USA: Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey-Utter(2018)

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n 2016 Tom Rainey and I went on our second extended tour as a duo, this time all along the West Coast of the United States. As a duo, we had been playing improvised music until then. For this tour, we wanted to change concept and also include composition. It was clear to us that we didn't want to read music on stage, so we rehearsed and memorized the compositions. In our performances we weave in and out of these pieces in whatever way we feel like - the composed material is triggered by small musical cues either of us can play at any given moment. Flutter and Shutter were written by both of us and Chant II is a composition of mine. The other tunes are improvised. Ingrid Laubrock, 06/09/2018 credits released September 3, 2018 Ingrid Laubrock tenor and soprano saxophones Tom Rainey drums Recorded on 04/10/2018 at Brooklyn Recording by Andy Taub Assistant engineer: Sam Wahl Mixed at Brooklyn Recording by Andy Taub Mastered by Weasel Walter Artwork by Lain York - cover: Sitemap, back: Hulks www.lainyork.com

USA: ROBERTA DONNAY & the Prohibition Mob Band Birdland Jazz Club THURS, JAN 10th 5:30-7pm Celebrating "My Heart Belongs To Satchmo"

JOIN THE PROHIBITION MOB!  THURS, JAN 10 2019 ROBERTA DONNAY & the Prohibition Mob Band Birdland Jazz Club  5:30-7pm celebrating "My Heart Belongs To Satchmo" Reserve your table now! Sample Video Birdland Jazz Club  315 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036 212.581.3030 Veteran vocalist Roberta Donnay, whose new album "My Heart Belongs to Satchmo—a collection of tunes from the Louis Armstrong songbook of the 1920's-1930's—is drawing rave reviews. A versatile performer with a wide range of platforms, Donnay has written, produced and performed songs that have appeared on television ("One Life to Live," "All My Children," "The Young & The Restless" and "Nash Bridges," among others), documentaries ("Pie Lady of Pie Town," and "Reservoirs of Strength"), and served as music supervisor ("Journey Of The Universe"). "My Heart Belongs to Satchmo" is Donnay's ninth CD (now signed to Blujazz), a tribute to Louis Armstrong with her group, the Prohibition Mob Band. Her interest in roots music was inspired from the radio, performing with Dick Oxtot's Golden Age Jazz Band, recording with legendary jazz producer Orrin Keepnews, researching lost and obscure material from the Jazz Age, and touring 10 ½ years as singer/percussionist with Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks. As a songwriter and performer, Donnay has won awards including ASCAP Composer Awards, Top Solo Indie Artist in Performing Songwriter Magazine, one of the Best Albums in DownBeat Magazine, and an International Film Music Award. As a singer and performer, Donnay has opened for, or performed with, Joey Alexander, George Benson, Bob Dorough, David Grisman, Bela Fleck, John Hammond, Dan Hicks, Dr. John, Christian McBride, Maria Muldaur, Lewis Nash, Joe Sample, David Sanborn, Leon Russell, Bonnie Raitt, Rickie Lee Jones, Lee Ritenour, Booker T. Jones, Tuck & Patti and many more. "A modern take of the hot swingin' jazz and sultry blues of the 1920s and 30s that will make you want to dance all night!" - Verdi Club "She is an endangered species." -- Dr. Herb Wong, legendary jazz expert "Award-winning vocalist and songwriter Roberta Donnay is that rare species of musician who almost lives in another time, as she and her Prohibition Mob Band exist to revive the Jazz Age of America." — Motema Music "Roberta Donnay is a Jazz Age preservationist, guardian of Depression-era sounds, and extender of traditions, but her music isn't covered with cobwebs or dated in any way." — All About Jazz "With her singularly enticing sound, few contemporary vocalists are as well suited to dustily vintage material as jazz-blues stylist Roberta Donnay. — Jazz Times  "Donnay's voice could make any classic material sound wondrous and timeless, but the fact that she digs so deep into American musical history -- makes "A Little Sugar" not only sweet, but a recording that will stand the test of time". – All Music Guide for more info: www.robertadonnay.com

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USA: Vocalist/Alto Saxophonist Althea Pettigrew Speakeasy Jazz Birthday Celebration Saturday, January 12th 2019

USA: Vocalist/Alto Saxophonist Althea Pettigrew Speakeasy Jazz Birthday Celebration Saturday, January 12th 2019

Date: Saturday, January 12th 2019

Venue: NABE Underground 

Address: 2367 Frederick Douglas Blvd. (127th & 8th Avenue). 

 

Jazz Music/Jam Session

Music: Steve “Sonny” Williams Band

R.S.V.P. To ptheodora@aol.com

USA: Esperanza Spalding-12 Little Spells (Concord 2018)

12 Little Spells" (Thoracic Spine) grounded sensation of perpetual connection with the immensity of the external world. for increased oxygen and circulatory support from the external world to anatomical and/or energetic lungs and heart. Via sensations of the conversational exchange - circulation - between the abundant “outside” and our internal body. Grounding the sensation of infinite exchange with external systems of support, in the bellows of our rib-cage cavity, mounted on the spinal pole.

USA: Maria Grand, Magdalena (Biophilia) 2018

Following up her 2017 debut EP Tetrawind (“kinetic and abstract … intuitive and confident,” jazzweekly.com), tenor saxophonist, composer and vocalist María Grand returns with her full-length debut Magdalena from the innovative Biophilia Records. Her guiding intent is to explore modern family relationships through the lens of Egyptian and early Christian myths, connecting them to the pioneering work of family therapist Virginia Satir. Proceeding from the conviction that “healing families heals humanity,” Grand conceives a set of music within “a feminine non-hierarchical power structure,” she explains. “This means that the traditional form of solos is exploded into a more collective conversation.” In the mercurial, asymmetric rhythms and flowing dialogue of Grand and her core trio with bassist Rashaan Carter and drummer Jeremy Dutton, we hear the musical analogue of two parents and a child. This trio dynamic is manifest most clearly on “TI. Isis,” “TII. María” and “TIII. Magdalena,” each constructed around a particular triad and inspired by three mythical women who serve “as examples of a woman’s power,” Grand says. These pieces also contain layers of symbolism: on “TI. Isis,” as Grand states in the liner notes, “The melody has every note that exists in a chromatic scale except for one, the piece that Isis didn’t... more credits released May 11, 2018 María Grand, tenor saxophone; Jasmine Wilson, spoken word; Amani Fela, spoken word; Mary Halvorson, electric guitar; David Bryant, piano; Fabian Almazan, piano; Rashaan Carter, acoustic bass; Jeremy Dutton, drums

USA: Wendy Eisenberg, The Machinic Unconscious (Tzadik) / Its Shape Is Your Touch (VDSQ 2018

JazzWorldQuest Showcase 2018

Featuring:

MAqam Ensemble(Syria/Qatar), Vly Jones(USA), Igor Willcox Quartet(Brazil), Javier Subatin(Portugal), Darryl Yokley(USA), Molly Tigre(USA), César Cardoso(Portugal), Los Rumberos de la Bahia(USA), The Syrinx Effect(USA), Maria Schafer(USA), Robin Menuett Trio(USA), Alexandra Jackson(USA), Allan Licht(USA), Iñaki Arakistain Band(Spain), Uziel Colon(Puerto Rico), Beverley Beirne(UK, Dan Pugach Nonet(USA), Evan Mustard Trio(USA), Devin Gray(USA), Duende Libre(USA), Adam Hawley(USA), Ricardo Bacelar(Brazil), Under The Lake(USA), The Nittwitts(USA), Tal Babitzky and Beatskey Band(Israel)-