Duo Album with Lewis Nash Set for August 5th TIME OUT NY: “As close to a guarantee of quality as you’ll ever find” Acclaimed jazz saxophonist Steve Wilson was interviewed on NY-1 TV News in conjunction with a recent stint at the famed Village Vanguard in New York. During the …
#MILESAHEAD NOW ON INDIEGOGO from Miles Movie on Vimeo. I want to tell a story that Miles himself would have wanted to see, something hip, cool, alive and AHEAD. I’ve taken my marching orders from Miles’ mandates (“Play what’s not there.” “Fear no mistakes. There are none.”) and focused in …
Manifesto of an Angry Jazz Man Where has the spirit of fresh creation in Jazz music gone since the death of Miles in 1991? It has disappeared. Sales of Jazz have plummeted. Live Jazz performances are more sparse and less attended than ever. But most importantly, a permeating sense of …
A TRIBUTE TO ‘NEW YORK EYE AND EAR CONTROL’ Concert Brooklyn NY: The summer jazz concert season kicks off to an early start with a rousing tribute to the celebrated recording ‘New York Eye and Ear Control’ as it hits its golden anniversary. This seminal album of the Free Jazz …
By John Stevenson Sonzeira: Brasil Bam Bam Bam, Gilles Peterson’s most recent recording project, is yet another product of his fascination with Brazilian music and culture. The album, recorded in Brazil, cuts across a wide swathe of styles and genres, fusing old-school sambas and jazz-funk and features the most exciting …
Black Passports: Travel Memoirs as a Tool for Youth Empowerment Music: Les Nubians and Dizzy Gillespie. This 6-minute video outlines contents of the book Black Passports and weaves together visuals of African American world travelers with locations they visited. http://www.professorevans.net/videos.html (Formats: YouTube, Vimeo, & Download) BOOK DESCRIPTION (SUNY, 2014) Black …
By John Stevenson Multifaceted London based visual artist, Nadjib Le Fleurier, will be showcasing “Selected Works”, an exhibition of his photographs. This takes place at The Windmill, Cricklewood Broadway, NW2 3JX, and runs from 30th April to 1st June. The exhibition is themed around Nadjib’s exploration of minerals and music: …
New Orleans, La. Celebrating the birthday of The First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald and the arrival of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Angela King Gallery will present “The Jazz Fest Show,” an exhibit by award-winning New Orleans photographer Steven Forster. Ella Fitzgerald © Steven Forster Forster …
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once remarked about his philosophy towards mankind’s intellect, “Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” Any way you slice the theory of genius all stems from the …
By John Stevenson Asaf Sirkis is a thinking man’s jazz drummer. After several years as the percussive force behind Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble (OHE), he now leads his own groups to growing critical acclaim, with a handful of recordings such as The Song Within (with The Inner Noise). He …
