Q&A: Vernon Reid On Artificial Afrika, Playing With Photoshop, And Creating An Afrodelic Experience
- 11:22 AM — Feb 9 —
- Source: Sound of the City - The Village Voice
Guitarist Vernon Reid is best known as the leader of the hard rock/metal band Living Colour. Read More
HT Interview: Jenny Scheinman’s Mischief & Mayhem
- 1:15 PM — Feb 7 —
- Source: Hidden Track
Those of us who live in the New York area are lucky for many reasons, musical and non, and one is our proximity to the great Jenny Scheinman , who over the past decade and a half has become one of the most exciting nonpareils in both jazz and roots, seemingly just as comfortable in a storm of heady improv as she is playing country songs with some of that genre's best. Read More
Coltrane and Ornette
- 1:47 PM — Feb 5 —
- Source: Lawyers, Guns and Money
I had an interesting twitter exchange today with Andy Bowen (@andymbowen) about John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman. Read More
Around The Jazz Internet: Feb. 3, 2012
- 7:31 PM — Feb 3 —
- Source: NPR
Swing, Swang, Swingin': verb conjugation a la Jackie McLean. Read More
At 'Structured Impulse,' expect the unpredictable
- 9:03 AM — Feb 3 —
- Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA
In a conversation last October about the scope of Pacific Musicworks' ambitions for its current — and first complete — season, artistic director Stephen Stubbs described an intersection of the venerable and the experimental. Read More
Bill Frisell's Tribute to Paul Motian
- 3:17 PM — Jan 27 —
- Source: The Hartford Courant - Hartford CT
Guitarist Bill Frisell lest his music do the talking for him. Read More
Area Codes: 303 – Denver, CO
- 4:46 PM — Jan 26 —
- Source: Stereogum
Of all the Area Codes we've done so far, Denver is the biggest city, so it's probably not a surprise that it has one of the richer histories of anything in the series. Read More
Jazz Quartet EYOT Crowned the Winner of Cannes 2012 MIDEM OFF Competition
- 2:00 PM — Jan 25 —
- Source: PRWeb
New York, NY (PRWEB) January 25, 2012 EYOT is the winner of the 2012 Cannes, France MIDEM Festival OFF Competition. Read More
Carrie Rodriguez & Bill Frisell: “Tired of Waiting for You”
- 7:11 AM — Jan 25 —
- Source: Alltop - Country Music
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Floratone Featuring Bill Frisell, Matt Chamberlain, Lee Townsend, Tucker Martine & Others Readying Release of "FLORATONE II" On Savoy Jazz March 6th
- 9:02 AM — Jan 24 —
- Source: PR Newswire
SANTA MONICA, Calif. , Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Floratone, the collaborative ensemble known for creating a sound described as "futuristic roots music," is back with FLORATONE II—the follow up to their highly acclaimed debut and their first for Savoy Jazz. Floratone features the core group of Bill Frisell on guitar, Matt Chamberlain on drums and percussion and producers Lee Townsend and Tucker Martine . Read More
Biography
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