'Swingando' brings all of the emotions, energy and dynamics of growing up in Rio and keeping deeply in touch with the Latin culture.
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Music Review: Elektra Kurtis & Ensemble Elektra – “Bridges from the East”
Elektra Kurtis combines jazz with other ethnic forms. Her mission is to integrate in a natural way these musical traditions and styles as related throughout her life.
Read More »Music Review: Larry Wilson – ‘No Secrets No Lies’
Blending a myriad of sounds and instruments both acoustic and electronic, this musical journey promises a spectrum of sonic delight that’s sure to appeal to music lovers everywhere.
Read More »Music Review: Charlie Parker – ‘Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes’
With material taken from the end of the 1940s all the way up through 1952, 'Unheard Bird' finds Charlie Parker fitting his sound into such variations as fronting a big band, leading a quintet, floating effortlessly above a Latin jazz orchestra and playing alongside such jazz luminaries as Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Buddy Rich, and Dizzy Gillespie.
Read More »Music Review: Macy Gray ‘Stripped’ on Her New Album
With 'Stripped', Macy Gray marries her songwriting and interpretive skills in one place. The new album acts as proof that Gray's style has become its own blueprint on making, and playing, by one's own set of artistic rules to achieve longevity.
Read More »Can’t Turn It Off: The Nu Shooz Interview, Part 1
Between 1982 and 2016, Nu Shooz recorded six LPs and an EP. Their most recent effort, 'Bagtown' (2016, NSO Music), is the culmination of much musical study in understanding the distance and intimacy between pop and R&B. Both Valerie Day and John Smith discuss the birth of Nu Shooz, their biggest hit "I Can't Wait" and more in this exclusive interview with Blogcritics!
Read More »Can’t Turn It Off: The Nu Shooz Interview, Part 2
Between 1982 and 2016, Nu Shooz recorded six LPs and an EP. Their most recent effort, 'Bagtown' (2016, NSO Music), is the culmination of much musical study in understanding the distance and intimacy between pop and R&B. Both Valerie Day and John Smith discuss the birth of Nu Shooz, their biggest hit "I Can't Wait" and more in this exclusive interview with Blogcritics!
Read More »Concert Review: Martin McQuade at Gulf Coast Restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, August 7, 2016
Vocalist Martin McQuade and pianist/background vocalist Pete Sokolow present a jazz-inspired repertoire live at Gulf Coast restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Read More »Music Review: Elisabeth Lohninger – ‘Eleven Promises’
Elisabeth Lohninger is a fine singer and her original songs provide her with ample opportunity to show what she can do.
Read More »Music Review: Livio Almeida – ‘Action & Reaction’
"Livio is an amazing example of playing with all three elements intact, intellect, passion and soul. He writes and performs in that rare balance of precision and yet freedom. This record perfectly captures Livio’s energy in all three elements." - Arturo O’Farrill
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