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 …
The seduction of sound has many different phases as it effects the listener’s emotions. There is the phase of reflection, which exhumes memories of lovers and lives bygone. Another phase is that of wholehearted hope, which creates conceptually, visually and insightfully into what could be, if one allowed it to …
Even early in his jazz career, Brian Landrus is redefining the role of lower reed sonority with an open mind, uncommon versatility, compositional imagination and technical prowess. The traditional approach has been for mostly baritone saxophone players (with assorted bass sax players like Scott Robinson and bassoon players like Michael …
JD Walter is one of those jazz singers who seems to be recognized more within the jazz performance community than among the jazz listening public. That status deserves to be changed. While attempts to describe Walter’s singing style compare it to others singers’, in the end, Walter is unique with …
Fortunately for us, Patricia Barber has recorded again, now for the first time on the Concord label after being without a recording contract. Producer Nick Phillips’s pursuit of signing Barber succeeded, and she thus receives the promotion and distribution she deserves as she continues to gain recognition as one of …
By John Stevenson Creole Soul, trumpeter Etienne Charles’s fourth CD, is a music rendevous. This captivating recording features an array of familiar rhythms: rocksteady; reggae; belair, Kongo; rock and of course calypso, which rests at the root of Etienne’s artistic development. Over the course of his distinguished career as a working …
Maucha Adnet & Helio Alves with special guests Cyro Baptista -percussion Anat Cohen – clarinet Celebrating their New Release “Milagre” (Zoho Music) @ 54 Below Tuesday, August 6th Shows 7:00 & 9:00 pm The WBGO Jazz Series Cover charge: $25 – $35 Food & Beverage Minimum $15 54 Below 254 …
By John Stevenson With his fourth recording, All Seasons, pianist and keyboardist Emmanuel Waldron further cements his presence on the UK music scene, planting an unmistakable jazz flag in the soil. Emmanuel has worked over the years with artists as diverse as Ronan Keating, Ola Onabule, Ruby Turner, George Duke and Kamelia …
A virtual orchestral duo, Eddie Daniels and Roger Kellaway brought their consummate musicianship, the cumulative result of approximately one hundred years of combined experience, to raise funds for disabled children in 2012 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Why describe the concert as “orchestral,” besides the fact that Daniels …
I literally switched on to jazz at the age of ten through Willis Conover’s historic radio show, the Voice of America Jazz Hour. That show became the inspiration for me to produce and present the Voice of Barbados Jazz Beat from 1995 to 2000. I have been reviewing jazz …
