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Amanda Gardier to Release 'Auteur: Music Inspired By The Films Of Wes Anderson' Album
by Michael Major - November 15, 2023 On Auteur, she made the programmatic choice to focus on a single director, zeroing in on characters, visual tableaux and emotional states that struck her in such Anderson films as Moonrise Kingdom, The French Dispatch, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with S...
Marie Kruttli Releases New Single 'Watered' On EveryDejaVu Records
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 26, 2023 Swiss-born, Berlin pianist Marie Kruttli releases her new single 'Watered' on EveryDejaVu Records. Layered with eclectic synthesizers and ominous vocals, 'Watered' explores introspection about self and love. Stream it now!...
Kassa Overall Debuts New Song 'Going Up' (feat. Lil B, Shabazz Palaces, & Francis and the Lights)'
by Michael Major - May 22, 2023 Kassa Overall unveils his latest single “Going Up.' The final track on Kassa’s forthcoming record ANIMALS, “Going Up” brings the album to a surreal, bittersweet end, featuring verses by indie rap icons influential to Kassa: Lil B and Ishmael Butler of Shabazz Palaces/Digable Planets....
Ches Smith and His Quartet Release 'Interpret It Well' LP
by Marissa Tomeo - May 01, 2022 “Interpret it well,” reads the script text in Raymond Pettibon’s mysteriously evocative drawing. A few thick black ink strokes describe an enigmatic landscape – the telephone poles, the railroad track and the building in the distance seem obvious enough as markers of desolation, but the swirl of lin...
American Pianist Vadim Neselovskyi Announces New Solo Recording 'ODESA'
by Michael Major - April 18, 2022 Over the years, Neselovskyi continued his ascendancy in the jazz world, performing alongside his mentor Gary Burton during the vibist’s last decade as a recording artist. Burton also became one of the main supporters of Neselovskyi as a composer, recording and performing Neselovskyi’s compositions t...
Drom Announces NYC Summer Jazz Series in July & August
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 22, 2021 Drom keeps the flame of live music burning, and celebrates the end of our collective lockdown by going big....
William Parker's 'Mayan Space Station' & 'Painters Winter' to Release July 9
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 26, 2021 With Parker's Migration of Silence heralded from the front page of the New York Times Arts section to simultaneous cover stories in Germany’s Jazz Thing and Jazz Podium magazines to features and glowing reviews in The WIRE, The Quietus, Down Beat, Jazzwise, PopMatters, and more....
María Grand Reflects on First-Time Motherhood on New Album 'Reciprocity'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - February 10, 2021 It presents music that Grand wrote and recorded at a pivotal time in her life, in early 2020 when she was five and a half months pregnant with her son, Ayní....
Out Today – 'The One Before This” Single From Matt Wilson's Upcoming Album
by A.A. Cristi - July 17, 2020 Need a little musical snuggle time? The irrepressible drummer/composer Matt Wilson brings us a virtual Hug with the release of his album of the same name on August 28, 2020 via Palmetto Records. ...
Bang on a Can Announces Third Bang on a Can Marathon Live Online
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 14, 2020 Bang on a Can will present its third Bang on a Can Marathon – Live Online – on Sunday, August 16, 2020 from 3-9pm ET. ...
Cory Smythe 'Accelerate Every Voice' Out This Friday
by A.A. Cristi - June 08, 2020 Pianist and composer Cory Smythe evokes cyborg choirs and coastal floods on Accelerate Every Voice, his second release for Pyroclastic Records and the follow-up to 2018 album Circulate Susanna. Bringing together five vocalists from the a cappella, new and improvised music scenes, AEV cradles Smythe'...
Roscoe Mitchell Releases New Album 'Distant Radio Transmission'
by Stephi Wild - March 27, 2020 Roscoe Mitchell has released a new album, 'Distant Radio Transmission.'...
Renowned Bassist/Composer Chris Lightcap Unites Two Acclaimed Groups For Latest Album
by A.A. Cristi - June 18, 2019 Acclaimed bassist and composer Chris Lightcap taps into the best of both worlds of acoustic jazz and propulsive electric arrangements with an all-star group featuring the sound sculptor's two critically acclaimed ensembles, Bigmouth and Superette. To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of his debut album...
Swiss Music Ensemble Sonar to Release New Live Album with Legendary Guest Guitarist David Torn
by Tori Hartshorn - October 03, 2018 Swiss music ensemble Sonar will be releasing their new live album “Live At Moods” with guest soloist/texturalist David Torn on November 16, 2018 on 7d Media. It was recorded live at Moods Jazz Club in Zürich, Switzerland, on May 24th 2018. ...
Unveiling of Drummer Ches Smith's Ensemble 'We All Break'
by Caryn Robbins - November 08, 2017 We All Break is the unveiling of drummer Ches Smith's 15-year study and engagement with the rich music and culture of Haitian Vodou.... |