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Alchemy Sound Project | Adventures in Time and Space
June 19, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Alchemy Sound Project, David Arend, Erica Lindsay, Jonathan Blake, Michael Spearman, Salim Washington, Samantha Boshnack, Sumi Tonooka, thejazzpage.comThe Alchemy Sound Project marks its second production with a stellar work of art. Adventures in Time and Space is an exploratory journey in its sound and construction. Melodic compositions and rich performances provide this effort truly engaging musical resonance. Pianist Sumi Tonooka, ...
Remembering Gerri Allen
June 16, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Esperanza Spalding, Gerri Allen, Terri Lyne CarringtonWe thought we’d share a favorite performance of a favorite song,”Unconditional Love”, by the great Gerri Allen, along with drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and bassist Esperanza Spalding. June was Gerri’s birth month and was about this time that we were deprived of her ...
Marcus Miller | Laid Black
June 15, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Adam Agati, Alex Bailey, Alex Han, Brett Williams, Charles Haynes, Kirk Whalum, Louis Cato, Marcus Miller, Marquis Hill, Patches Stewart, Russell Gunn, Selah Sue, Take 6, Trombone ShortyMarcus Miller continues to explore and expand the emotional range of the bass with his latest recording. Laid Black is an entertaining collection of tunes featuring the virtuoso bassist’s adroit, lyrical finger work, exploring the idioms of hip-hop, funk, and R&B, within the context ...
New England Jazz Ensemble | Peter and The Wolf
June 15, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: New England Jazz Ensemble, Walt GwardyakThe New England Jazz Ensemble was founded in 1991 by trumpeter Mike Jones; Walt Gwardyak, pianist and composer/arranger, has been the music director from the beginning. The 16-piece big band has a loyal following and sells its music through on-line CD sales and downloads far and wide. Its ...
NPR: Bobby McFerrin And His Daughter Make Music A Family Affair
June 14, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: bobby mcferrin, Madison McFerrin, NPRThe love of music has been passed down in the McFerrin family for generations. Bobby McFerrin is likely best known for his 1988 hit “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” and has been entertaining audiences with his jazz scatting for nearly 50 years. His father, Robert McFerrin, was the ...
Cathy Segal-Garcia | The Jazz Chamber
June 12, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Bernie Maupin, Bevan Mason, Bob Sheppard, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Dennis Dreith, Dori Amarillo, Fish to Birds, Kate McGarry, Mon David, The Jazz Chamber, Tierney SuttonThe Jazz Chamber is the fulfillment of one of singer Cathy Segal-Garcia’s dreams, recording with a chamber orchestra, something she was urged to pursue by Dan Davilla. The result is lush, lovely and inspirational. The 10-track set covers works by Ennio Morricone Vince Mendoza, Dori Caymmi ...
Lorraine Gordon of Village Vanguard Club dies at 95
June 10, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: jazz, lorraine gordon, Village VanguardNew York’s Village Vanguard may come closer than any other club to embodying the spirit of jazz. For nearly 30 years, the guardian of that spirit has been the Vanguard’s formidable impresaria, Lorraine Gordon. Gordon, a jazz champion since her teen years and one of the music’s ...
Tiffany Austin | Unbroken
June 8, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Ashlin Parker, Carl Allen, Cyrus Chestnut, Mitch Butler, Richard Seidel, Rodney Whitaker, Teodross Avery, Tiffany AustinUnbroken, by singer Tiffany Austin, is a celebration of the lineage of the African-American experience through song. It is also the second recorded chapter in the emergence of an incredible soulful singer in the truest since of the word “soulful”. With Austin, one senses a deep ...
Roni Ben-Hur Harvie S | Introspection
June 5, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Harvie S, Introspection, Jazzheads, Roni Ben-Hur, thejazzpage.com, Tim HornerIntrospection from guitarist Roni Ben-Hur and bassist Harvie S is a wonderful musical brew. The recording is a collection of lovely arrangements and a showcase of the mastery of the musical talents, including Tim Horner on drums. The interplay between the trio is an entertaining musical ...
Kennedy Center jazz honors bassist Charlie Haden
June 5, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: charlie haden, Ernie Watts, Joe Lovano, Ruth CameronIt takes a vast concert to encapsulate the vast legacy of bassist Charlie Haden, who died in 2014 at age 76. “A note to our regular attendees: There is an intermission tonight,” Kevin Struthers, the Kennedy Center’s director of jazz programming, announced from the Terrace Theater’s stage on ...
