The rare opportunity to hear Milt Jackson step out from behind his familiar vibraphones to play piano, and partner Ray Charles, in addition to manning the 88s, blow on the alto saxophone for two numbers, shouldn’t be missed. Particularly on this LP, which portrays the 1957 collaboration within a huge, …
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 …
Album: “Awakened By A Noon Day Sun” – NDN Jazz Artist: Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor Genre: Jazz/ Jazz-Funk/ Break-Beat Label: LMMGM/ Spirit Wind Records CAT#: LMMGM-116 www.mwalim.com www.spiritwindrecords.us “Awakened By A Noon Day Sun” (LMMGM – 116) is the latest album from NDN …
PEOPLE MUSIC—Christian McBride and Inside Straight—Mack Avenue Records MILES DAVIS MONO—Miles Davis—Columbia BRAND NEW DAY—Brian Horton—Doc8Music TOOTIE’S TEMPO—Al “Tootie” Heath—Sunnyside FROM BEHIND ENEMY LINES–Larry Price/Dr. Leonard King–Price Port LA RUMBA IS A LOVESOME THING—Paul Carlon—Zoho LIQUID SPIRIT—Gregory Porter—Blue Note FOR THE LOVE OF ABBEY—Marc Cary—Motema WOMAN CHILD—Cecile McLorin Salvant—Mack Avenue …
http://www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/artist/show/3988 New York – Ballads reign on Moment To Moment on the extraordinarily self-possessed new album by pianist Cava Menzies and trumpeter Nick Phillips. But this recording is much more than just a “ballads album.” Many artists have produced albums filled with love songs and torch tunes at slow tempos; …
Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble CD Release Concert Friday December 6, 2013 @ 7:00 PM Harlem in the Himalayas Rubin Museum of Art $18.00 in advance / $20.00 day of Member Price: $16.20 150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 (212) 620-5000 Meg Okura (violin, …
San Francisco, CA: Perfect Mold, the fourth release from Happy Note Records, features Charles Xavier, a multi-instrumentalist and composer who plays genre-fusing original compositions and his unique spin on rock and pop classics Hey Jude, Blowing in the Wind, The Beat Goes On, Fire and Rain, Eleanor Rigby, and Leaving …
Nnenna Freelon was able to record her first Christmas album as the result of an inheritance from her mother, who introduced Freelon to the joys of the holiday and who made it so special that Freelon passed the traditions through her own family. Now, with Christmas, Freelon shares her …
Currently featured in the New York Times Holiday Gift Guide 2013! Tim Warfield’s Jazzy Christmas on the Undaunted Music label, is available at Amazon, CDBaby and iTunes. Listen to Tim Warfield’s Jazzy Christmas: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/timwarfields2 TOUR DATES December 13, Mary D’Angelo Performing Arts, Center Erie, Pa. 8 p.m. December 14, LaRose …
GET YOURS NOW Jazz Legacy Productions was founded in 2008 with the dream of capturing the legacies of the world’s most memorable jazz musicians—both old and new. The loving brainchild of veteran bassist John Lee, Jazz Legacy has since released 20 albums including such masterpieces as Monty Alexander’s Uplift, the …
