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The Greg Hatza Organization – Diggin Up My Roots
March 3, 2017 / No Comments / Tags: Brain Kooken, Greg Hatza, Peter Fraize, Robert Shahid, thejazzpage.com(Record Label) Organist Greg Hatza’s latest is a fantastic tribute to the music he grew up hearing as a child in Reading, PA. Diggin Up My Roots is Hatza’s take on some classic r&b and blues he heard on a jukebox in the restaurant owned by his father. The band does the classics ...
Bulgaria Public Radio bans pop music, earns more listeners with jazz and classics
February 27, 2017 / No CommentsBulgaria’s public radio has been given a surprise boost in listeners after a copyright war limited the broadcaster to airing music recorded at least 70 years ago. The station has been playing classical music and long-forgotten jazz and folk pieces for almost two months now after its management ...
NPR: A New Documentary Explores The Troubled, Brilliant Life Of Pianist Bill Evans
February 25, 2017 / No CommentsBill Evans was a genius: The jazz world, which can be roiled by factions and jealousies, usually agrees on that. He was a composer and pianist with a light, lyrical touch that was once described as what you might hear at the gates of heaven. But like many geniuses, Evans died too young — in ...
Miroslav Vitous – Ziljabu Nights: Live at Theater Gütersloh
February 17, 2017 / No Comments / Tags: Aydin Essen, Gary Campbell, Miroslav Vitous, Robert Bonisolo, Roberto Gatto, thejazzpage.com(Deutsche Media Productions) Bassist-composer Miroslav Vitous’s latest is a journey through structured music that sounds incredibly improvised. Ziljabu Nights: Live at Theater Gütersloh features Vitous and his band painting large musical murals before a live audience in Gütersloh, ...
Ron Boustead – Unlikely Valentine
February 14, 2017 / No Comments / Tags: bill cunliffe, Bob McChesney, Bob Sheppard, Fabiana Passoni, Jake Reed, John Leftwich, Mitchel Forman, Pat Kelley, Ron Boustead, Ron Stout, thejazzpage(Art Rock Music) Singer Ron Boustead offers his entertaining take on love stories of songs with this effort. Unlikely Valentine is a nice mix of original tunes and clever twists on some less-traveled standards. Boustead brings a humorous flavor to a number of the tunes on the mostly upbeat ...
Vocalist Al Jarreau Dies at 76
February 13, 2017 / No CommentsLOS ANGELES (AP) — Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday, just days after announcing his retirement from touring because of exhaustion, his manager Joe Gordon confirmed. The Milwaukee native won seven Grammys ...
The Baylor Project – The Journey
February 10, 2017 / No Comments / Tags: Allyn Johnson, bob mintzer, Brandee Younger, Chris Smith, Corcoran Holt, Dezron Douglas, Freddie Hendrix, Jean Baylor, Keith Loftis, Marcus Baylor, marvin sewell, Pablo Batista, Shedrick Mitchell, The Baylor Project, thejazzpage.com(Be A Light) The Journey is exquisite debut of The Baylor Project. The husband-wife duo of drummer Marcus Baylor and vocalist Jean Baylor brings a wealth of experience from work with an array of artists, which serves this production incredibly well. The vocal delivery of Jean Baylor is ...
Mike Casey – The Sound of Surprise: Live at the Side Door
February 7, 2017 / No Comments / Tags: Corey Garcia, Matt Dwonszyk, Mike Casey, thejazzpage.com(Mike Casey) With The Sound of Surprise: Live at the Side Door, saxophonist Mike Casey makes an impressive debut. The recording puts you right in the room for a set that is brimming with the creative intensity that is enhanced by the presence of a live audience. There’s a gritty and raw ...
Beat Funktion – Green Man
January 27, 2017 / No Comments / Tags: Adée, Alicia Olatuja, Beat Funktion, Claes Janson, Damon Elliot, Daniel Lantz, Jasmine Kara, Johan Öijen, Jon Eriksson, Karl Olandersson, Matilda Gratte, Olle Thundstrom, Pal Johnson, Viktoria Tolstoy(DO Music Records) The band Beat Funktion has returned with another foray into jazz and funk. Green Man is a nice continuation of their unique jazz-funk fusion, this time with an array of special vocal guests, as well as great musicianship. The sound is decidedly contemporary with a solid menu ...
Bill Anschell – Rumbler
January 20, 2017 / No Comments / Tags: Bill Anschell, Chris Symer, Hans Teuber, Jeff Busch, Jeff Coffin, Jose Martinez, Richard Cole, thejazzpage.com(Origin Records) Pianist Bill Anschell returns to the studio scene with a truly outstanding recording. Rumbler is a brilliant showcase of musician virtuosity and solid compositional acumen. Anschell wrote most of the songs on the effort, with nice re-workings of tunes by Thelonious Monk, John ...
