by George Harris, Jazz Weekly The team of Dan Wilkins/ts, Mike Bono-Vaughn Stoffey/g, Dave Lantz-Kevin Bernstein/p-key, Daryl Johns/b, Patrick McGee/ss and Jimmy Macbride/dr focus on sounds and moods that are pastoral and for the most part genteel on a satisfyingly soft session. The one blip of “Unravelled” features a bit of cacophony and chaos, but … Read More
By Rian Nurse, Large Up Caribbean jazz is enjoying a burgeoning Renaissance buttressed by young, up-and-coming talent as well as a growing demand for alternatives to seasonal festival music. The St. Lucia Jazz Festival celebrates its 25th edition this April through May, and Tobago Jazz, also in April, has become a marked event on the … Read More
Shunzo Ohno presents ReNew on Friday, April 1, at 7:00 at Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space, located at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025. Tickets, which range $25-35, are available now by visiting www.symphonyspace.org or by calling 212-864-5400. Shunzo Ohno, one of the most versatile and influential trumpeters in modern jazz, presents … Read More
By D Money, SoulBounce When most people think about jazz, they think of instruments like the saxophone, trumpet or piano, but rarely, if ever, do they think of the harp — but perhaps they should. One of the most innovative jazz performers was harpist Alice Coltrane, whose masterful and experimental style took the genre to new … Read More
WOMAN OF THE MONTH: JACKIE GAGE Our Woman of the Month for February is Jackie Gage! She’s a singer with a velvety rich voice, a musician who mixes elements of soul, jazz, and R&B, and a woman who believes wholeheartedly in her art and, most importantly, herself. She recently relocated from the Bay Area to … Read More
by Sascha Feinstein, Jazziz This debut by Josh Shpak, a trumpet and flugelhorn player who’s in his early 20s, seems longer than 33 minutes. Layered and evocative, Shpak’s arrangements of these six originals – five of them his own – guide his ensemble across varied terrain; this is anything but a classic blowing session. With … Read More
by Rahdu Mahdi Over the past decade-plus, the on-going surge of live jazz & instrumentation has gradually made its’ presence both heard & felt within the pulse of contemporary music in the urban fold. Artists such as Roy Hargrove, Esperanza Spaulding & Robert Glasper have really re-energized the appetite for the listeners’ ears of today … Read More
Brandee Younger – Wax & Wane Арфа – инструмент древний, но сравнительно редко попадающий в эпицентр внимания публики – это касается как академической музыки, так и джаза. Арфу, по крайней мере в ее классическом варианте, считают преимущественно женским инструментом – и это справедливо как для академической музыки, так и для джаза. До сих пор репутация … Read More
by Chris Spector, Midwest Record CHRIS KLAXTON/Collage: Another dose of metaphysical jazz, approached from another angle, is what’s on tap in this rising trumpeters second outing. With equal doses of modern and post bop coming together under Miles’ early 70s smiles, this dose of head jazz will probably take you back to the day–and even … Read More
ZCO/DANCEPROJECT presents ‘Progression’ on Friday, March 18 at 7:30 PM at Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Peter Norton Symphony Space, located at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025. Tickets are $20.00 and can be purchased online by visiting www.symphonyspace.org or by calling (212) 864-5400. ‘Progression’, ZCO/DANCEPROJECT’s inaugural performance of 2016, is meant to … Read More
