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Dmitri Matheny: Flugelhorn Evangelist
by David Becker
The flugelhorn can be a difficult mistress. Players may find themselves endlessly explaining the differences between their axe and the trumpet, why their instrument seldom sounds like Miles Davis in a bad mood and why most horn players treat it as a specialty tool. But when someone with the authority of bebop legend and flugelhorn champion ...
Marina Albero: The Sweetness of the Edge
by Paul Rauch
Marina Albero burst onto the Seattle jazz scene in April of 2014, playing a brilliant set on vibraphone in a duo with flamenco jazz master, pianist Chano Dominguez. That evening we were not only introduced to her music, but to our new neighbor, as she was moving her family to Seattle from Barcelona. Since that time ...
John Stowell/Michael Zilber Quartet: Basement Blues
by Dan McClenaghan
Basement Blues is the third Origin Records CD offering from the John Stowell/Michael Zilber Quartet, following Shot Through With Beauty (2009) and Live Beauty, (2013). Guitarist Stowell's approach is distinctive--silvery chords and pinprick single notes that reverberate from the rafters. Saxophonist Zilber is a flawless, soulful technician on soprano and tenor saxophones. Bassist John Shifflett and ...
U.S. Army Blues: Live At Blues Alley
by Chris M. Slawecki
Times have surely changed since The U.S. Army Blues was founded in 1942 (as “Pershing's Own," the Army Dance Band) to entertain soldiers and civilians in combat zones during WWII. But this Blues band has managed to keep pace, and has performed at the Monterey and Montreux Jazz Festivals and at New York City's hallowed Birdland, ...
Trumpeter David George Releases A New Jazz Take On "Bohemian Rhapsody"
Trumpeter David George has released a fresh jazz interpretation of “Bohemian Rhapsody" unlike anything you've heard before. The track features David George on trumpet in an intimate conversation with Earshot Magazine’s Vocalist of the Year nominee, Kate Voss, intertwining George’s improvisational prowess with Voss’s stunning vocals. Every nuance of George’s fresh interpretation of Bohemian Rhapsody is ...
When Bill Met Sonny and Terri
Earlier this week, I visited Terri Hinte's Facebook page. Terri is Sonny Rollins' publicist and close pal. On her page was a post on a phone call she received this week. I won't spoil Terri's story by telling you why she received it. I'll only tell you that I sent Terri an email with some questions ...
Steve Washington: Right to Love
by Jim Olin
A gifted vocalist with over three decades of experience dating back to his early years doing theatrical works at Princeton University, Steve Washington has a skillful, soulful way of covering a classic song and invigorating it for a modern audience as he does on his second album, Right to Love. Collaborating with the Thad ...
Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny
by Dave Wayne
A good chunk of the jazz-consuming public first became aware of Cuong Vu's virtuoso trumpet playing via his work with the Pat Metheny Group during the 2000s. For those of us already familiar with Vu's work, the move seemed a bit out-of-character, as the young trumpeter was a prominent player in the hyper-adventurous downtown NYC scene ...
Maggie Laird: One More Manhattan
by Jim Olin
Washington State-based singer/songwriter Maggie Laird traveled to Nashville to record her new EP, One More Manhattan, and the stylistic electicism and rootsy authenticity of that legendary music city echoes in every track. Produced by Fett from Nashville's Azalea Music, One More Manhattan unveils Laird's versatility, from vocal jazz to country to pop. Laird balances it all ...
Hailu Mergia: Wede Harer Guzo
by Jakob Baekgaard
It is not long ago that Brian Shimkovitz could celebrate the 10 year anniversary of his blog, Awesome Tapes from Africa, where he has posted a steady stream of obscure, but beguiling records with eclectic African music originally released on cassette. The blog quickly grew into becoming a favorite of listeners around the world, and in ...
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