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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 ...
Joey Alexander – Maiden Voyage (Solo at Steinway Factory)
June 3, 2018 / No CommentsJoey Alexander performs “Maiden Voyage” (Herbie Hancock), from his new album ‘Countdown’ outdoors at the Steinway Factory in NYC.
Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Women musicians seek to change the jazz world’s boys club
June 3, 2018 / No CommentsBy Joanna Crothers Gender bias in musical instrument selection has stopped Australia’s jazz scene from having more women leading shows and ensembles, according to industry experts. Traditionally instruments such as the drums and the trumpet are perceived as being “masculine”, ...
Noah Preminger | Genuinity
June 1, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Dan Weiss, Genuinity, Jason Palmer, Kim Cass, Noah Preminger, thejazzpage.comSaxophonist Noah Preminger builds his compositions around his horn rather than a piano. In fact, Genuinity, Preminger’s 10th as a leader, is his fifth in a pianoless quartet setting. With the under-girding of the piano absent, Preminger’s solid tone and the trumpet work of Jason ...
Jeff Goldblum To Make Jazz Debut on Decca Records
May 31, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Decca Records, Graham Norton Show, Gregory Porter, Jeff GoldblumA pianist for more than 50 years of his life, Jeff Goldblum has signed with Decca Records to produce his debut jazz album. Goldblum, beloved for his roles in the Jurassic Park franchise, Independence Day and The Grand Budapest Hotel, has been playing the piano since he was a child. Over the ...
VOA: Turkish Ambassador’s Home Has Deep Jazz Roots
May 30, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Ahmet Ertegun, Howard Theatre, Howard University, jazz, Mehmet ErtegunIn 1935, Turkey’s second ambassador to Washington, Mehmet Munir Ertegun, moved into Everett House. He and his two sons – Ahmet and Nesuhi – had a great love for jazz music. They wanted to experience it with musicians in Washington. Ahmet said in a 2005 interview that when he first arrived ...
Danny Green Trio Plus Strings | One Day It Will
May 30, 2018 / No Comments / Tags: Danny Green, Erica Erenyi, Igor Pandurski, Julien Cantelm, Justin Grinnell, Kate Hatmaker, One Day It Will, thejazzpage.com, Travis MarilOn One Day It Will , pianist, composer and leader Danny Green joins his trio of bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm with a string section for a stunningly beautiful recording. Green’s touch on the keys is fantastic, and the songs, all original works, are melodically and ...
