By John Stevenson Dragonfly is not your average Canadian band. Led by Corey Tamas who has been playing guitar for more than 30 years, Dragonfly’s distinctive sound coalesces around influential rock and jazz voices on the instrument such as Al Di Meola, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew and Steve Vai. With …
NEC’s Charles Peltz Conducts Program Including World Premiere Performances of Gunther Schuller’s From Here to There commissioned by NEC and Charles Mingus’ Half-Mast Inhibition in its original orchestration Join Charles Peltz, Director of New England Conservatory’s Wind Ensemble activities, as he conducts Third Stream Headwaters, a program in which he …
New York, NY – “Life Is…” marks the international debut of Belgian singer/pianist Susan Clynes, on New York based MoonJune Records. This release was compiled from three live concerts done at two different locations, each one with a unique band configuration. The Archiduc, an historic Art Deco bar in Brussels dating …
New England Conservatory Jazz Studies student Andrew Schiller and alumni Jeff Schneider and Christopher Zuar have been selected to receive 2014 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards. Schiller is a jazz bassist and composer working toward his Master of Music degree at NEC. Schneider is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who …
The February, 2014 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at www.JazzBluesFlorida.com . Read previews of local and touring artists performing in Florida this month. Along with the ezine, the JBF website offers comprehensive listings of live jazz and blues music in clubs, concerts and festivals across …
Several points may be made about Kellye Gray’s album, And, They Call Us Cowboys: The Texas Music Project. 1. In short, this is a beautiful album. I could string together lots of words. But in short, And, They Call Us Cowboys is just supremely beautiful. Just listen to Gray’s passionate …
As part of East Coast Jazz Revue’s Winter Concert Series in New Bern, NC, Cedar Walton was honored in tribute performed by Buster Williams Quartet “Something More.” Pictured with Buster Williams are band members Bruce Williams on saxophone, Brandon McCune on piano and Allen Nelson on drums. Larry Turner, president …
February is all about the heart: valentine’s cards, boxes of heart-shaped chocolates and red roses. It’s also Heart and Stroke month – a great time to donate proceeds from your upcoming crooner album, A Return to Romance. And that’s exactly what Randy Lyght is doing. The CD is scheduled for …
By John Stevenson Creativity and vocal suppleness ooze effortlessly out of Paula Santoro’s most recent work, ‘Mar do Meu Mundo’ (Borandá). Possessed of a formidable octave range and wondrous timbral dexterity, Paula’s compelling voice uniquely conveys a sophisticated appreciation of a broad variety music, including Brazilian rhythms and jazz. Ironically, …
NEW YORK VOICES’ LAUREN KINHAN’S STRIKING NEW CD Circle In A Square Her Third Solo Album Features a Cast of Masters, Including Randy Brecker, Romero Lubambo, Donny McCaslin, Joel Frahm, and Gary Versace Tweet
