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Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Live!
by Woodrow Wilkins
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live! Heads Up International 2009 Music is, for all intents and purposes, a listening experience--one that is enhanced when accompanied by something visual. The South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo delivers visually as well as aurally with Live!, a concert DVD recorded in 2008 ...
Lisa Hearns: I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
by Woodrow Wilkins
Nearly a decade ago, the jazz world was introduced to Jane Monheit, an upstart singer with an exceptional voice. Monheit put a fresh face to several standards with her early releases. Lisa Hearns is in that same mold. The daughter of two music professors, Hearns grew up in Massachusetts and is a graduate of ...
Walter Beasley: Free Your Mind
by Woodrow Wilkins
One knock on smooth jazz is that it really shouldn't be called jazz because it lacks any hint of improvisation. Another is that artists and producers take musicians out of the equation by employing programmers who replace bass and drums. Occasionally, an artist overcomes these negatives with solid songwriting or exceptional play. Walter Beasley ...
The West Point Band's Jazz Knights: At First Light
by Woodrow Wilkins
Imagine serving your country by displaying your artistic gifts. That's what the members of the West Point Band's Jazz Knights do, and they do it well. The U.S. Military Academy Band's Jazz Knights have been doing it for more than 30 years. The members are carefully selected from various institutions around the United States. ...
Tony DeSare: Radio Show
by Woodrow Wilkins
For persons born before 1990, radio was the primary medium for hearing new music. Not only was the form of communication more widely used on the consumer end, but before mergers and buyouts, the announcers and deejays were as much a part of the listening experience as the songs themselves. Tony DeSare tries to recapture that ...
Rebecca Cline and Hilary Noble: Enclave Diaspora
by Woodrow Wilkins
In its basic meaning, an Enclave is a community of people separated or enclosed from others. By contrast, Diaspora is the casting out of such a community--people forced from their home land. Rebecca Cline and Hilary Noble bring those ideals together with Enclave Diaspora, a collection of songs that represent musicians' artistic similarities as well as ...
Chuck Bernstein: Delta Berimbau Blues
by Woodrow Wilkins
It's good when it's possible to step out of a comfort zone to appreciate (if not love) unfamiliar styles. The same can be said of artists who break from instruments they're known for. Chuck Bernstein goes one further with Delta Berimbau Blues.Bernstein is a versatile drummer, but for this project, he employs the berimbau, ...
Roger Kellaway: Live at The Jazz Standard
by Woodrow Wilkins
It's a bit out of the ordinary when a jazz trio does not include a piano. Perhaps it's even more unusual that an ensemble would be without drums. Yet that is the approach taken by pianist Roger Kellaway for the two-disc Live at The Jazz Standard. Kellaway began playing piano at age seven. His ...
Garry Dial / Terry Roche: Us An' Them
by Woodrow Wilkins
The concept is very simple. We're “us" and they're “them." But exactly who “we" and “they" are is the idea and concept of thought behind a 17-year process by pianist Garry Dial and vocalist Terre Roche. The United States of America is a collection of peoples from various nationalities, including immigrants and descendants ...
Leonardo E.M. Cioglia: Contos
by Woodrow Wilkins
When North American or European jazz artists incorporate traditional Brazilian styles into their music, the results are generally good. When the artist is Brazilian, the reverse can also be special, which is the case with Leonardo E.M. Cioglia. This native of Brasilia began studying music at age 7. His instrument of choice was the ...
