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Album Recommendation: THIS ONE’S FOR JOEY (Keith Oxman)
When acclaimed tenor saxophonist and educator Keith Oxman learned that one of his former students, bassist Joey Pearlman, had passed away in February 2021 at the age of 24, Oxman decided to create a recording paying tribute to the brilliant young man who’d already earned a place on the New York scene. This One’s for…
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Album Recommendation: AMY WINEHOUSE: LIVE AT GLASTONBURY 2007 (Coming to vinyl on June 3, 2022)
Here comes the release of Live at Glastonbury 2007 – the iconic performance of Amy Winehouse’s Pyramid Stage set at Glastonbury 2007, coming to vinyl for the very first time on Friday, June 3, 2022. Glastonbury co-organizer Emily Eavis commented, “Amy Winehouse was a Glastonbury-goer through and through. She either came and played or, when she wasn’t working,…
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Album Review: BIG CRAZY LOVE (Courtney Freed)
FALL IN BIG CRAZY LOVE WITH COURTNEY FREED Ah, let the worries of the world simply melt away as chanteuse Courtney Freed takes you on a journey with her breezy new album Big Crazy Love. With a very wide and break-free range, and lightly tittering vibrato, Freed offers her own accessible tunes (“When We Were…
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Album Recommendation: A CHORUS LINE (Original Spanish Cast Recording with Antonio Banderas)
¡HOLA, A CHORUS LINE! The cast album of Antonio Banderas’s acclaimed Spanish production of A Chorus Line, the first-ever Spanish language recording of the iconic musical, is now available on CD in Spain and on streaming and digital platforms worldwide. And it’s a blast. I have been collecting foreign language cast albums for decades and this is among…
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Jazz Album Recommendation: TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: NEW ORLEANS (Soundtrack out April 29, 2022 on Petaluma Records)
The new film Take Me To The River: New Orleans follows director Martin Shore’s 2014 award-winning film Take Me To The River, which documented the musical influence of Memphis. “Memphis told the American music story. New Orleans is a story of how World music was created,” says Shore on his decision to document New Orleans. The…
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Jazz Album Recommendation: GUITAR AND ME (Aleksi Glick)
EXQUISITE Warm, breezy, intricate, intimate, deft, and all together lovely, Guitar and Me, out this week, is the debut solo release from New York-based guitarist Aleksi Glick. The album plays as a genealogy of the guitar, weaving through various musical styles that have been crucial to the guitar’s evolution as well as influential to Glick’s…
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Album Recommendation: SHERYL: MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY (UMe/Big Machine Records)
SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT On March 11, a full-length documentary film directed by Amy Scott, entitled Sheryl about the singer-songwriter’s life and career, will premiere at SXSW, ahead of a spring premiere on SHOWTIME. An intimate story of song and sacrifice, Sheryl navigates an iconic yet arduous musical career while the artist battles sexism, ageism, depression, cancer, and…
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Album Recommendation: COYOTE (Joe Purdy)
A PURDY DAMN GOOD THING With the goal of visiting all of our National Parks, I’ve spent much of my life hitting the back roads of America. It’s a stunning feeling spending so much time alone, away from the conveniences of modern life. There is always a bittersweet experience when seeing the awesome vistas of…
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Album Release: GHOST SONG (Cécile McLorin Salvant)
THE GREATEST JAZZ SINGER OF OUR AGE IS BACK ON A NEW LABEL, Nonesuch Records releases Ghost Song, the label debut of singer/songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant today. Ghost Song features a diverse mix of seven originals and five interpretations on the themes of ghosts, nostalgia, and yearning. Salvant says, “It’s unlike anything I’ve done before…
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Film/DVD: NOSFERATU (Mastered in HD from Kino Lorber)
First released in March 1922, F.W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR is turning 100 this year. A cornerstone of the horror genre and a landmark of German Expressionism, Murnau’s unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula remains the most unsettling vampire film ever made for many viewers. Viewers can watch the seminal vampire film the…
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Jazz Album Recommendation: NIGHT TRAIN TO COPENHAGEN (Alvin Queen Trio on Stunt Records)
SUBLIME, SUBLIME, SUBLIME! THE SPIRIT OF OSCAR PETERSON LIVES ON WITH THE ALVIN QUEEN TRIO Alvin Queen arrived on the scene in the late 1960s, and quickly became known as the drummer for jazz icons including Horace Silver, Randy and Michael Brecker, George Benson, Tom Harrell, and many others: Even with this astounding resumé, Queen…
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Album Release: 89 (Charlie Gabriel and Preservation Hall Band)
DREAMY JAZZ ALBUM 89 IS THE TONIC FOR OUR TIME “I’ve been playing since I was 11 years old,” says Charlie Gabriel, the most senior member of the legendary Preservation Hall Band, “I never did anything in my life but play music. I’ve been blessed with that gift that God gave me, and I’ve tried…
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Album: ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER: SYMPHONIC SUITES (Decca)
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Suites from Three of His Best-Loved Musicals: Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, and Sunset Boulevard Recorded at the Newly Restored Theatre RoyalDrury Lane with an 81-Piece Orchestra Concert Film on YouTube Purchase and Stream:https://alw.lnk.to/SymphonicSuitesSo www.andrewlloydwebber.com Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new album, Symphonic Suites, is out on Decca Records. Music from three of the composer’s best-loved…
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Classical Album: UNCOVERED VOLUME 2: FLORENCE B. PRICE (Catalyst Quartet)
On Friday, February 4, 2022, GRAMMY Award-winning Catalyst Quartet releases UNCOVERED Volume 2: Florence B. Price on Azica Records. The digital album is the second issue of a multi-volume anthology highlighting string quartet works by historically important Black composers which aims to bring greater awareness and programming of their music. Volume 2 is entirely devoted…
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Music: THAT WAS THEN (New EP by Trevor Daniel)
Houston bred/LA based singer, songwriter Trevor Daniel releases his new single “Dadada” today via ALAMO/RCA Records. Listen HERE. “Dadada” follows Trevor’s previously released tracks “Alone” which interpolates the Alice DJ smash “Better Off Alone” and “Fingers Crossed” with Julia Michaels which was released to much celebration earlier this year. All 3 tracks are featured on…
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Jazz Album Preview: My Astorian Queen (Martin Wind Quartet)
MARTIN WIND QUARTET My Astorian Queen November 19, 2021 – Laika Records Martin Wind ’¢ Scott Robinson ’¢ Bill Mays ’¢ Matt Wilson George Gershwin wrote a song for Porgy and Bess called “There`s A Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York.” Except for the fact that Martin Wind arrived at the Big Apple exactly…
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Album Review: HELLO, CRUEL WORLD! (Nick Balaban)
HELLO, NICK BALABAN! Nick Balaban is just now releasing his his debut album Hello Cruel World! (available now), which I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Never heard of him? Well, neither did I. This Zelig of the music world has gigged with the likes of James Taylor, Carly Simon, Percy Sledge, Barrington Levi, Alton Ellis, Sugar Minott, Davis…
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Album Review: EKUAL (Yumi Ito & Szymon Mika)
EKUAL TO NONE Wow. Can you imagine? When I hear “Polish-Japanese-Swiss vocal-guitar duo creates a universe of gentle harmonics, haunting chords, intricate melodies and explorative improvisations”, I assume we are in store for yet another mind-numbing minimalist soundscape. Wrong. Polish-Japanese singer Yumi Ito’s previous effort, Stardust Crystals, was described as neo-classical-art-pop-meets-jazz. Yes, but here, Ito…
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Jazz Album: SOLO LIVE (Edward Simon | Solo Piano)
Recorded at Oakland’s Piedmont Piano Company on his 50th birthday in 2019, Solo Live is Edward Simon’s first unaccompanied recording (and only his second album documenting a concert). Unedited, it’s a ravishing portrait of one of jazz’s most eloquent improvisers investigating a setting that’s become one of his primary outlets during the pandemic. Long leery…
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Album Review: SILVER LINING SUITE (Hiromi)
Hiromi’s Silver Lining Suite is astounding. This truly breathtaking and ferocious blend of jazz invention and classical composition is love at first listen. Highly, highly recommended by Stage and Cinema. (Click HERE for teaser video) Ever since the 2003 release of her debut, Another Mind, Hiromi has electrified uss with a creative energy that encompasses and eclipses…
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