Cellar Music Group Announces the Release of The Much-Anticipated Debut Album by the Sensational Angela Wrigley Trio, You Don’t Know What Love Is, Out June 18, 2021 Cellar Music Group is thrilled to announce the June 18, 2021 release of You Don’t Know What Love Is, the debut album from consummate vocalist and composer Angela … Read More
Month: May 2021
FEATURE: Getting up Close with Glenn and Ted Nash, new duo in jazz – The Associated Press
By Mesfin Fekadu, AP News NEW YORK (AP) — Glenn Close recently made music-related headlines for her playful performance of “Da Butt” at the Academy Awards, but the revered actor has some real music news: she’s releasing an album with Grammy-winning jazz saxophonist-composer Ted Nash on Friday. Read more here.
REVIEW: ‘The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Studio Sessions 1946-1966’ – London Jazz News
By Leonard Weinreich, London Jazz News This Mosaic collection, limited to 3,500 copies worldwide, chronicles two fascinating decades of Louis Armstrong’s recording activity. At no stage is it ever less than revelatory. Read the full review here.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Composer and Pianist Cettina Donato Joins Forces with Actor Ninni Bruschetta on New Album I SICILIANI, Honoring Poet Antonio Caldarella – Jazz Corner
By Editor, Jazz Corner Cettina Donato, adept Italian pianist, conductor and composer has joined forces with renowned actor Antonio ‘Ninni’ Bruschetta on I Siciliani, a brilliant new album due out May 14, 2021 on the AlfaMusic label. Their second collaboration together, this expansive musical portrait of Sicily features eleven Donato-penned originals based on the work … Read More
FEATURES: Take Five Celebrates New Releases From Tomoko Omura and Jihye Lee As Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Commences – WBGO
by Nate Chinen, WBGO “Born in Shizuoka, Japan and based in Brooklyn, NY, violinist Tomoko Omura has earned just acclaim for her command of the jazz tradition on her instrument, going back to Joe Venuti, Stéphane Grappelli and Stuff Smith. But she has also made a conscious and inspiring study of folkloric music from her … Read More
REVIEWS: Spike Wilner’s ‘Aliens & Wizards’ Reviewed by Best of Jazz, Making A Scene & More
Since his latest album release of Aliens & Wizards on April 23, 2021, Spike Wilner has received numerous reviews for his Cellar Music Group collaboration. Reviews from Jim Hynes (Making A Scene), Dee Dee McNeil (Musical Memoirs), Paul Medrano (Best of Jazz) and Lance Liddle (Bebop Spoken Here) all applaud the energetic performance from the … Read More