By Bill Donaldson Little did listeners know when in 2002 Miguel Zenón recorded Looking Forward, his album of Puerto Rican religious songs, that he would building, album by album, a series of recordings dedicated to, and elaborating upon, the music he heard when he grew up in the Residencial Luis …
[soundcloud params="auto_play=false&show_comments=true"]http://soundcloud.com/jazz-sampler/sets/ejn-sampler-33/[/soundcloud] Welcome to the EJN Sampler # 33. This week we begin with ‘The Boogaloo Lounge’ from keyboardist Lou Pomanti’s recent release Welcome to the Boogaloo Lounge. Virtuoso jazz violinist, Christian Howe shares ‘Bobby’s Bad’ from his sophomore release Out of the Blue on Resonance Records featuring blues master, …
CD Release October 5th at the Orbit Room Toronto 7PM It was the summer of 1963 when I earned my first lesson in the blues from piano giant Oscar Peterson. I was sitting nervously in Mr. Peterson’s office at 21 Park Road in Toronto with a head full of questions. …
Jazz music lovers in the central piedmont area of North Carolina, commonly called the Triangle, have dreamed about the long, luscious, ear-pleasing list of first-class jazz acts that are scheduled to appear in the area this season, 2011-2012. Congratulations again and a job well done to the directors of Duke …
New York, NY Age: 37 Dafnis Prieto is a percussionist whose dazzling technical abilities electrify audiences and whose rhythmically adventurous compositions combine a range of musical vocabularies. A classically trained musician who absorbed from an early age the multifaceted percussive traditions of his native Cuba, Prieto transposes elements from his …
By: Edward Blanco Veteran jazz trumpeter Dan Jacobs brings forth one of the most unexpected musical highlights of 2011 with the release of Play Song—a superior recording in every respect. Forming this quartet during the 80s’ in Orange County, CA where the band played at local venues, a quality production …
By: Edward Blanco Tim Gill is a Los Angeles-based Downbeat award-winning vocalist/trumpeter who leads a power-infused ten-piece ensemble (the All-Stars) on their debut recording entitled Bon Appetit, featuring fourteen selections blending music from the Great American Songbook with jazz cover tunes and four originals. This is good old fashion big …
SFJAZZ today announced the release of the SFJAZZ Collective’s eight limited-edition set, SFJAZZ Collective: Music of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions, Live in New York 2011 – Season 8, of which a maximum of 5,000 copies will be produced. Available exclusively from SFJAZZ — presenter of this year’s 29th San …
1st place: Kris Bowers 2nd place: Joshua White 3rd place: Emmet Cohen Congratulations! Aretha Franklin will be honored with the Institute’s Maria Fisher Founder’s Award as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz celebrates its 25th anniversary with the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and 25th Anniversary Gala Concert …
Roulette – one of New York City’s premiere venues for experimental music for over 33 years – reopens bigger and better than ever. Located in a newly renovated 1920s Art Deco concert hall in Downtown Brooklyn, the new Roulette features two levels of seating for up to 400 people (600 …
Glenn Astarita Many progressive-jazz enthusiasts anticipate releases when iconic crusaders converge for a musical summit. The artists have collaborated over the years, such as drummer Jim Black’s historic vital cog-in-the-wheel presence in alto saxophonist Tim Berne’s Bloodcount band. And rounding out the trio is Nels Cline, who may be the …
Glenn Astarita German trombonist Samuel Blaser merges his classical and jazz skills with similes and progressive-jazz arrangements of Italian Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi. It’s a manifold sequence of works sans any contrived implications or evolvements. Blaser’s evocative phrasings are alternated with variances in tone and a highly charged emotive element. …
9:00 PM PERFORMANCE Every Monday at The Stone beginning September 12th On Monday, September 12, 2011, Karl Berger’s Stone Workshop Orchestra begins a new season at The Stone – the John Zorn-founded downtown performance space for avant-garde and experimental music ( corner of Ave C and East 2nd Street ). …
