Apr 21, 2015
In November 2011, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. International Jazz Day is chaired and led by Irina Bokova, UNESCO...
Apr 13, 2015
1965 was in many ways just another busy year in the life of Lee Morgan. He had established himself as a major talent in the late Fifties, lending his trumpet talents to classic albums like John Coltrane’s Blue Train, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messenger’s Moanin’, and Johnny Griffin’s A Blowing Session. He began...
Apr 8, 2015
"The Orphic Machine is the poem: a severed head with face turned away that sings." -- Allen Grossman
Beauty can often be found in unexpected places. On his new album, Orphic Machine, clarinetist/composer Ben Goldberg creates some of his most beautiful, lyrical – and oddly accessible - music to date....
Apr 7, 2015
Apr 7, 2015
The great jazz tradition of family members – and brothers, in particular - continues this month with the release of the new CD from Ralph and Dr. Dave Lalama, the Lalama Brothers, The Crepuscule Variations (Or Songs Our Parents Gave Us). The brothers had released a fine CD entitled Erie Avenue a few years back, but...