Reviews

Ralph Peterson’s GenNext Big Band: I Remember Bu: Alive Vol. 4 @ Scullers Featuring Donald Harrison (Onyx)

Having come under the tutelage of Art Blakey (a.k.a. Buhaina, or “Bu” for short), drummer Ralph Peterson knows a thing or two about the value … Read More

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University of Toronto 12tet: When Day Slips Into Night (U of T Jazz)

Here’s proof that less can be more, with a range as broad as a full-blown big band yet retaining the subtleties and expanded solos of … Read More

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Antonio Adolfo: Encontros – Orquestra Atlantica (AAM)

Brazilian big-band music is relatively rare, at least in comparison with its Afro-Cuban and—obviously—swing kin. With Encontros – Orquestra Atlantica, pianist and composer Antonio Adolfo … Read More

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Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band: Presence (Smoke Sessions)

The big Orrin Evans news of the past year has, undoubtedly, been the pianist’s induction into the Bad Plus following the decision of that trio’s … Read More

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Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band: West Side Story Reimagined (Jazzheads)

Drummer Bobby Sanabria was born in the South Bronx in 1957, the same year West Side Story opened on Broadway. As a native New Yorker … Read More

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UCF Flying Horse Big Band: The Bat Swings (Flying Horse)

Holy bebop, Batman! Jeff Rupert, director of the University of Central Florida Flying Horse Big Band, decided to turn the school’s premier student ensemble loose … Read More

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Charles Pillow Large Ensemble: Electric Miles (MAMA)

In retrospect it’s easy to hear the evolution from Miles Davis’ mid-’60s albums to In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew, and On the Corner. Still, … Read More

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OSU Jazz Orchestra: Solid Gold (OSU Jazz Studies)

This Oklahoma State University big-band project is an intense collaboration with trombonist Michael Dease, whose straight-ahead sound and bubbling font of musical ideas can bring … Read More

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Omar Sosa & NDR Bigband: Es:sensual (Otá)

Es:sensual is not the Cuban-born pianist-composer Omar Sosa’s first meetup with Germany’s NDR Bigband or the Brazilian multi-tasker Jaques Morelenbaum. In 2010, the same three … Read More

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Dafnis Prieto Big Band: Back to the Sunset (Dafnison)

Dafnis Prieto has always been one to think big in his music, but this is the first time he’s opted to actually go big. For … Read More

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May 14

From 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT

OKAN
Flushing, New York
Apr 6 - May 25

From 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT

Flushing Town Hall Presents Jazz 101
Flushing, New York
May 15-16

From 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM EDT

Downtown Jamaica Jazz Festival Headlined by Ravi Coltrane