By Filipe Freitas, Jazz Trail Wherever You’re Starting From is the sophomore solo album by Chicagoan pianist Rob Clearfield, whose classical purity of tone gives life to an intimate set of originals plus two renditions of renowned compositions, one classical and one jazz. While working/touring with drummer Makaya McCraven, Clearfield formulated a new approach to … Read More
Six Musicians Told Us How They Avoid Feeling Like Shit on Long Tours Regular people who drink/smoke/party like you’re on tour, take note. by Ryan Brown, Vice Getting paid to perform at music venues across the world is pretty much living the dream. But the musicians that do get these opportunities will tell you that … Read More
by Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz While there’s much value in observing, studying, and utilizing the arc of an idea or improvisation in its entirety, too little emphasis is often placed on the worth of the individual occurrences within. For in these (somewhat) micro moments exists a level of discovery and compositional integrity far greater … Read More
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by Ron Schepper, textura Arnan Raz: Chains of Stories Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit Records As is often the case, the path leading up to Arnan Raz’s sophomore album Chains of Stories was circuitous. Born in a small village in the north of Israel, he began playing tenor sax at the age of thirteen; five years later, he joined the … Read More
by Dee Dee McNeil, Musical Memoirs SHAREL CASSITY & ELEKTRA – “EVOLVE” Relsha Music Sharel Cassity, saxophone/flute; Christie Dashiell, vocals; Ingrid Jensen, trumpet; Marcus Printup, trumpet; Freddie Hendrix, flugelhorn; Mark Whitfield, guitar; Miki Hayama, Rhodes/piano/synth; Richard Johnson, keyboard; Linda Oh, bass; Jonathan Barber &Lucianna Padmore, drums; Riza Printup, harp. Sharel Cassity has combined jazz genres, … Read More
Hector Avileson, Cancion A Quemarropa La discográfica residente en la localidad de Brooklyn, Susan Records, anuncia la publicación, este 16 de febrero del presente año 2018, la salida al mercado del disco de la cantautora Emma Frank. Es el tercer álbum de estudio de la autora y tiene el título de Ocean Av. Muchos críticos han … Read More
Raul da Gama, World Music Report Anyone who doubts that all modern music in the Americas came from the erstwhile “Americanised” African slaves who wrenched from their home country and all its graceful comforts, poured their hearts and souls out into what those in continental America called the Blues and those in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil called Choro Portuguese … Read More
Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune There’s more to the art of one of Chicago’s most poetic jazz pianists than listeners may have realized. For though Rob Clearfield has produced immensely attractive music leading his own ensembles and collaborating with singer Grazyna Auguscik and bassist Matt Ulery, among others, he reveals different facets of his art in … Read More
