New Vocabulary, a new collaboration between Ornette Coleman (84), and free jazz legend, was released in the States by System Dialling Records. It received little fanfare or publicity. Jordan McLean, an Antibalas trumpeter, and Adam Holzman, ex-Miles keyboardist (Tutu and Live Around the World, etc.) performed with Coleman. New Vocabulary, Coleman’s first album since Sound … Read more
An LA-based guitarist group that includes Perry Smith, Will Brahm, and John Storie. Smith and Storie formed the band over a period of 10 years while still studying at USC’s Thornton School of Music. New West Guitar Group has been praised as “sharp, refined” by The Seattle Times. Their latest album Big City (’12), features … Read more
The band features the best of New York City’s jazz musicians. They faithfully recreate the sounds of the Swing Era using the repertoire of great bands such as Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller, Count Basie. Tommy Dorsey. Artie Shaw, Charlie Barnet, and many others. This band boasts exceptional talent, both new and established. It boasts … Read more
All-Stars? It’s actually a quartet, with two residents in New York, one from France, and one from Austria. It’s still a great combination, particularly Eric Alexander, tenor saxophonist, and Harold Mabern, pianist. They are unmatched for their sheer intensity and ingenuity, individually and together. From www.theguardian.com
The New York Art Quartet was an ensemble of jazz musicians that included John Tchicai (saxophonist), Roswell Rudd (trombone player), Milford Graves (succeeded Louis Moholo), and many other bass players such as Lewis Worrell, Reggie Workman, and Finn Von Eyben. After Tchicai left The New York Contemporary Five in 1964, they formed the New York … Read more
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra was established in 2002. It was created to celebrate and strengthen American Jazz and provide infrastructure for the development of the New Orleans Jazz Industry. This 20-piece jazz band, led by Adonis Rose as Artistic Director, has a repertoire that is constantly expanding and reflects the legacy of Jazz as … Read more
Beatrice Neuwirth (or “Bebe”) is the daughter Sydney Anne Neuwirth, an artist, as well as Lee Paul Neuwirth a mathematician. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey and trained as a dancer. Her New York career began in “A Chorus Line”. For her role in Sweet Charity, she won a Tony Award and an Emmy … Read more
Jef Neve (1977), a young composer/pianist, has been a prominent figure in Belgium. His fame is quickly spreading to other parts of the globe. He attended the Lemmensinstituut, Leuven, and graduated with master of music degrees in Jazz and classical piano in 2000. He was awarded ‘cum laude’ in 2001 for his specialization in Chamber … Read more
Tobin Summerfield, a Chicago-based composer/improviser, created Never Enough Hope. Summerfield’s most notable work was with Chicago’s Crush Kill Destroy and Detroit’s Larval (Cuneiform Records). Summerfield is an active participant in the Chicago free music scene, playing alongside people like Frank Rosaly and Aram Shelton, Keefe Jack, Fred Lonberg–Holm, Keefe, Keefe, Keefe, and others. His aesthetic … Read more
