The Church Of Beethoven Free Coffee, Intimate Space And Seat-Of-The-Pants Presentation Make For A Charming Sunday Morning Communion Don’t bother looking for a steeple. Keep your eyes peeled, instead, for a yellowish surfboard with hand-lettered, coral-colored block capitals that read “B [...] Mel Minter \ Feb 21, 2008 Read More Cellist and Church of Beethoven "Pastor" Felix Wurman during a Sunday morning concert. (Tina Larkin)
Le Chat Lunatique’s Demonic Lovely Gives Dancers And Listeners Cause For Celebration Cd Captures The Verve, Swing And Musicality Of This “Filthy, Mangy Jazz” Quartet The appeal of Le Chat Lunatique’s live performances owes as much to its bandmates patter and seriocomic stage presence as it does to [...] Mel Minter \ Feb 14, 2008 Read More The lads of Le Chat Lunatique (Demian Ginther)
A Chat With Wynton Marsalis The Jazz At Lincoln Center Flagship Sails In Over the years, music director, trumpeter and gentleman Wynton Marsalis has maneuvered several smaller craft—a quartet, a quintet and a septet—through New Mexico’s [...] Mel Minter \ Jan 31, 2008 Read More
Newton & Jang Flutist James Newton And Pianist Jon Jang Forge A Musical Brotherhood Brothers typically come to their sibling relationship without choice, riding shared DNA from common parents. Flutist/composer James Newton and pianist/composer Jon Jang, however, [...] Mel Minter \ Jan 17, 2008 Read More Flutist/composer James Newton
Greg Ruggiero’s Balance Albuquerque Native Returns To Celebrate Release Of New Cd Warm and liquid, the music of jazz guitarist Greg Ruggiero slides into the ear so easily, you don’t notice until it’s already had [...] Mel Minter \ Dec 13, 2007 Read More Greg Ruggiero and his guitar
Rahim Alhaj Home Again Chronicles Refugee’s Poignant 2004 Visit To Iraq Home Again (Fast Horse Recordings), the latest solo release from Iraqi oudist/composer Rahim Alhaj, sounds unfamiliar at first. The CD’s nine compositions are [...] Mel Minter \ Nov 15, 2007 Read More Representing Iraquerque: Rahim Alhaj
Dafnis Prieto Cuban-Born Drummer/Composer’s Quintet Mixes Jazz, Latin And Classical Textures At The Outpost Alongside the equipment commonly found in a jazz drum kit—toms, snare, kick drum, wood blocks, high hat, cymbals—drummer Dafnis Prieto mounts an unorthodox [...] Mel Minter \ Nov 01, 2007 Read More Dafnis Prieto
Luciana Souza Gets Personal Vocalist Brings The New Bossa Nova To The Outpost Every so often, the right song meets the right singer at the right time, producing a transcendent performance that marries them forever. Think [...] Mel Minter \ Oct 25, 2007 Read More Luciana Souza
Joshua Redman Brings Back East Out West Lyrical Saxophonist Explores The Trio Format Mention Brian Blade’s cymbal crash at 1:46 into “Indian Song,” track No. 4 on saxophonist Joshua Redman’s latest CD, Back East, and Redman [...] Mel Minter \ Oct 18, 2007 Read More Joshua Redman
Third Annual ¡Globalquerque! Discovers The Wide World Koko Taylor And Planet Drum Headline Stunning Round-The-World Lineup Exploring used to be such a bother. Years of raising cash, months sailing across uncharted seas, only to find something other than what [...] Mel Minter \ Sep 20, 2007 Read More
