Dizzy's Club Coca Cola in New York City
Jazz at Lincoln Center Doho - Qatar
Jazz Alley in Seattle, WA
Blue Note Jazz Club - Tokyo, Japan
Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge in Denver, CO
Ronnie Scott's in London
July 26, 2011 at 3:55 AM Hey Keiko Matsui fans! Here's the long awaited video from her latest album The Road... The beautifully filmed video features Ms. Matsui playing a white grand piano in the Mojave Desert on the outskirts of Palmdale, CA.
July 26, 2011 at 12:45 AM 
Chuck Loeb - Plain 'n' SimpleThis is the weekly US/Canada radio airplay list from JazzWeek.com
Want to see stats regarding how many radio stations played your favorite album or how much it moved up or down the chart from last week? Click here to get that information.
The week is a continuation of the reissue "theme". Jazz reissue after jazz reissue. Interested? Go check all of them out here. New music this week from guitarist Chuck Loeb, Wolfert Brederode, and Dominick Farinacci's new one is out. I wrote about it last month - you can read the preview here.
July 19, 2011 at 4:00 PM This great sounding album was released today (19 July 2011) in the US. Here's the video to the first single I Got Lost in His Arms featuring Gretchen Parlato, Esperanza Spalding, Ingrid Jensen, Helen Sung, Linda Taylor, Tineke Postma and Patrice Rushen . Enjoy!
Want to get the album? Click here to get it on Amazon.
July 19, 2011 at 3:30 AM 
Ivo Perelman Quartet - The Hour of the StarFor many critics of jazz, the term 'free jazz' is typically used in conjunction with a type of music that is supposedly inaccessible to the average music lover. It begs the question, who is the “average” listener, and how do we know what they would like? Is there a litmus test to determine what they prefer? Why do some critics feel the need to proselytize their opinions as de rigueur for jazz?
Part of the problem with many jazz critics is the pedagogy of what they deem to be "real jazz". It's often their personal tastes masquerading as what the “ideal” sound should be. In my opinion, putting limits on jazz as a default position is the most anti-jazz thing you can do. Jazz is ultimately about freedom of expression.
One musician that embodies the spirit of freedom is tenor saxophonist, Ivo Perelman.
Gerald Cleaver, Ivo Perelman, Joe Morris, Mathew Shipp, The Hour of the Star | in Artists, Music Review | Permalink 