Jon Gagan “Transits” Musical Cultures At The Outpost Bassist’s Quartet To Feature Music From His Latest Cd Tabla, acoustic and electric guitars, alto and tenor saxes, palmas, synth, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone and marimba, bongos, cajón, kora, djembe, telephone (and more) [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More Jon Gagan
Sonic Reducer Drummer Wilson’s nimble crew (Terrell Stafford, trumpet, flügelhorn; Gary Versace, piano, organ, accordion; Dennis Irwin, bass, clarinet), with assistance from a female vocal [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 01, 2007 Read More
Not Your Father’s Big Band Grammy-Nominated Trombonist John Fedchock Slides Into Town To Headline The Albuquerque Jazz Festival In this day and age, if you can keep a quality big band together for going on two decades—with many of the charter [...] Mel Minter \ Feb 15, 2007 Read More John Fedchock
Music To Your Ears Mahalo, Freddie— Freddie Kekaulike Baker, the Hawaii-born singer and multi-instrumentalist who entertained a couple of generations of Albuquerqueans, passed away suddenly on Feb. [...] Mel Minter \ Feb 15, 2007 Read More
Celebrate The Late, Great Clarinetist Kenny Davern Howard Alden, Eddie Daniels, Doug Lawrence And More Combine For A Multimedia Send-Off The jazz community was stunned to learn of the unexpected demise of clarinetist Kenny Davern, born John Kenneth O’Davorin, who died of a [...] Mel Minter \ Feb 01, 2007 Read More An exhibit of intimate Davern photographs by Genevieve Russell will also be on display at the Outpost show this Sunday. (Genevieve Russell)
Cuong Vu: Mixing The Menacing And The Ethereal Trumpeter’s Trio Builds Music On Fearless Trust And Intuition Trumpeter Cuong Vu attacks his instrument with a ferocious intensity usually reserved for rock guitars, and he uses many of the same electronic [...] Mel Minter \ Dec 07, 2006 Read More Cuong Vu
Sonic Reducer Even as you’re listening to track 1 for the first time, you’re looking forward to hearing this hybrid SACD/CD again. As satisfying as [...] Mel Minter \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More
On A Mission With Wynton Wynton Marsalis Quintet Members Share The Road And The Music Soon after being hired by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonist Walter Blanding, a green kid at the time, got a glimpse into the [...] Mel Minter \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More Wynton is the man.
Baird Hersey And Prana Breathe New Life Into Ancient Vocal Technique A Cappella Group Offers Musical And Meditative Experience The music of Baird Hersey’s a cappella vocal group Prana shares many of the ethereally beautiful and exotic qualities of whalesong. Unlike our [...] Mel Minter \ Oct 19, 2006 Read More In tune with Prana
Saxophonist Javon Jackson Makes First Visit To New Mexico “Super Band” Includes Pianist George Cables, Bassist Nat Reeves And Drummer Jimmy Cobb Tenor saxophonist Javon Jackson—he of the big round tone, killer rhythmic sense and elegant understatement—began his career playing with drummer Art Blakey’s Jazz [...] Mel Minter \ Oct 12, 2006 Read More Javon Jackson
