Jazz fans spent much of the past month poring over dozens of “Best of 2013” lists, left only to wonder what the vaunted music actually sounded like. To satisfy curious listeners and highlight the excellent music, AccuJazz Internet radio has created a “Best Jazz of 2013” channel playing the most …
By John Stevenson As the stranglehold of the so-called ‘major labels’ continues to loosen through the power of the internet and more and more artists find distribution channels to get their work before mass audiences, 2013 has seen some fine jazz recordings. I also had an opportunity to sample a …
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, …
Musicians today, and those associated within the industry have seen so much change in the music business, that many are left guessing how to reconfigure the business model effectively moving forward. The traditional platforms that have disappeared have left many scratching their heads as the floor fell away, to be …
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 …
From the 2014 Native American Music Awards, Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor, a soul- funk- jazz musical artist and member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe took home two Top Nominee medals and an offer from Donald Blackfox to join the Spirit Wind Records family of traditional and contemporary Native American recording artists. …
The Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Thomas, a lecture about the fact that there are over 75 native North Carolina jazz musicians, will take place February 3, 2014 at 6:30 pm, at The Farmville Public Library, 4276 W. Church Street, Farmville, North Carolina. Thomas, a veteran Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based …
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 …
Two years after 2011’s “Clouds under the table “, highly appreciated by press and the public, “Flying and the silence” is the new, awaited chapter in Nheap’s musical research. The fusion of modern sounds, such as ambient electronica and post-rock atmospheres, with suggestions of a more traditional kind, including jazz …
Two New Releases From Drummer Karl Latham Warwick, NY Drummer Karl Latham appears on the latest releases from prominent German Jazz musicians Wolfgang Lackerschmid and Johannes Mossinger. Latham appears on The Wolfgang Lackerschmid Connection “Magic Brewery” release, alongside renowned bassist Mark Egan and rising star USA born trumpeter Ryan Carniaux, …
