ECM Records will be capping its 50 year anniversary celebration tonight with an epic concert live from Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Featuring a who’s who of modern jazz cognoscente including Joe Lovano, Craig Taborn, Vijay Iyer, Ravi Coltrane, Bill Frisell, Mark Turner, Larry Grenadier, Ethan Iverson, Fabian Almazan, Dezron Douglas, Shai Maestro, Ziv Ravitz, Nasheet … [Read more...]
SFJAZZ Collective’s Tribute to Joe Henderson (Full Concert Video)
We premiered “Fire” off the SFJAZZ Collective’s new album Live: SFJAZZ Center 2014, The Music of Joe Henderson and New Compositions a month ago. Now here’s your chance to watch a full set by the band courtesy of NPR’s Jazz Night in America. By my calculations the video should be up for a few more days so hurry! The SFJAZZZ Collective is Miguel Zenón on alto saxophone, David Sánc … [Read more...]
Stream SFJAZZ Collective’s “Fire” Off ‘Live: SFJAZZ Center 2014, The Music of Joe Henderson and New Compositions’
The SFJAZZ Collective features some of the most gifted soloists, composers and bandleaders on the contemporary scene: alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón, bassist Matt Penman, tenor saxophonist David Sánchez, trumpeter Avishai Cohen, pianist Edward Simon, trombonist Robin Eubanks, drummer Obed Calvaire and vibraphonist Warren Wolf. Their eleventh limited-edition album Live: SFJAZZ C … [Read more...]
The Best Jazz Albums of 2012: #25*-11
This has been a particularly strong year for music. I feel like I've been saying it more and more but do you remember how you felt at the beginning of this year when you heard you were going to get a new Robert Glasper album, two Brad Mehldau albums, and Christian Scott was making a comeback? You didn't even think about all the other surprises you'd encounter because it just … [Read more...]