Allen Morrison, Downbeat Hiromi Suda’s muse straddles the worlds of Japenese folk and bossa nova. On her album Nagi (BluJazz; 46:26; 3.5) – the title means “calm” – she displays a sirene, quietly assured delivery. She couldn’t have hired a better co-producer than the gifted jazz flutist Anne Drummond. They assembled a superb band including … Read More
The Liberté Big Band at The Williamsburg Music Center April 20, 2017, 8pm The Williamsburg Music Center is proud to present The Liberté Big Band on Thursday April 20. Though the 17-piece big band has had a residency at The WMC since June 2016, this performance continues the new will era of The Liberté Big Band. Although the band will be performing in Williamsburg, Liberté-Anne Lymberiou will be leading from a distance; … Read More
Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News With the music industry in disarray and record labels unable or unwilling to nurture new artists, young singers need to stick together these days. San Jose-raised Jackie Gage and Novato-reared Lilan Kane met at the Sound Room in Oakland three years ago during an event presented by Jazz Search West … Read More
Helen Sung Announces Spring Tour Dates With the Helen Sung Quartet and “Sung With Words” in Oregon, California, Washington, Vancouver, and New York! “What’s striking this time around is an openness of vision, paired with a looseness of execution. Ms. Sung sounds both relaxed and searching, and she imparts the same qualities to her crew.” … Read More
Leonid Auskern, Jazz Quad Тhe Great American Songbook, список классических американских стандартов, похоже, обладает волшебными свойствами. Какую страницу ни возьми – ноты одинаковые, но каждый в них заглянувший, интерпретирует по-своему. Пианист и педагог, уроженец Флориды италоамериканского происхождения Джанни Бьянчини своим дебютным альбомом Type I, записанным в Остине, Техас, также предложил свой, индивидуальный вариант прочтения целого … Read More
Leonid Auskern, Jazz Quad Акуа Диксон (р.1948) начинала как виолончелистка в академической музыке, окончила Manhattan School of Music. Но в годы ее молодости Америка была не очень похожа на нынешнюю, симфонические оркестры не слишком приветствовали в своих рядах афроамериканских музыкантов. И Акуа начала искать альтернативу. Она много работала на Бродвее, сопровождала выступления Шарля Азнавура и … Read More
Robert Rusch, Cadence Matt Ulery [b/tu] has produced a rather interesting release in, Loom/ Large. All the music [73:11] here was composed and arranged by Ulery with the exception of “The Peacocks”, an excellent arrangement of and take [8:38] on the Rowles’ standard. Ulery’s writing and arranging is multi-faceted and mixes a classical and jazz … Read More
Tom Greenland, New York City Jazz Record
George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Jeff “Siege” Siegel uses his drums and percussion to team up with Erica Lindsay/ts, Francesca Tanksley/p, Rich Syracuse/b, Feya Faku/fh and Fred Berryhill/pec for a collection of originals that mix African exoticism and folk sounds with vintage modal jazz. Clicking tongues and tribal percussion bookend the remaining 11 songs, which … Read More
by George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly Rachel Therrien plays trumpet and composes most of the material here for a collection of Latin passions, dances and serenades. Along with 5, count ‘em, 5 percussionists, you get Ramon Berrocal/dr, Javier Pinto/b, Carlos Peralta/g, Holman Alvarez/p, Jacobo Velez/sax, Mauro Castillo/tb and Santiago Jimenez/tres sharing in creating a mood … Read More