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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 ...
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 ...
