She just finished her European tour. I was lucky to catch up with her in Vienna. I’m still going back to her 1985 LP “Good Morning Kiss”. Her new one, “Soul To Soul”, is her best so far and one of the best recordings of 2014. Happy Birthday Carmen and many more to come!
I must admit that “Joanna” is not really my favorite Kool & The Gang song, but it does have a lasting trombone solo courtesy of Clifford Adams who died of liver cancer on Monday morning at the young age of 62. According to NJ.com, the Trenton, N.J., native “had no health insurance to cover medical…
John Carroll Kirby, the Los Angeles-based keyboardist, composer, and producer, just released the second single off his upcoming solo project “Piano Works 2016-2026”, due August 28th on Stones Throw Records. The album collects 14 impromptu pieces, composed and recorded whenever he had the opportunity to sit at a piano while on tour. The pieces on…
This year’s Musikfest Bremen features some interesting events again. Since 1989, this music festival which covers all kinds of genres, but mostly classical and jazz, has become increasingly popular. For the 2015 edition, here are my picks: Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant will introduce her new album “For One To Love” on September 3rd. Joining her…
Created in 1992, the EFG Jazz Festival is one of the hottest festivals in Europe. Every November, venues across the city are hosting over 300 concerts. And once again this year, the programming offers an immense number of new talents and big stars of the genre. The festival runs from November 15th to the 24th…
Singer, bassist and producer Adi Oasis, a French-Caribbean artist who recorded as Adeline before and released a double album in 2018, is now back with her first full-length album under that name, due out on March 3rd and called “Lotus Flow”, with the vinyl version to be released three weeks later. As a teaser, there…
Congratulations Cassandra Wilson on her 59th birthday. She is in the midst of her German tour playing Baden-Baden tomorrow, Munich on Saturday, St. Polten in Austria on Sunday and Frankfurt next Tuesday before winding it up in Bratislava on December 11th and Verona on the 13th. Cassandra is currently preparing the release of her next…