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Julie Kelly – Happy To Be
September 9, 2014 / No Comments / Tags: Anthony Wilson, bill cunliffe, Bob McChesney, Bob Sheppard, Clay Jenkins, Joe LaBarbera, Julie Kelly, Kim Richmond, Nick Mancini, Ron Stout, thejazzpage.com, Tom Warrington(Jazzed Media) Julie Kelly has a voice and delivery that is timeless and thoroughly engaging. The West Coast singer, who can swing as nicely as she delivers a ballad, offers up a thoroughly enjoyable production with her latest effort Happy To Be. The menu of music is a nice mix of mostly ...
The Sean Jones Quartet – im•pro•vise
September 2, 2014 / No Comments / Tags: Improvise, Luques Curtis, mack avenue, Obed Calvaire, Orrin Evans, Sean Jones, thejazzpage.com(Mack Avenue) Sean Jones is among of the great trumpet players of the day. On his latest work, im•pro•vise,he leads his quartet through a lively set of great music. On this effort, produced by Christian McBride and Al Pryor, the walls and barriers between the band are removed with all the ...
Michael Carvin Experience – Flash Forward
August 22, 2014 / No Comments / Tags: Flash Forward, Jansen Cinco, Keith Loftis, Michael Carvin, motema, thejazzpage.com, Yayoi Ikawa(Motema) The Michael Carvin Experience is a great experience. Led by drummer Michael Carvin, Flash Forward is a outstanding recording of a master musician collaborating with talented lineup of next gen players. The fantastic quartet includes Yayoi Ikawa on piano, Keith Loftis on saxophone and ...
Bobby Broom – My Shining Hour
August 19, 2014 / No Comments / Tags: bobby broom, dennis carroll, Makaya McCracken, Origin Records, thejazzpage.com(Origin) Guitarist Bobby Broom once again proves himself the stellar musician on his latest creation. My Shining Hour features Broom and his trio of drummer Dennis Carroll and drummer Makaya McCraven in a session captured through a single stereo microphone, and spot mics, with all three players ...
Joe Magnarelli – Lookin’ Up
August 15, 2014 / No Comments / Tags: Anthony Wonsey, Jason Brown, Joe Magnarelli, Lookin' Up, Mike Karn, Positone, steve davis, thejazzpage.com(Positone) Trumpeter Joe Magnarelli has an amazing tone that makes listening to him play a real pleasure. This statement also applies to his latest release Lookin’ Up!. The production is mostly comprised of Magnarelli’s own artful, original compositions, along with nicely arranged ...
The Guardian: Cecil Taylor Swindled Out of $500,000 Kyoto Prize
August 13, 2014 / No CommentsCecil Taylor had a prize sum of nearly half a million dollars stolen from him by a general contractor who befriended the pioneering jazz pianist while working next to his house in New York City, according to a criminal court in Brooklyn. Noel Muir, from New York’s Long Island, could face up to ...
Jua – Colors of Life
August 12, 2014 / No Comments / Tags: Colors of Life, Gary Fritz, Gregory M. Jones, Jua, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Roger Byam, Shan Kenner, Victor Ector(Chocolate Chi Music) Colors of Life isn’t his debut recording, but the effort does mark a jazz-focused debut for vocalist Jua. The sophomore effort for the North Carolina-based talent makes quite the impression. While the singer has a voice that remind some of other talents, he has quite ...
Kenny Garrett Named Director of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University
August 6, 2014 / No CommentsKenny Garrett, the internationally acclaimed jazz saxophonist, bandleader, arranger, and composer, has been appointed director of the Jazz Studies Program at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. Garrett, who will join the University faculty on September 1, becomes the fifth world-renowned ...
Berklee College of Music Names Jazz Trumpeter Sean Jones Chair of the Brass Dept
August 5, 2014 / No Commentsby Louis Burton Classicalite.com Berklee College of Music has named noted trumpeter Sean Jones the next chair of the college’s Brass Department. Jones, who played lead trumpet with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for six years, is an internationally acclaimed trumpeter and composer who ...
Jazz guitarist Pat Martino reveals how he stayed upbeat after brain aneurysm
May 28, 2014 / No CommentsBy Ryan Kneller, The Morning Call Pat Martino has made a career out of wowing others through music, tearing through killer guitar riffs since the early 1960s. But it is the jazz guitarist’s remarkable story of survival that truly strikes a chord. The four-time Grammy-nominated artist ...
