jazz Features Kurt Elling, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis with ...

Article: Album Review

Tierney Sutton: Paris Sessions

Read "Paris Sessions" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 28, 2014

Think you know every aspect of Tierney Sutton's artistic persona? Think again. Hearing the Paris Sessions is to hear Sutton anew. Sure, it's that same one-of-a-kind voice, but there's no Tierney Sutton Band here, incredibly novel arrangements aren't a priority on this one, and there's no grand umbrella theme to contend with. This is simply a ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Ira B. Liss: It's About Time

by Jack Bowers
August 28, 2014

So are there any first-rate big bands worth hearing in California outside of the Los Angeles area? So happy you asked. As a matter of fact, San Diego is solidly entrenched in that position thanks to the superb Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine which, coincidentally, has recorded a spectacular new album, It's About Time. ...

Article: Album Review

Adam Lane: Live In Ljubljana

Read "Live In Ljubljana" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 28, 2014

In light of today's economic hardships, jazz orchestras or more precisely innovative jazz orchestras are really only little big bands. When you cannot travel with two dozen musicians, a leader must recruit players who can project a synergetic sound that appears greater than the sum of their parts. Masters of the little big bands include Taylor ...

Article: Album Review

Andy Biskin's Ibid: Act Necessary

Read "Act Necessary" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
August 28, 2014

A working jazz musician in New York City and environs since 1991, clarinetist, composer, and filmmaker Andy Biskin is a modern-day Renaissance Man. The Texas native was already a fixture in San Antonio's polka scene (yes, people, this is a thing) as a teenager, Biskin attended Yale where he double-majored in music and anthropology. Later, he ...

Article: Album Review

Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Double Windsor

Read "Double Windsor" reviewed by Henning Bolte

by Henning Bolte
August 28, 2014

The piano trio is the supreme discipline in jazz. Through rich possibilities, it functions as a strong filter sifting out those few who were and are able to set new standards. What matters is how the three instrumental vertices relate to each other dynamically, harmonically and soundwise to build something coherent, in close dependency. Eventually, each ...

Article: Album Review

Goat's Notes: Wild Nature Executives

Read "Wild Nature Executives" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
August 28, 2014

Goat's Notes è un sestetto proveniente da Mosca (in alcuni brani si allarga fino a tentetto), che pratica i sentieri della libera improvvisazione con l'approccio cui ci hanno spesso abituato le formazioni provenienti da quella scena musicale. Se quindi il free è l'ancoraggio principale all'idioma jazzistico altri ingredienti giocano un ruolo fondamentale nella fantasmagorica proposta musicale ...

Article: Interview

Mark Guiliana: Emulating The Source

by Ben Scholz
August 28, 2014

Over the past ten years, electronic music and jazz have developed a curious relationship. As programmers and DJs sought to remove the human element from their beats and loops, acoustic musicians sought to apply the tight, complex patterns of house and trance music to their traditional instruments. Drummer Mark Guiliana is at the forefront of this ...