Brazilian soul, funk, jazz, AOR maestro Ed Motta returns with his new album “Behind The Tea Chronicles” October 20th on the German MPS Records. First single “Safely Far” already asks for more. Its subtle groove and slick production enhance Ed’s robust and yet pretty versatile and steady voice.
Gina has just finished her weekly 60-minute playlist of songs we’ve come back to more than once during this past week. It features a track from the brilliant new EP “Brazilian Indie Hippie Retro” by Haroldo Bontempo, new music by Pat Metheny from his upcoming solo album due in July, another great new track by…
Four years after her last album “Kicks”, singer Rickie Lee Jones will release “Pieces Of Treasure”, an album of ten standards, produced by Russ Titelman, who was the producer of her first two albums in 1979 and 1981. Accompanying her on the new album, which will be released on April 28th, are Russell Malone on…
HighNote and Savant Records, the two labels working out of a basement on the Upper West Side in New York, just announced two new releases for April. Tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, a mainstay at the label since the 2000 release “Alexander The Great”, is hailed as one of the most ambitious and influential saxophonists of…
The programme for the 36th Cully Jazz Festival has been announced today. Located southeast of Lausanne and close to Montreux, the Swiss village will host some great artists again in April. From April 13th to April 21st, several venues will turn into jazz havens. The three locations are: Next Step, Chapiteau, and Temple. Among the…
Every few years, there is a guitarist popping up which garners more attention than your regular player. Dan Wilson, who started out as a guest on organist Joey DeFancesco‘s group, later joined Christian McBride‘s trio and has now released his debut on Christian’s Brother Mister label, called “Vessels Of Wood And Earth”. The bass man…
singer Silje Nergaard has released her album “Chain Of Days” last month (see also review on these pages) and is currently on tour through Germany. She stops by Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann at 7pm tonight to play a few songs from the new album. I’ll also have the pleasure of interviewing her live on stage to talk…