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Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra at Jazz Standards THU - SAT, FEBRUARY 7 - 9
Francesco Tristano performs classical and techno concert at Carnegie Hall The Distinctive Debuts II series is a project of the European Concert Hall Organization (ECHO), supported by the European Commission. For this series, the directors of Europe’s most important concert halls and Carnegie Hall—the only non-European member of ECHO—nominate young soloists or ensembles from their own countries to appear in other ECHO halls. Rising Stars nominees appear at Carnegie Hall in the Distinctive Debuts series in Weill Recital Hall.
Wall Street Journal Selects Senti Toy's record as a Best of 2007 "How many stories do you read on my face" is selected by Jim Fusilli as one of the Best of 2007.
Chris Potter's albums selected in the 10 best of 2007 by Chicago Tribune, PopMatters and the Redwood Jazz Allilance Chicago Tribune puts it in third position : "The wrting for Potter's tentet is so harmonically advanced, structurally sound and intellectually rigorous as to demand repeated listening" .
New York Times critics rank Roses by Bill McHenry in the top 5 of 2007 Ben Ratliff says the saxophonist Bill McHenry is a good example of Jazz at its best : always both old-fashioned and modern, and He plays with unabashed enthusiasm for melody: no mazes of harmony or time signature here; the warm, sweet lines ripely tumble out, dictating the band’s rhythm as they go.(#4 rank in the top 10 of 2007)
DownBeat features Antonio Sanchez, David King and Jeff Ballard, amongst the new generation of Jazz Drummers Jazz drumming has become a more complicated story, as genres have blended and blurred. A growing roster of inventive drummers incorporates aspects of Hip-Hop and rock, world music colors and odd time signatures..
Hot Box gives ***1/2 to Happy Apple The more I spun it, the warmer it felt. Jim Macnie, DOWNBEAT - November 2007
Gunther Schuller resurrects a Mingus Masterpiece Geoffrey Himes, DOWNBEAT - March 2007
Have trombone. Will travel, the Adventures of Rosewell Rudd John Ephland, GLOBAL RHYTHM - October 2007
Guillermo Klein spends a fortnight at the Village Vanguard Midway through the final set Klein with 11 pieces group , Los Guachos , seemed to share an esthetc intersection with Thad Jones, who reinvnetd the big band cannon on the same Vanguard bandstand
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