Michele Rosewoman regresa al futuro del Jazz Afro - Cubano - NPR

Michele Rosewoman ( abajo a la derecha ) se une a los percusionistas batá  de  Nueva Yor- Uba Ensemble en 2013.

Cuando Michele Rosewoman estaba creciendo en el área de la bahía -San Francisco- , que tocaba el piano desde la infancia y congas desde su adolescencia . Después de mudarse a Nueva York a finales de 1970 , comenzó a hacer música en dos áreas: el jazz moderno y la música tradicional cubana. En poco tiempo, ella comenzó combinando las dos en la banda de New Yor- Uba .

 Ritmos cubanos influenciados por el jazz desde el principio . Cuando el viejo Jelly Roll Morton habló de cómo el jazz necesitaba " matices de español", ilustró su punto con un golpe tresillo cubano , una agrupación irregular de tres notas que informa loping oscilación sensación del jazz. El ritmo de habanera retardada segundo latido relacionado hizo " St. Louis Blues ", un éxito , y está detrás de todo, desde el tango al arrancar riffs de saxo rock ' n ' roll . Usted podría mirar la banda de Nueva Yor- Uba de Rosewoman como reunir primos que se habian ido alejando: jazz y música cubana folclórico con sus propios lazos familiares con la costa de los esclavos de África occidental.
El abum doble de Rosewoman New Yor- Uba : Una celebración musical de Cuba en los Estados Unidos viene 30 años después de que ella montó su primera banda de Nueva Yor- Uba . La actual es un octeto de jazz más un trío de cantantes cubanos y tambores batá - bata son los tambores de la mano sagrados, de dos cabezas del pueblo yoruba . Dos charter New Yor - Ubans todavía están alrededor : Oliver Lake en saxos y flauta y Howard Johnson en saxo barítono y tuba. Un típico montones de bandas de jazz latino en alta trompetas. Rosewoman favorece saxofones ricos y latón bajo , y tal vez un fondo cadente - como en " Luz natural ".

                                                   Michele Rosewoman y New Yor-Uba arrancan el 2014 en
                                                                        Bitter End/Winter Jazz Festival

En la mayoría de las piezas, Rosewoman envuelve sus composiciones alrededor yoruba o Dahomey cantos devocionales y patrones de batería . Le dan a la música una resonancia espiritual a través de los siglos y los continentes . Rosewoman trata a aquellos materiales con cuidado - las oraciones cantadas aparecer en el orden prescrito , y tienen su propia integridad en el desempeño de la banda. Vocalista del conjunto es el magnético Pedrito Martínez, con cuyo canto abre una ventana en cada momento.

 Michele Rosewoman es consciente del hecho de que las tradiciones que ella enlaza tienen diferentes objetivos. Jazz es progresiva - que mantiene el desarrollo de su propio idioma. Música religiosa de África Occidental ha sobrevivido durante siglos en Cuba a través de la preservación cuidadosa ya veces encubierta . Rosewoman y su músicos es muy consciente del fraseo del jazz y la armonía sobre los antiguos ritmos y hace justicia a ambas tradiciones. Es como la invención de jazz afro-cubano y conciertos sacros de nuevo. 

Por: Kevin Whitehead

Traducción: Luis Raul Montell

 

 

 

Gail Boyd opens the year showcase some of their star performers on a big show on January 12, 2014

This is the invitation that makes us reach our friends and relatives of Gail Boyd / Artist Management for the exclusive presentation of some of their stars in Jazz.

Of course it is a great opportunity for critics, radio host and journalists specialists in our genre: Jazz to be very close to these great figures of art and music to make your own conclusions.

Approximately three and a half will be of great music and great camaraderie hours!

VibeHeavy Produces Gail Boyd Artist Management 2014 APAP Showcase At Yamaha Artist Services, 689 Fifth Avenue (Entrance on 54th Street) on Sunday, January 12, 2014 from 12:30 to 4:00.  Complementary Refreshments will be served.  Please RSVP to Fulvia Orlando at fulvia@gailboyd.com.  I hope to see you there. Introducing VibeHeavy: Vibe Heavy's Chief Vibe Officer, Arif Gursel, is producing this year's showcase for Gail Boyd Artist Management. Vibe Heavy is a creative collective of entertainment and technology innovators based Seattle. Their creative space is known as the "Curative" and it's where they harness their collective creative super powers to build a better brand for their clients. VIBEHEAVY has deep skill-sets in technology strategy, business development, content creation, and quantitative social media engagement that focuses primarily on entertainment brands and often crosses into art and fashion. They are a team of geeks, business strategists, music industry specialists, technologists, software engineers, fine artists, illustrators, photographers, videographers and social media gurus, essentially creators of all things digital & cool!
J.D. Allen “The Village Voice just named JD Allen’s newest release “Grace” (Savant Records) as one of the 10 best jazz albums of 2013, stating “after an inspired streak of trio albums, tenor saxophonist JD Allen with a new quartet and hit it out of the park.”  “Allen works in a fairly abstract and enormously expressive post-bop mode, outdoing himself with a ballad, “Selah (My Refuge)that lingers in ones ears.”   Hailed by the New York Times as “a tenor saxophonist with an enigmatic, elegant and hard-driving style,” JD Allen is a bright rising light on today’s international jazz scene. His unique and compelling voice on the instrument – the result of a patient and painstaking confrontation with the fundamentals of the art - has recently earned Allen a blaze of critical attention signaling his ascension to the upper ranks of the contemporary jazz world.  Showcase time: 1:00-1:40pm Andy Milne Considered one of the most important and respected voices in jazz today, Milne is a 2013 Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour roster member and a recipient of numerous awards and commissions.   In 2012 he was commissioned by The Herb Alpert School of Music at CalArts and funded by The Japan Foundation and New Music USA to create Strings and Serpents; a multi-disciplinary project featuring artists from Japan, France, Canada and the US. He recently composed and performed the film score for William Shatner's documentary The Captains, and is composing an orchestral work for The American Composers Orchestra. His highly recognizable group Dapp Theory which lives at the meeting-point of lyrical jazz piano, funkified polyrhythmic exploration, and spoken word poeticism, is currently completing their next CD with Grammy winning producer Jimmy Haslip. Showcase time: 1:45-2:05pm -solo piano   Letizia Gambi (presented by Michelle Taylor and Passion_Music) "Letizia Gambi is a stunning vocalist!” – STING "Lenny White and Letizia Gambi have created the hippest musical address in Naples; at the intersection of Neapolitan music and jazz." -- GIL GOLDSTEIN Born in Naples Italy, singer, songwriter Letizia Gambi, is making a splash on the international music scene, with her debut recording, Introducing Letizia Gambi, produced and co-written by legendary, jazz drummer, producer and Grammy Award winner, Lenny White.  The recording is the synthesis of two apparently distant worlds blended in perfect harmony, creating an authentic sound that combines African American heritage with Mediterranean melodies, it’s a "cultural fusion.  The recording has a stellar line up of musicians, including appearances by Chick Chorea, Ron Carter, Wallace Rooney,Patrice Rushen, Gil Goldstein and Gato Barbieri.   Showcase time: 2:10pm-2:50pm featuring Lenny White, Jon Cowherd, John Benitez, Hector El Curto, Jisoo Ok, Max Ionata   Helen Sung "Anthem for a New Day", Sung's Concord Jazz debut, is set for release January 28, 2014. A mix of original material, a few standards and a few surprises, Anthem for a New Day is a declarative statement that finds Sung at the forefront of a six-piece band, with guest appearances by violinist Regina Carter and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera.  A native of Houston, Texas, Sung attended Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA). She initially aspired to be a classical pianist but was bitten by the jazz bug while studying at the University of Texas at Austin. Going against both her musical and cultural upbringing, she switched to jazz and was soon after accepted into the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance.    Showcase time: 2:55-3:15pm -solo piano
Lynnie Godfrey Lynnie Godfrey received a Drama Desk Nomination for her Broadway debut in the Musical Revue EUBIE!...She received the Dramalogue and NAACP Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress for her portrayal in "NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY". She received the AUDELCO Award for Outstanding performance for her work in "Shuffle Along". For Directing Ms. Godfrey received the Tyrone Guthrie Award. She has received he NAACP Award for Best Producer also the Audio Earphone Award and the Benjamin Franklin Award for her recording of the the title role "Snow Queen " among others...One of her proudest moments in theatre is her work in “LADIES OF SONG” and her Cabaret Performances of Classic Songs by some of the most wonderful composers that spans many eras….from Cole Porter to Stephen Sondheim… Showcase time: 3:20pm-4:00pm Please RSVP to Fulvia Orlando at 646-841-4861 or fulvia@gailboyd.com

Alex Diaz puts pepper to Christmas with Merengue Jazz

This video was a presentation by Alex Diaz and His Merengue Jazz Site Zinc Bar in New York

City, during this year.

The theme is "Yesterdays" Jerome Kern composition, well groomed with a unique rhythm and pace, album belongs to Beyond145th Street where musicians are:
Alex Diaz-Congas
Ivan Renta-Sax
Pedro Bermudez-Piano
Ruben Rodriguez-Bass
Diego Lopez-Drums

 

Alex Diaz is also known as  'Merengue Jazz King'

 

Born in Bani, Dominican Republic, Alex Diaz began playing music at an early age. At age 10 he enrolled at Jose Reyes Music School in his hometown. Soon he was lead snare drum in his town’s Municipal Band under Professor Amable Botello. A couple of years later he found himself performing with local bands such as Nina “ El Gago”, “Yeyen” y su Bajo, “los Antillanos del Sabor” among other popular bands of the region. At age 16 je joined the group “Los Juveniles del Sabor”, whose lead vocalist were Ruby Perez and Aramis Camilo. Both considered among the best in the country. He continued to perform with local acts such as Julita del Rio and “ Sonido Latino.”

In 1980 a young Alex came to the big apple New York City to try out the scene. His first gig was with Victor White, Dominican merengue singer famous with wilfrido Vargas. Then the big break came, a call from Jazz Pianist Hilton Ruiz. Alex will get the job and go on tour for the next two years making a name for himself among NYC finest percussionists. Soon after that his career took off performing with big names such as Tito Puente, Jose Figaro, Chucho Valdez, Mario Bauza and the Afro Cuban Ban, Dizzy Gillespie and the United Nations Orch., Xavier Cougart, Ceila Cruz, Alfredo “ Chocolate” Armenteros, Cachoao, just to name a few.

 

Still in New York, Alex Diaz keeps busy performing with “ Son de la calle” around New York City and the world’s biggest venues. He is considered the pioneer of the merengue-jazz concept, inherited by his mentor the great Mario Rivera” El Comandante”, considered the best Dominican musician ever! His latest project “ The Bebop Bogaloo Kings” is the First of many attempts in combining Jazz and Contemporary music with Santo Dominigo’s folkloric beat “ merengue” His career is just taking of and lots of sounds will be heard from “ The King of the Merengue Jazz”.

 

The pianist and composer Rober Prester launches "Dogtown" after Christmas

 

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Robert Prester               “Dogtown”              Featuring Robert Prester piano and synth Nicky Orta bass Ettienne Fuentes Jr. drums Jack Ciano drums Dave Schanzer hand drums and percussion Terezinha Valois vocals Jonathan Sigel trumpet and flugelhorn (Commonwealth Ave. Productions)  Street Date: February 4, 2014

Robert Prester, piano, all tracks except 6, synthesizer, track 9 Nicky Orta, bass, all tracks except 6 Ettienne Fuentes Jr., drums, all tracks except 4,7 Jack Ciano, drums, track 4 Dave Schanzer, hand drums and percussion, tracks 2,5,6,7,9 Terezinha Valois, vocals, tracks 5,7,9 Jonathan Sigel, trumpet and flugelhorn, tracks 2,5,7,9 1. Vincenzo’s Blues !! ! (4:23) 2. Beneath Wind’s Shadow! ! (5:31) 3. Dogtown! ! ! ! ! (5:37) 4. Realm of Possibility ! ! ! (9:31) 5. Toy Soldiers ! ! (5:48) 6. Percussion Interlude! ! ! (0:54) 7. Noches de Sevilla! ! ! (4:35) 8. The Prophecy! ! ! ! (5:06) 9. Sewing Circle! ! ! ! (7:00) 10. Bite Size Steps (Giant Steps)! ! (3:35) All music composed and arranged by Robert Prester, except Giant Steps by John Coltrane

 

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In this Christmas and after the party is large and continues at the Blue Note, NYC

CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE LIST OF COMING EVENTS NEW YEARS EVE CHRIS BOTTI December 31, 7pm & 10pm Also Appearing December 16 - January 5 FEATURED SHOWS DEBORAH DAVIS & A Few Good Men–16th Annual Leukemia & Lymphoma Benefit January 6 REBIRTH BRASS BANDJanuary 7 - 10 JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET WITH SPECIAL GUEST JANE MONHEITJanuary 11 - 12 DOUBLE FEATURE MONTY ALEXANDER HARLEM KINGSTON EXPRESS 2 + CATERINA ZAPPONI W/ THE PIZZARELLIS January 13        FEATURED SHOWS CHRISTIAN SCOTT  January 16 - 19 BEN WILLIAMS & SOUND EFFECT  January 20 MONTY ALEXANDER HARLEM KINGSTON EXPRESS 2 + CATERINA ZAPPONI W/ THE PIZZARELLIS January 21 MONTY ALEXANDER TRIO John Clayton & Jeff Hamilton January 22 -24 MONTY ALEXANDER Harlem Kingston Express w/ ERNEST RANGLIN & CHRONIXX January 25 - 26 DOT TIME RECORDS SHOWCASE January 27 MACEO PARKERJanuary 28 - February 2 BLUE NOTE RECOMMENDS GOTHAM HOLIDAY SWING AT TOWN HALL Ringing in the holiday season with style and swing, Gotham Holiday Swing features an all-star cast celebrating music from the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s, along with stories and poems about New York. Headlined by the irrepressible Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, New York’s leading swing band that recently won a Grammy Award for its music in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, the musical program features hot jazz, irresistible swing and modern interpretations of classic holiday songs rooted in early 20th century traditions, as well as popular songs in the holiday spirit. Special guests include Garrison Keillor, famed radio host of A Prairie Home Companion; singer-songwriter-actor Nellie McKay; the revelatory Hot Sardines; New Orleans pianist-harmonaboardist extraordinaire Jon Batiste and his Stay Human band, and many more. BUY TICKETS