By: Edward Blanco Tim Gill is a Los Angeles-based Downbeat award-winning vocalist/trumpeter who leads a power-infused ten-piece ensemble (the All-Stars) on their debut recording entitled Bon Appetit, featuring fourteen selections blending music from the Great American Songbook with jazz cover tunes and four originals. This is good old fashion big …
SFJAZZ today announced the release of the SFJAZZ Collective’s eight limited-edition set, SFJAZZ Collective: Music of Stevie Wonder and New Compositions, Live in New York 2011 – Season 8, of which a maximum of 5,000 copies will be produced. Available exclusively from SFJAZZ — presenter of this year’s 29th San …
1st place: Kris Bowers 2nd place: Joshua White 3rd place: Emmet Cohen Congratulations! Aretha Franklin will be honored with the Institute’s Maria Fisher Founder’s Award as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz celebrates its 25th anniversary with the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition and 25th Anniversary Gala Concert …
Roulette – one of New York City’s premiere venues for experimental music for over 33 years – reopens bigger and better than ever. Located in a newly renovated 1920s Art Deco concert hall in Downtown Brooklyn, the new Roulette features two levels of seating for up to 400 people (600 …
Glenn Astarita Many progressive-jazz enthusiasts anticipate releases when iconic crusaders converge for a musical summit. The artists have collaborated over the years, such as drummer Jim Black’s historic vital cog-in-the-wheel presence in alto saxophonist Tim Berne’s Bloodcount band. And rounding out the trio is Nels Cline, who may be the …
Glenn Astarita German trombonist Samuel Blaser merges his classical and jazz skills with similes and progressive-jazz arrangements of Italian Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi. It’s a manifold sequence of works sans any contrived implications or evolvements. Blaser’s evocative phrasings are alternated with variances in tone and a highly charged emotive element. …
9:00 PM PERFORMANCE Every Monday at The Stone beginning September 12th On Monday, September 12, 2011, Karl Berger’s Stone Workshop Orchestra begins a new season at The Stone – the John Zorn-founded downtown performance space for avant-garde and experimental music ( corner of Ave C and East 2nd Street ). …
The beat of the globe in the heart of Toronto! Small World Music Presents THE 10th ANNUAL SMALL WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL September 22 to October 2 Venues: Lula Lounge, Armenian Youth Centre, Yonge Dundas Square, Koerner Hall, The Great Hall, and Enwave Theatre The tenth anniversary of Small World Music’s …
Watson’s Riddle featuring Chuck Leavell was released Augiust 30 on Palmetto Records. Think Deep Grooves, Deep Soulful Melodies, and Deep South. The band cocsists of guitarist Steve Watson (LA Studios),drummer Paul T. Riddle (original Marshall Tucker Band drummer,pianist Chuck Leavell (Allman Bros, Rollin Stones, John Mayer)and bassist Tim Lawter (Marshall …
By: Edward Blanco Legendary Bop pianist Barry Harris once cited Larry Vuckovich as “one of the premier West Coast pianist” in the jazz world today. On this new release, Vuckovich pays tribute to the classic Blue Note label bringing back the soulful swing jazz that made its recordings so historic. …
