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Cohesion
By David Larsen
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: Cohesion; Down To It; Movement; Wishing Well; Fedchock; Working Things Out; Mount Fuji; El
Duelo.
Donald Harrison & Quantum Leap: New York City, NY, September 20, 2012
by Ernest Barteldes
Donald Harrison & Quantum LeapThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkSeptember 20, 2012New Orleans-based saxophonist Donald Harrison kicked off the evening's first set with a shuffle-based groove, immediately starting with an improvised solo. The quintet, rounded out by pianist Zaccai Curtis, bassist Max Moran, drummer Joe Dyson and electric guitarist Detroit ...
Jazz Near You Imports GigPress Events for Jazz Musicians
Jazz Near You—the web's leading jazz event aggregator—now imports events uploaded by musicians through GigPress—the WordPress calendar plugin. Musicians including trumpeter Dave Douglas and saxophonist Donny McCaslin, both GigPress users, now see their dates uploaded to Jazz Near You within 24 hours of uploading them to the Greenleaf Music website. If you are a jazz musician ...
Stretch, BAM and the Future of Jazz
by John Beaty
A few months ago Felix Pastorius, Chris Ward, Zaccai Curtis and I started something called The Stretch Movement. We started quietly amongst our friends and launched our website, mymomthinksimgreat.com on November 2, 2011. Why quietly? I was worried; it was the uneasiness of being the first to do something. In our mission statement we were acknowledging ...
Burlington Discover Jazz Festival: Burlington, Vermont, June 3-12, 2011
by Doug Collette
Burlington Discover Jazz FestivalBurlington, VTJune 3-12, 2011 The mix of anticipation and apprehension at the outset of each year's Burlington Discover Jazz Festival is no doubt something akin to stage fright in the mind of any stage performer, musician or otherwise. Will the string of high-profile events meet audience expectations and generate ...
The O'Farrill Brothers: Giant Peach
by Dan Bilawsky
A glance at the five fresh-faced band members on the back of this album cover belies the fact that this is one killer assemblage of musical talent. The O'Farrill Brothers--the grandchildren of famed Cuban bandleader Chico O'Farrill and offspring of great Cuban pianist Arturo O'Farrill--aren't old enough to buy beer, but they're clearly old enough to ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Zaccai Curtis (Part 2)
Today's crop of young artists are creating music in a very different world than the one occupied by an older generation. The popular music that surrounds them often lowers the bar in terms of musicality, and many people from their generation simply don't value artistry at a high level. They buck the popular consensus though and ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Zaccai Curtis (Part 1)
A childhood immersed in great musical experiences sets the stage for the emergence of a great musician. Listening can be a powerful way to peek interest in a young person, and the more time they spend hearing music, the more it will resonate with them. The more interested a child becomes, the more likely that they ...
May 2010
by AAJ Staff
Adam Lane Brooklyn LyceumBrooklyn, NY April 14, 2010While bassist Adam Lane's Full Throttle Orchestra is named to conjure up great size and bombast, at present it's a compact sextet whose sonic inventory includes passages of nuance and overall calm. With a Bay Area lineup, Lane has released No(w) Music (Cadence, ...
