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Shimrit Shoshan – Keep It Movin’
January 4, 2011(Shimmya Music) While studying at a prestigious performing arts school in Israel, music prodigy and pianist Shimit Shoshan was drafted into the Israeli army as part of its required service. With her commitment ...
60 Minutes Profiles Wynton Marsalis
January 3, 201160 Minutes aired a two-segment piece on Sunday for the New Year on Wynton Marsalis. Here’s part one of the profile.
The Jazz Page’s Twenty-One Faves of 2010
December 30, 2010Traditionally, magazines and websites offer a Top Ten of the “best” recordings from the past year. But we quickly realized that this was not going to work. There were just way too many great recordings ...
Helio Alves – Música
December 28, 2010(Jazz Legacy Productions) Growning up in Brazil, pianist Helio Alves was more interested in the classical music he was studying, than the more rhythmic forms associated with his country. His latest recording, Música ...
Norma Winstone, Klaus Gesing, Glauco Venier – Stories Yet To Tell
December 24, 2010(ECM Records) Together, the multi-national trio of British vocalist Norma Winston, Italian pianist Glauco Venier and German bass clarinetist and saxophonist Klaus Gesing make hauntingly beautiful music. On Stories ...
Myron Walden – In This World: To Feel
December 17, 2010(Demi Sound Records) The companion piece to saxphononist Myron Walden’s In This World: What We Share, To Feel is another chapter in the prolific, productive career of this talented musician. Walden says in a ...
Paquito D’Rivera – Panamericana Suite
December 14, 2010(MCG Jazz) Revered reedman and composer Paquito D’Rivera’s fuses Latin jazz with classical feel for a sound and album that is engaging and beautiful. Panamericana Suite derives from a commissioned piece ...
Jazz Giant James Moody Passes Away
December 10, 2010James Moody, a jazz saxophonist and flutist celebrated for his virtuosity, his versatility and his onstage ebullience, died on Thursday in San Diego. He was 85. Mr. Moody, who began his career with the trumpeter ...
Bob Mintzer – Canyon Cove
December 10, 2010(Self Released) Tenor sax man Bob Mintzer has been able maintain his own musical identity while also remaining a centerpiece of the Yellowjackets for many years now. The successful balancing act continues with his ...
Nik Bartsch’s Ronin – Llyria
December 7, 2010(ECM Records) Lyria is the free-ranging new album from the Swedish band Ronin, helmed by pianist Nik Bärtsch. The compositions are explorations of grooves and musical lyricism It’s a free-ranging expedition of ...
