Apartment Therapy - Chicago (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Whether you're a native Chicagoan or a transplant, chances are you turn on some local music at home. We thoroughly enjoyed this "best of" list compiled by Time Out, and wonder if you've got anything t
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) Mike LeDonne FiveLive (Savant) Bob Mintzer Big Band Swing Out (MCG Jazz) Ahmad Jamal It’s Magic (Dreyfus) Don Braden Gentle Storm (HighNote) Ted Nash The Mancini Project (Palmetto) Joe Locke Force of Four (Origin) Cedar Walton Seasoned Wood (HighNote)...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Music Reviews: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of his landmark recording of "Poinciana," Ahmad Jamal encored the piece in a politely designed and refined performance. The vet pianist played with his trademark feathery grace that's often accented by boldly explosive chords. Jamal's opening set found him in the company of a rhythmic trio governed by percussionist Manolo Badrena, whose dancing fingers...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Can this really be the fifth season of Jazz at Lincoln Center at Rose Hall? Already there are young people filling seats at the Rose Theater who probably feel that JaLC has been around forever, and even take it for granted. They'd probably be amazed to hear that listeners in the 1940s thought it was a big deal whenever jazz made it to one of the major concert halls, like Carnegie or Town Hall, and...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
A Pianist Fully in Charge of Everything He Surveys Ahmad Jamal stood up repeatedly from the piano at the Rose Theater on Thursday night, almost always during a song. His reasons had to do with the act of management, which plays an important role in his music. Sometimes he turned to face the rest of his rhythm section, as if to observe its progress or pass silent judgment. Sometimes he was making an...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Ahmad Jamal and his band kicked off Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new season on Thursday.
Metal Lungies (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Remix Tuesdays is temporarily going biweekly, sorry for the lateness on today’s instalment. I’m still trying to figure out whether or not I want to do this feature every week. “Stakes Is High” is a 1996 De La Soul single, produced by Jay Dee. It was released in support of De La’s album of the same [...]
Soul Sides (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Menahan Street Band: Make the Road By Walking (Dunham)The Final Solution: I Don't Care, Brotherman OST (Numero Group)Labi Siffre: Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying (Pye/EMI)Bonnie and Sheila: You Keep Me Hanging On, 7" (King)Ahmad Jamal: Tranquility, Tranquility (ABC)
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) Cedar Walton Seasoned Wood (HighNote) Don Braden Gentle Storm (HighNote) Bob Mintzer Big Band Swing Out (MCG Jazz) Cassandra Wilson Loverly (Blue Note) S.M.V. Thunder (Heads Up) Ahmad Jamal It’s Magic (Dreyfus) Aaron Parks Invisible Cinema (Blue Note)...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Litchfield Jazz Fest Goshen Fairgrounds Goshen, Connecticut August 1-3, 2008 No doubt that Litchfield Hills in northwest Connecticut is some of the prettiest terrain within a two- hour drive of Manhattan. The region attracts all sorts of visitors--antique buyers, wine tasters, history buffs and, for more than a decade, jazz fans...
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
My monthly list of recommended CDs, as published in All About Jazz-New York , September 2008: Brinsk , A Hamster Speaks (Nowt) Eric Hofbauer & the Infrared Band , Myth Understanding (Creative Nation) Ahmad Jamal , It’s Magic (Birdology) Rosa Passos , Romance (Telarc) Martial Solal Trio , Longitude (Cam Jazz) Torben Waldorff , Afterburn (ArtistShare)
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) David Sanborn Here And Gone (Decca) Cassandra Wilson Loverly (Blue Note) Ahmad Jamal It’s Magic (Dreyfus) Don Braden Gentle Storm (HighNote) Ted Nash The Mancini Project (Palmetto) Cedar Walton Seasoned Wood (HighNote) Steve Turre Rainbow People (HighNote)...
Beyond Rivalry (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
On NPR's All Things Considered today, a selection of summer songs from...
Nah Right (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
Mickey says: “What does confidence do that talent can’t'” Spoken word is a lost artform… Its safe to say I found it. Over Ahmad Jamal’s classic beat I drop jewel’s. Poetry style… Mickey Factz ft Cocoa Sarai & Jesse Boykins III - Swahililand (The Leak #35)
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) Steve Turre Rainbow People (HighNote) Ahmad Jamal It’s Magic (Dreyfus) Cassandra Wilson Loverly (Blue Note) Cedar Walton Seasoned Wood (HighNote) Rob Schneiderman Glass Enclosure (Reservoir) James Carter Present Tense (Emarcy) Don Braden Gentle Storm (HighNote)...
