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Fay Victor: The Freesong Suite
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Vocalist Fay Victor first appeared in the New York scene in the early '90s but soon moved to the Netherlands, returning in 2003. Victor's years abroad proved to be quite influential on her work, with a slightly Dutch aesthetic informing a quirky blend of absurdism, poetic lyricism and blues-influenced jazz styling. On The Freesong Suite, rather ...
2009 Detroit Jazz Festival
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 4-7, 2009A short distance from Hitsville USA, where Berry Gordy created the Motown sound, shaping the history of American music and culture, and the Diego Rivera Court, where the artist's murals pay tribute to the workers whose hands made the auto industry a reality, sits Hart Plaza, Detroit's waterfront ...
Ryan Blotnick: Everything Forgets
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Guitarist Ryan Blotnick has been intermittently active in New York for years now, but since the release of his debut recording as a leader, Music Needs You, his activities have taken him throughout the world, with his own groups and also with Michael Blake, Pete Robbins and Kresten Osgood. Blotnick's second record, Everything ...
Joe Morris: Wildlife
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Joe Morris has made a career of directing creative energy towards new experiences and a fascinating development has been the incorporation of new instruments to his vocabulary. Morris distinguished himself as a guitarist in 1994 with the release of Symbolic Gesture. Many duo, trio and ensemble records followed but Morris was not content simply to refine ...
J.D. Allen: Shine!
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Shine! is the second Sunnyside release by saxophonist JD Allen and his trio with bassist Gregg August and drummer Rudy Royston. A Detroit native, Allen has been based in New York for quite a few years now, working with bassist Ron Carter, saxophonist David Murray, trumpeter Lester Bowie and drummers Jack DeJohnette and Cindy Blackman.
Jim Black: One Great Night...Live; Houseplant & Kyrill
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Ellery Eskelin/Andrea Parkins/Jim BlackOne Great Night...LivehatOLOGY2009 Jim Black's AlasNoAxisHouseplantWinter & Winter2009 Achim KaufmannKyrillPirouet Records2009 For almost 15 years, drummer Jim Black's approach ...
Steve Swell: Magical Listening Hour & Planet Dream
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Magical Listening HourLive @ Southstreet SeaportCadence Jazz Records2009 Steve SwellPlanet DreamClean Feed2009 While these two new discs from trombonist Steve Swell may exhibit elements of contrasting methodology, at the root ...
Jen Shyu: Jade Tongue
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Jen Shyu's approach to musicianship is what many would call consummate. Having begun musical studies at a very early age, she has become a highly accomplished pianist, vocalist, dancer and composer. She began to explore improvisation during her studies at Stanford University and has since become a regular collaborator with saxophonist Steve Coleman. This association is ...
Raoul Bj
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Raoul Björkenheim/William Parker/Hamid DrakeDMG @ The Stone, Vol. 2DMG-ARC2008 Scorch TrioBrolt! Rune Grammofon2008 BoxStudio 1 Rune Grammofon2008 Los Angeles-born, Finnish guitarist Raoul ...
Samuel Blaser: YaY & Hufflignon
by Wilbur MacKenzie
Braff-Blaser DuoYaYFresh Sound-New Talent2008 Peter Van Huffel/Sophie TassignonHufflignonClean Feed Records2008 Trombonist Samuel Blaser has been making a name for himself for the last few years, building a reputation for inventive ...
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