Gear Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
Because of – or perhaps in spite of – the fact that my musical tastes fall well outside of the mainstream, I have always been suspicious of something that has become the ‘latest critical darling’, even when it is from an artist I love. In recent years I remember buying ‘River: The Joni Letters’ [...] Related posts: Review: ivideosongs.com, The Website Every Budding...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
From Data Breaker : Sun Circle, Story of Rats, Eric Ostrowski, Aures (Josephine) Sun Circle (Greg Davis and Zach Wallace) explore beatless space, but in a more expansive manner. Whereas Mem1 score the body's inner gurgles and expirations, Sun Circle, as their moniker implies, radiate solarized drones that wax and wane in intensity in subtle increments. The sound is akin to that of Davis's Kranky Records...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
What better way to commemorate {{Michael Brecker = 5275}} than with a CD by a hard-driving big band playing his compositions. Brecker, the great tenor sax player died in 2007. His music and talent will be long remembered, and Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge have put together a wonderful selection of arrangements, starring some of today's best of players...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Consider, for a moment, the sideman. The best ones have strong ideas of their own. And those ideas just keep growing as the sideman works with strong leaders.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Author, photographer and radio host Dennis Owsley will teach another series of jazz history classes beginning at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, November 5 at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Rd.Owsley's topic this time is "The Great Jazz Soloists," and the course will cover the work of jazz grea...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Relatively few jazz bassists have led groups, and even fewer have done so with the kind of success John Patitucci is enjoying.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
THE LA JAZZ PRO CONNECTION will present FIVE HOURS with LARRY GOLDINGS - Piano and Organ (SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT)on Sunday 11a-4p November 1, 2009 Upstairs at Vitellos.The schedule will be 11a-1:00p Master Class and Improv all instruments welcome 1p-2p Networking lunch -2-4 Master Class and Playing with the PRO"S.Beginners, young professionals and working Pro's! Music fans...
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
In case you missed the last one ... Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge , The Comet’s Tail: Performing the Compositions of Michael Brecker (MAMA Records) Joris Teepe Big Band , We Take No Prisoners (Challenge) Digital Primitives , Hum Crackle & Pop (Hopscotch) Steve Davis , Eloquence (Jazz Legacy) Dafnis Prieto , Si O Si Quartet: Live at Jazz Standard NYC (Dafnison) Keith Jarrett , Testament...
Showcase (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
John Abercrombie, The Third Quartet Live 1st PartWishing Bell: John Abercrombie guitar, Mark Feldman Violin, Marc Johnson bass, Joey Baron drum. Live in Rome "La Palma".and the second partJohn Abercrombie The Third Quartet Live 2nd Part videoJohn Abercrombie (born December 16, 1944 in Port Chester, New York) is an American jazz guitarist. Aside from his solo work he is known for his work...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge The Comet's Tail MAMA Records 2009 On The Comet's Tail, {{Chuck Owen = 10047}}'s superb Florida-based Jazz Surge performs the compositions--yes, compositions--of the late great tenor saxophonist {{Michael Brecker = 5275}}. As Owen writes in the liner notes, "[Michael's] blinding brilliance as a performer / improviser...may have inadvertently overshadowed or simply...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Join us this Friday, October 2nd, for an in-store Barnes and Noble interview and performance session with legendary pianist, composer and accordian player Gil Goldstein Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028 About Gil Goldstein Gil Goldstein (born 1950) is American jazz pianist and synthesizer player who started on the accordion...
Casa Valdez Studios (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Regular reader David Wells, a smoking tenor player who teaches at the University of Maine at Augusta, sent me some overtone exercises that Dave Dempsey adapted from Joe Allard's overtone routine. You can hear Michael Brecker demonstrating some of these exercises in the Berklee master class that I posted a while back. These exercises really force you to play with no pressure, and make you deal with...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Pianist Danilo Perez Signs with Mack Avenue RecordsReturns to Perform at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz FestivalMack Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of Grammy winning pianist Danilo Perez. The signing was made official at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival, where Perez...
The Passionate Foodie (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Discover both the music and wines of Uruguay for one night at The Beehive . On Tuesday, September 22, The Beehive presents a celebration of Uruguayan Jazz & Wine featuring music by world-famous performer Beledo and wine from Bodegas Carrau . Beledo (Guitar) The world famous musician Beledo takes center stage at 8pm to captivate the audience with his soothing melodies that will amplify the wine...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
As sayings go, "One man's trash is another man's treasure" is pretty straightforward, especially for those enamored with garage sales. For lovers of jazz music, it may hold a bit more significance, for it played a fateful role in the life of one of today's superlative artists in the genre. John Patitucci is one of the finest bass players in jazz. A mainstay of the {{Wayne Shorter = 4301}}...
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rocarmani | 02/17/2009
Top-Selling Jazz : Jazz-Funk albums (#171 - #210) SUPA LOWERY BROS: Street Bop Live Instruments with an original Hip Hop/Jazz feel. Recommended if you like The Roots , A Tribe Called Quest , Jill, scott . CD price: $15.97 TONY ADAMO: Straight Up Deal "Like Lou Rawls fronting Tower of Power" Stuart Hamilton Amazon.co.uk "Think Lou Reed but funkified" Smoothjazz.com "Straight Up Deal" reveals the vocal...
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