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Somi: The Lagos Music Salon

Read "The Lagos Music Salon" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 21, 2014

To most people, the junction of New York and Lagos, Nigeria may not seem like a natural place for an album to take shape. Somi, thankfully, thought otherwise. This worldly and well-traveled vocalist makes it seem like the most natural of meeting points on The Lagos Music Salon. Somi's music has always been ...

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The Whammies: Play The Music of Steve Lacy Vol. 3, Live

Read "Play The Music of Steve Lacy Vol. 3, Live" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
August 21, 2014

The third volume of Steve Lacy dedications by the cover/not cover band The Whammies is a live recording from their 2014 tour. Recorded in Italy and Austria, the band performs their self-described “instant-arranging" of mostly Lacy tunes that in true-to-form fashion elicit surprise and clever improvisation.Saxophonist Steve Lacy, who passed away in 2004, would ...

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Annie Ross: To Lady with Love

Read "To Lady with Love" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 21, 2014

London-born, Scottish-bred singer Annie Ross, who is perhaps best known (with Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks) as part of the hip vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross (LHR) in the 1950s and '60s, was eighty-three years old when this earnest tribute to Billie Holiday, To Lady with Love, was recorded in 2013. At her advanced age, ...

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Adriano Orrù, Paulo Chagas, Mauro Sambo, Silvia Corda: Palimpsest

Read "Palimpsest" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
August 21, 2014

Metti un contrabbassista e compositore sardo particolarmente attivo nel campo delle musiche di ricerca, dell'improvvisazione e del jazz d'avanguardia, qui impegnato esclusivamente al basso elettrico. Metti una pugno di musicisti altrettanto aperti e curiosi che si alternano in dieci duetti con il bassista di Nuoro. Metti le opportunità offerte dalla rete con file scambiati via rete ...

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Felipe Salles: Ugandan Suite

Read "Ugandan Suite" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
August 21, 2014

Opera che sembra d'altri tempi, alla ricerca di un terzomondismo ancora sufficientemente pulito da non odorare di world music (nell'accezione più amorfa del termine), quella che ci propone il gruppo allargato (anche a un solista della statura di Dave Liebman) del tenorsassofonista (soprattutto) brasiliano (di San Paolo, ma ormai di stanza a New York) Felipe Salles. ...

News: Radio

Reluctant Genius Of Jazz: Artie Shaw This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

August 21, 2014

Artie Shaw was one of the top-grossing stars of the 1930s and the only serious rival Benny Goodman had to his title as “The King of Swing." To celebrate the Shaw legacy, Riverwalk's David Holt talks with Tom Nolan, the author of a new biography, Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw. Nolan ...

News: Recording

Critically Acclaimed Jazz Artist Changamiré Releases Newest Album, Titled "Love"

August 21, 2014

Washington, D.C.-based vocalist Changamiré announces the release of her latest CD, Love. Her first album, Only Human, enjoyed resounding international success. Washington, D.C. — Changamiré, a Washington, D.C. jazz and R&B vocalist whose work has met global acclaim, announces the release of her newest album, Love. Fans can expect an eclectic mix of songs on the ...

News: Music Industry

Jazz St. Louis Announces $10 Million Capital Campaign for New Jazz Center

August 21, 2014

St. Louis, MO: From Scott Joplin’s playing of Ragtime in 1895 to Miles Davis playing Be-Bop in 1944 and to the dozens of other jazz greats who hail from the Gateway City, St. Louis has played an important and pivotal role in the history of jazz. Today, Jazz St. Louis—one of the best known and longest ...

Article: Live Review

Earl Klugh at the Blue Note Jazz Club

by Mike Perciaccante
August 20, 2014

Earl Klugh Blue Note Jazz Club New York, NY August 14, 2014 On a pleasant, Thursday evening in mid-August, Grammy Award-winning guitarist Earl Klugh treated the packed and very enthusiastic audience at New York City's Blue Note Jazz Club to a spectacular night of silky smooth jazz. The slightly muggy venue ...

Article: Album Review

Annie Ross: To Lady with Love

Read "To Lady with Love" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
August 20, 2014

If you want to hear the best Annie Ross, listen to King Pleasure Sings / Annie Ross Sings (Fantasy, 1952). If you want to hear the most empathic and honest Annie Ross, listen to To Lady with Love. Ross is in her early to mid-80s and her voice is not what it was in the 50s ...