Glenn Astarita Currently residing in New York City, keyboardist John Escreet hails from the U.K and professes a novel outlook while making a significant impression with critics and progressive-jazz advocates based on five largely acclaimed albums. The artist once again aligns with the crème de la crème of modern jazz …
*Percussionist Dafnis Prieto Commissioned to Write* *New Composition to Debut at 2012 Newport Jazz Festival*/®/ *NEWPORT**, RI**, November 16, 2011 -*The *Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.^(TM)* has been awarded a 29-month Arts Program grant in the amount of $50,000 from *Doris Duke Charitable Foundation* (DDCF) to support presentations by DDCF grantees …
A Guitar Channel exclusive. After 40 Years The Mahavishnu Orchestra Looks Back. November of 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the original Mahavishnu Orchestra’s phenomenal ascent to become the most heralded of all jazz-rock bands. It was in that month of 1971 that the band released …
Grover Washington JR…. Fused and Smooth… -Karl Stober JJA During the numerous theoretical waves of music and its major influences, the annals of music’s scrolls have recorded many activists of the art of sound which have risen to become the statesperson of their chosen pulpit. Rock and roll had the …
What: Henry Threadgill’s ZOOID feat: Liberty Ellman (acoustic guitar), Jose Davila (trombone and tuba), Stomu Takeishi (acoustic bass guitar) and Elliot Humberto Kavee (drums). When: November 30 – December 2, 8pmWhere: Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, 2/3/4/5/A/C/G/D/M/N/R/B/Q trains & the LIRRCost: $25/$15 members/students/seniors (attend 2 nights and attend third for …
Randall Kline, the Executive Artistic Director of SFJAZZ—the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the San Francisco Jazz Festival—today announced the complete artist lineup for the SFJAZZ Spring Season 2012. The dynamic and expansive four-month-long concert series begins on February 9 and will continue through June 17. The season will present over …
By: Edward Blanco Asi Se Goza! Is the latest Latin Jazz project from Venezuelan-born saxophonist and band leader Robert Incelli presenting a host of swinging tunes and dicey interpretations of music from such jazz greats as Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie, and Chuck Mangione. A native of Los Angeles, Incelli is …
By: Edward Blanco Composing and arranging for various Latin/salsa and jazz artists early on in his career, served as a defining foundation for pianist Bill O’Connell—which after writing and playing with legendary percussionist Mongo Santamaria in the 1970s—has made the pianist one of the major exponents of the genre today. …
FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012 VUSI MAHASELA WITHDRAWS FROM STILL BLACK, STILL PROUD CONCERT As the unusual winter storm struck the eastern United States last Saturday and the airports closed, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Joe Lovano and his Us Five band were left stranded in New York. Despite their best efforts …
By Bill Donaldson Andrea Wolper is not only a singer, but also a writer. Her appreciation for words and stories and described images is evident. And she has a sense of humor. For instance, the first song on her new album, Parallel Lives, is Joni Mitchell’s “Song to a Seagull.” …
