Randy Ingram The Road Ahead Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records 2009 Ron Garcia Perennial Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records 2009 Pianist {{Randy Ingram = 15457}}'s fine new recording, The Road Ahead, exemplifies smooth jazz, though thankfully not in the sense of the FM radio genre. Ingram, bassist {{Matt Clohesy = 15883}} and drummer {{Jochen Rueckert = 15767}} play with such skill that they almost make...
Miles Davis Sketches of Spain (50th Anniversary Edition) Columbia-Legacy 2009 MSM Jazz Orchestra Miles Ahead Live Jazzheads 2009 Third Stream, an attempt to meld aspects of jazz and European classical and world musics, as a term may have gone away, but that can't be said for the musical movement of that name that flourished at the mid-point of the 20th Century. Although not often acknowledged, it has...
1. Peaches - The Stranglers (or Presidents of the United States of America) 2. Little Green Apples - Monk Higgins (or Bobby Goldsboro) 3. Tangerine - Led Zeppelin 4. Electric Bananas - Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve 5. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
Last night US pianist Kirk Lightsey played with an energy and intensity that belied his years (he's in his Seventies). Kirk delighted the audience with a set that was passionate, joyful and virtuosic. Elements of his playing include they way he balances hard bop soulfulness and with the harmonic complexities of Bill Evans. He has a fiercely strong left hand - jabbing away in a bebop style, playing...
Attila Zoller/Ron Carter/Joe Chambers Common Cause Enja 2009 Sadao Watanabe with the Great Jazz Trio I'm Old Fashioned Test of Time 2009 {{Ron Carter = 5580}} has long been one of the most in-demand bassists, a talented player in both jazz and classical music. He has appeared on hundreds of recording sessions during the last five decades, in addition to his extensive discography as a leader. Among...
I wanted to share these pics, sent to us by some very lucky members of the Colbert Nation, who were fortunate enough to be able to go to the Two River theater benefit at the Count Basie theater last weekend. If you happen to have any other pics, please send them to me as [...]
It's been a hard week, hasn't it? And the machinations are in full swing at the Capitol as we speak. But leave them all to God for a couple days. it's time to relax and enjoy your family. Is your hubby home? See if listening to perhaps the greatest singer...
Murcof (le) Poisson Rouge October 14, 2009 Murcof, whose real name is Fernando Corona, hails from Tijuana. His distinctive form of minimalist electronica lately seems to be moving closer towards classical music, and simultaneously becoming even more skeletal in nature. He's been active for nearly a decade, and has evolved from a minimal house pulsation towards collaborative works with massed strings...
The liner notes imply that this is the Christmas album {{Django Reinhardt=10635}} and {{Stephane Grappelli = 7175}} might have made, had they made one. Certainly the The Hot Club of San Francisco is a virtuosic group that specializes in conjuring that era (see their masterful Bohemian Maestro for a recent example). But there's a wealth of delicious humor here that goes beyond anything that legendary...
The Chris Brokaw Guitar Trio with Alan Licht/Greg Kelley/Sean Meehan The Knitting Factory October 8, 2009 The new Knitting Factory is a transplant from the old downtown Tribeca location to this new space in Brooklyn's Williamsburg district. It might seem superficially out-of-the-way, but it's only two stops on the subway out of Manhattan, followed by a five-minute stroll...
If The Pack is Back is a slight improvement over the 2008 debut from The Sax Pack "supergroup" of {{Kim Waters = 11193}}, {{Jeff Kashiwa = 3098}} and {{Steve Cole = 5807}}, it's because they sound more comfortable playing together, trimmed of frills and excesses that made the first album a sloppy affair...
It could easily be argued that the "loft jazz" era of the '70s was a direct product of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), both in its moral structure and its eventual fragmentation. Loft spaces, artist-produced concerts and artist-owned labels were self-reliance projects, a cornerstone of the AACM. Furthermore, the relocation of many AACM musicians to...
Meet The New 5: The New 5 is a cohesive group based in Austin, TX whose sound is rooted in the post-bop tradition but with a forward-leaning edge. Four of the five members of the group have or are working on their doctorates in music from the University of Texas. Thomas Heflin and Chris Budhan have their doctorates in Performance. Michael Arthurs is finishing his doctorate in Jazz Composition. Peter...
Plot: Surfer/drifter/con guy Jack Ryan (Wilson) makes his cours to Hawaii and lands a concern caring for an Walter Crewes (Freeman), a referee on the island. His current gig leads to an responsibility complexi with an comely, darin Eve (Foster), who's assuredly the flame of a genuine lands big noise (Sinise) - a shade capitalist and longtime opponent compeer of Judge Crewes. Ryan, typically, has to...
We have made a selection of the best music and cultural festivals in France this summer. SOUTH: * Vence, Côte d'Azur, Les Nuits du Sud, 10th July to 8th August - The 12th edition of this "Music of the World" festival with exhibitions, activities and free concerts on the 16th and 23rd of July and 5th of August. Artists include Gilberto Gil, Grand Corps Malade, Pascale Picard, Amadou et Mariam, Khaled,
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