From nonesuch
Chris Thile Shares the Story Behind His New Album, “Thanks for Listening”
By: Michael Hill
Thanks for Listening began as a simple idea: To document, in a studio setting, the tunes that singer, songwriter, and mandolinist Chris Thile had composed for the new “Song of the Week” segment of public radio’s A Prairie Home Companion during his inaugural season as host. Thile had set himself a formidable musical challenge and, as befits this enthusiastically risk-embracing artist, he was more than up to the task. In addition to traveling, planning, rehearsing, and performing on the fifteen episodes of APHC’s 2016–17 season, Thile managed each week to create a funny, topical, and at times quite poignant new song he would play with a rotating cast of APHC band-mates and guest stars. These were not throwaway radio bits, but smart, fully realized compositions. They served the needs of the show but... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 16th, 2017 in News
From Napa Valley Register
David Sanborn headlines Blue Note’s first anniversary
By: David Kerns
David Sanborn is a bona fide saxophone superstar. Performing for more than 40 years, he has released 24 albums, including six certified gold and one platinum,... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 16th, 2017 in News
From All About Jazz
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Agrima
By: Angelo Leonardi
Long-awaited, this week’s Agro -Indo-Pak Coalition is released by Rudresh Mahanthappa , an album where eastern and contemporary traditions blend into articulate and enthralling paths. At nine years of the... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 16th, 2017 in News
From JamBase
Jazz From The Valley
By: Claire Sitarz
Hudson Performs At Ardmore Music Hall – Photos, Recap & Videos.
The first time I saw John Scofield play guitar, it changed the way I thought about live music. The intensity... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 13th, 2017 in News
From Spindle Magazine
PREMIERE: DEVA MAHAL – ‘TAKE A GIANT STEP’
By: Amy Hughes
Deva Mahal is aptly named. The daughter of blues icon Taj Majal and dancer, artist, and educator Inshirah Mahal, the singer has music in her blood,... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 12th, 2017 in News
From Chicago Tribune
Anat Cohen Celebrates ‘Happy Song’ On A Grand Scale
By: Howard Reich
Clarinetist Anat Cohen has performed often in Chicago through the years, but never in as plush an instrumental setting as she led Saturday night at... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 9th, 2017 in News
From PBS
Havana Time Machine
GREAT PERFORMANCES and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES present Havana Time Machine.
To see the Roberto Fonseca performance, start at the 29 minute mark in the video.
To read more click here Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 9th, 2017 in News
From NPR Music WBUR
First Listen: Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, ‘Agrima’
By: Nate Chinen
Indo-Pak Coalition, an improvising trio led by the alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, finds its purpose in myriad forms of convergence. A decade ago the group released... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 9th, 2017 in News
From PBS
Havana Time Machine – Siboney
Ochoa is best known for his work in the Grammy-winning Cuban ensemble Buena Vista Social Club. GREAT PERFORMANCES and Latino Public Broadcasting’s VOCES present Havana Time Machine on Friday October 6 at 9PM... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 9th, 2017 in News
From Trinidad and Tobago NEWSDAY
Street Party on road Carnival Monday
By: Debra Greaves
After a successful 2017 mas band, We the People, internationally renowned trumpeter Etienne Charles and his friends launched his 2018 Carnival Monday evening band Street Party.... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 6th, 2017 in News
From The Boston Globe
Jack DeJohnette and company share a musical home in Hudson
By: Bill Beuttler*
New York’s Hudson Valley has inspired much art through the years, from the Hudson River School of painters in the mid-19th century to... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 6th, 2017 in News
From Chicago Tribune
Anat Cohen streches out with ‘Happy Song’
By: Howard Reich
The exceptional clarinetist Anat Cohen has spanned many genres in concert and on recordings, but never has she covered so much ground so cohesively as on her... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 5th, 2017 in News
From The Washington Post
The members of jazz supergroup Hudson find solace at home in upstate New York
By: Rudi Greenberg
The band Hudson was born and a plan was hatched: They’d record original compositions, along with improvisational jazz takes... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 5th, 2017 in News
From The Washington Post
The Bad Plus Is Gorgeously Idiosyncratic at the Hamilton
By: Michael J. West
When the Bad Plus played its first D.C. gig, at Blues Alley in 2001, the band was the new big thing in jazz... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 4th, 2017 in News
From Daily Local
CONCERT PREVIEW: Jazz supergroup Hudson to visit Ardmore Music Hall
By: Fern Brodkin
Hudson, the jazz quartet that released their eponymous debut album (Motéma, 2017) in June, will visit Ardmore Music Hall on Oct. 11. The group... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 4th, 2017 in News
From DownBeat
Q&A with David Sanborn: Still Savoring the Scene
By: Michael Jackson
David Sanborn was the most salient alto saxophonist of the ’70s and ’80s, a musician who parlayed his visceral, immediately recognizable sound into a successful solo career... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 4th, 2017 in News
From Time Out
Tickling the keys: an interview with Israeli piano man Idan Raichal
By: Elianna Bar-El
Spanning a 15-year career, Israeli musical icon Idan Raichel has toured across the world, bringing a cross-cultural blend of international sounds to the... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 3rd, 2017 in News
From The New York City Jazz Record
Festival Report: Newport
Inside the fort, a hard-hitting ensemble directed by pianist Danilo Pérez performed Quincy Jones’ “Jessica’s Day” and Dizzy Gillespie’s “Cubano Be, Cubano Bop”, with strong solos by trumpeter Avishai Cohen,... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 2nd, 2017 in News
From Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation awards 25 fellowships to US artists driving social change
The Ford Foundation today announced 25 new Art of Change fellowships that will support visionary artists and cultural leaders in creating powerful works of art that... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 2nd, 2017 in News
From Compton Herald
Maceo Parker’s Ray Charles tribute ‘To Ray with Love’, Oct. 19
In the fall of 1963, Parker was standing out the back of The Coliseum in Greensboro’, N.C., waiting to catch a glimpse of anyone from the... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 2nd, 2017 in News
From The Ottawa Citizen
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet CD reviewed
By: Peter Hum
The jazz drummer’s new album, released last week, is a triumph of distilled, highly expressive music.
Released Friday, the quartet’s new album, Jersey, documents just how striking... Read The Full Article
Posted Oct 2nd, 2017 in News
From Daily Times Entertainment
Jazz trio Bad Plus makes final Philly area performance with Ethan Iverson
By: Brian Bingaman
Over the past 17 years, the irreverent power trio came to be known for their creativity, flair for live performance and... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 29th, 2017 in News
From La Opinion
Lila Downs: for joy or sadness, music
By: Victoria Infante
After collecting money to help her countrymen, the singer will offer a show this Friday at the Dolby Theater.
To the question of “how are you?”, Lila... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 29th, 2017 in News
From Huntington Herald Dispatch
Album to be all-star tribute to Little Jimmy Dickens
Country and bluegrass hero Little Jimmy Dickens was a true American icon, but he was a West Virginian first. So when the West Virginia Music Hall of... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 29th, 2017 in News
From The New York Times
The Playlist: Hear Beyoncé Join ‘Mi Gente,’ Plus 9 More New Songs
By: Giovanni Russonello
Mark Guiliana, Jersey
Mr. Guiliana is a drummer now best known for playing on David Bowie’s final album, the darkly... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 29th, 2017 in News
From Poughkeepsie Journal
Jazz with Hudson: A guardrail groove, songs that swing
John W. Barry
The name of this jazz ensemble pays tribute to the river that defines a region, provides a sweeping identity to countless communities and continues to... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 28th, 2017 in News
From The Statesman
Lila Downs lanza disco ‘Salón, lágrimas y deseo’ y estará en Austin
By: Perla Arellano
*Translated
The singer Lila Downs has just released a new album titled Salon, Tears and Desire, in which, after several musical compilations... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 28th, 2017 in News
From NPR
Cyrille Aimée And Daymé Arocena Make Jazz Their Own
By: Nate Chinen
Jazz singing has always been a tree with firm roots, but a wild entanglement of branches. Its sound and shape are mutable, prone to outside influence... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 28th, 2017 in News
From All About Jazz
Mark Guiliana: Jersey
By: Geno Thackara
With an all-encompassing style that keeps him in high demand throughout the jazz world and beyond, perhaps it’s unsurprising (if unfortunate) that Mark Guiliana boasts only a handful of titles... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 28th, 2017 in News
From La Tercera
Joe Lovano leads the third Chile Jazz Festival
By: Rodrigo Gonzalez
A festival takes the post of another already disappeared, of fleeting life and reflection of the activities of a radio related to the syncopated rhythm. At... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 28th, 2017 in News
From SFJAZZ
A CENTURY OF SONG: MONK AT 100
By: Richard Scheinin
Four Monk interpreters will lead the centenary series, starting with pianist Danilo Perez and his trio (Oct. 13). They will re-explore Perez’s Panamonk album from 1996, demonstrating the... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 28th, 2017 in News
From Daily Freeman
Jazz quartet Hudson plays Oct. 4 at Bardavon in Poughkeepsie
The band Hudson, featuring jazz standouts Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, John Medeski and John Scofield, will give a concert Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m. at the... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 27th, 2017 in News
From Sentinel-Tribune
Grammy winning guitar great John Scofield headlining festival
By: Roger Lapointe
Fresh off his 2017 Grammy Awards, jazz great John Scofield will be featured Saturday as part of the 2017 Orchard Guitar Festival, a free show, at Bowling... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 27th, 2017 in News
From Latin Grammy
Congratulations to all of this year’s Latin Grammy nominees! Most especially to those from the IMN family of artists:
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM
Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo
Lila Downs
Label: Sony Music Entertainment México
BEST PORTUGUESE... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 26th, 2017 in News
From NPR Music_
20 Years On, That Buena Vista Social Club Magic Endures
By: Anastasia Tsioulcas
Twenty years ago this month, Americans were introduced to the romantic sounds of the Buena Vista Social Club. It was an unlikely group of... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 26th, 2017 in News
From Okayplayer
Deva Mahal’s “Run Deep” is a Thunderous Modern-Soul Anthem
By: ZO
The heiress to a blues and soul dynasty, Deva Mahal has inherited a rare legacy along with her name.
On October 27th, she’ll release a self-titled EP,... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 22nd, 2017 in News
We’re looking forward to seeing our friends and colleagues at this year’s regional conferences!
Here’s where you’ll find the IMN team:
Art Midwest – Booth #604
Michael Fox, Midwest Agent: m.fox@imnworld.com
Nicole Mailloux, North America Agent Assistant: nicole@imnworld.com
Western Arts... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 20th, 2017 in IMN / Industry News
From DownBeat Magazine – October 2017
Simply ELLA
By: Dan Ouellette
Violinist Regina Carter has spent much of 2017 promoting her 10th album, Ella: Accentuate The Positive (OKeh), which is not only a superb tribute to Ella Fitzgerald in the... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 20th, 2017 in News
From The Irish Times
Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet: Artfully poised between tradition and invention
By: Cormac Larkin
Hailed as one of the pioneers of contemporary drumming, and latterly showered with attention following his appearance on David Bowie’s valedictory Blackstar album,... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 20th, 2017 in News
From Forbes
Brad Mehldau And Chris Thile Prove Smart Music Can Also Be A Lot Of Fun
By: Steve Baltin
Grammy-winning mandolinist/instrumentalist Chris Thile and Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Brad Mehldau are no strangers to many admirers of virtuoso musicianship. However,... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 18th, 2017 in News
From KNKX
The New Cool: Beyond Jazz and Bluegrass
By: Abe Beeson
Brad Mehldau plays piano and Chris Thile plays mandolin and sings a bit. Their new album is self-titled and is a blend of jazz and free-flowing bluegrass, but... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 15th, 2017 in News
From Praemium Imperiale
2017 Laureates – Praemium Imperiale Awards
“The Praemium Imperiale is a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. Since its inauguration in 1988, it has become a mark of the arts. Six nomination committees,... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 14th, 2017 in News
From The Mercury News
Seeking Truth And Freedom With A Jazz Trumpet
By: Paul Freeman
Avishai Cohen is more than a trumpeter. More than a composer. He’s a seeker.
Cohen says he and the musicians who share the stage with... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 13th, 2017 in News
From Cultural Attaché
Avishai Cohen Wonders: Is Writing Music Going to Bring about the Big Change?
By: Craig Boyd
If you were to ask jazz trumpeter Avishai Cohen what prompted him to title his new ECM Recording Cross My Palm... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 13th, 2017 in News
From Billboard
Common, Karriem Riggins and Esperanza Spalding Help the Detroit Jazz Festival Cross Over
By: Natalie Weiner
“I’m a Motown baby, a jazz baby—a music baby,” Regina Carter told the crowd at the Detroit Jazz Festival last Sunday, a... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 11th, 2017 in News
From DownBeat
Music Preview: Guiliana Returns Home on ‘Jersey’
As both leader and collaborator, the versatile drummer Mark Guiliana spends much of his time exploring jazz’s fascinating fringes, producing some of his best music in the place where EDM and... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 8th, 2017 in News
From Chicago Tribune
From Vijay Iyer to Anat Cohen, promising new releases
By: Howard Reich
Recordings of great interest for the fall season:
Anat Cohen Tentet, “Happy Song” (Oct. 6). The inimitable clarinetist-saxophonist explores new instrumental colors.
To read more... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 7th, 2017 in News
From Milwaukee Record
Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau bring fun and feelings to the Wilson Center
By: Josh Hoppert
Thursday night, ahead of an appearance by Chris Thile and Brad Mehldau at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts,... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 1st, 2017 in News
From NPR Music
Houston’s Jazz Envoys Describe A Vibrant Scene Deluged, And Worry For Its Future
By: Nate Chinen
“I have maybe hundreds of family members in Houston,” said Moran, who among other things is the artistic director for jazz... Read The Full Article
Posted Sep 1st, 2017 in News