Now that the Grammy Awards are past, it’s heartening to know that artistry, without compromise for commercial enrichment, is recognized. Fred Hersch, whose talent has grown exponentially from the time he arrived in New York in 1977, received, at least, Grammy nominations for Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Improvised …
The virtuosity of Mads Tolling allows him to perform with ease and technical proficiency any type of music he chooses, including classical, pop and jazz. But for his new album, Playing the 60s, Tolling chose the mostly innocuous music of Motown, television themes and movie soundtracks from the 1960’s. The …
http://www.franckdadure.com/wordpress/ Franck Dadure is a french composer musician (Double Bass, electric Bass, Soprano saxophone, Turkish Clarinet , Keyboards, guitar, electronics & DIY hardware..), & producer living between Paris & the Cotentin Peninsula. He works as in the electro acoustic Ambient area under many aliases, than the Electro Jazz with « The Fakir Orchestra » or with bands like Albert …
The most fascinating jazz performers are those who continue to discover new resources within themselves to continue a personal evolution that they then share with listeners. Some of those singers or musicians are recognized even by their “early-,” “mid-” or “late-career” recordings as a recognition of their growth and distinct …
Saturday, January 14, 2017 8pm Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah is a two-time Edison Award winning, Grammy Award nominated trumpeter, composer, and producer. Scott apprenticed as a youth growing up in his native New Orleans with his uncle, jazz master and Big Chief of the Congo Nation, saxophonist Donald Harrison. Upon graduating …
“A modern Jazz cocktail infused with tradition” says Laurent Medelgi The illegitimate would-be child born of Pat Metheny, Martino and Kenny Burrell, composer and guitarist Laurent Medelgi leads the Medeljazz Quartet with brand new compositions in the Extended Play offering Yesternow. This musical offering his an admission of his own …
Andy Scott is a jazz singer…but that’s like saying Al Pacino is an “actor” and Julia Childs a “cook.” Scott comes from the tradition of the classic ballad/American Songbook style but he’s not “retro”—like the best singers he melds the best of the past with the immediacy of the Eternal …
Life On Mars? is Yann Viet’s second album. Its repertoire, made half of covers (french chanson, jazz classics or pop…) and half of the guitarist’s compositions, offers exquisite melodies, often very rich from an harmonic point of view. Every detail has been tastefully thought out, from the structures, the tone’s …
The latest release from Yonrico Scott, “Life of a Dreamer”, displays Mr. Scott’s solid jazz fundamentals and solid groove that his fans have come to expect. From jazz to power soul to funk and rock, this album manages to fuse genres effortlessly all while delivering a foundation that forces foot-tapping …
When Dutch drummer Eric Ineke started to play under his own name in 2006 he decided to call his quintet the Eric Ineke JazzXPress. The ultimate sideman (the label his long time companion Dave Liebman gave him) who accompanied legendary soloists like Jimmy Griffin, Dizzy Gillespie, George Coleman and Hank …
Guitar duo Bulatović-Nikčević from Montenegro will have its Carnegie Hall debut on October 18th, presented by LeitmotivArts Renowned guitarists from Montenegro, Srjdan Bulatović and Darko Nikčević will have their New York debut at world famous Carnegie Hall on October 18, 2016, in a concert organized by LeitmotivArts. They will perform …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BOSTON, MA – 09/26/16: Jazz musician and composer, Matt Savage, will release Matt Savage: Piano Voyages, his 12th album, on October 14. A CD release tour will follow, kicking off on October 19 at the Regattabar in Cambridge, Massachusetts – one of the Boston area’s finest jazz …
