By Kevin Whitehead, The Audio Beat It can be hard to separate Dave Brubeck’s first excursion into playing odd meters, 1959’s celebrated Time Out, from how it was promoted: as … Read More
REVIEW: Dave Brubeck Quartet • Time OutTakes – The Audio Beat
Month: April 2021
REVIEW: Jihye Lee Orchestra: Daring Mind – Ted Gioia
By Ted Gioia There are many unusual paths to leadership of a jazz big band. Duke Ellington started out as a painter, and showed genuine gifts as a visual artist. … Read More
REVIEW: Roni Ben-Hur “Stories” – Wulf’s Music + Blog
By Wulf Mueller, Wulf’s Music + Blog Roni Ben-Hur / Stories – revered guitarist Ben-Hur called for the recording session of this new album a bunch of friends and legends … Read More
REVIEW: Berta Moreno “Tumaini” – Roots Music Review
By Joe Ross, Roots Music Review This album’s backstory began in 2016 when tenor saxophonist and composer Berta Moreno was invited by an organization called “Bilingual Birdies” to the Kawangware … Read More
FEATURE: The Women’s Vocal Jazz Supergroup That’s Redefining The Rules – FORBES
By Micah Hendler, FORBES It is not common for a nascent ensemble’s first collaborative composition to be nominated for a GRAMMY. Säje is not a common ensemble. Read more here. … Read More
ANNOUNCEMENT: Berta Moreno to Release New Album TUMAINI Tomorrow – BROADWAY WORLD
By BWW News Desk Berta Moreno, New York-based, Madrid-born saxophonist, will be releasing her second full length album tomorrow, April 30th, on the Tiger Turn label. Tumaini is an uplifting … Read More
REVIEW: Glenn Close & Ted Nash “Transformation” – Bebop Spoken Here
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here This album is a collection of spoken word and jazz on the theme of transformation, metamorphoses, big changes of all kinds, including the creation … Read More
REVIEW: Janinah Burnett “Love The Color Of Your Butterfly” – Talkin’ Broadway
By Rob Lester, Talkin’ Broadway Duke Ellington composed “In a Sentimental Mood” in 1935 in North Carolina; in the same year, with its story set in South Carolina, Broadway’s Porgy … Read More
NEW RELEASES: Imani Records Releases New Albums from Alto Saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis and Pianist Luke Carlos O’Reilly
Imani Records Releases New Albums from Alto Saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis and Pianist Luke Carlos O’Reilly Under the direction of pianist and impresario Orrin Evans, the forward-thinking Imani Records has … Read More
FEATURE: A Transmuter Of Songbooks & Player Of Games: Charlie Rosen – GRAMMYS.com
By Morgan Enos, Grammys.com As the last five composers have established, big band is not necessarily a genre, but a vessel in which to pour any kind of music. By … Read More