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On The Cover:
MARILYN CRISPELL
(by Thomas Staudter)
…Long associated with the avant garde subset of jazz, Marilyn Crispell is renowned for her intense, unbridled musical artistry and acknowledges that forging her own way throughout her long career may have weakened any chance of mainstream popularity (which was never an issue for her anyway)...
Interview:
HARVIE S
(by Ken Dryden)
Bassist-composer Harvie S—for decades an in-demand player in greater NYC—was born Harvie Swartz in 1948 in Chelsea, MA, but in 2001, frequent misspellings of his surname finally caused him to legally change and simplify it to “S.” An alum of Berklee College of Music, Harvie S has developed an extensive discography as a leader, co-leader and sideman, in addition to being a prolific composer…
Artist Feature:
RUSSELL HALL
(by Matty Bannond)
In the city of New York, it’s easy to feel like the main character in an epic story. But bassist Russell Hall feels like dozens of main characters across an entire folkloric canon. He self-proclaims similarity to Ace Ventura, the Mad Hatter, The Karate Kid’s Daniel, Captain Jack Sparrow and a throng of other movie and storybook figures—while dressed, appropriately enough, as a pirate…
Encore:
LAJOS DUDAS
(by Anna Steegmann)
Turning 85 is a milestone for anyone, but especially for a musician like Lajos Dudas, a prominent figure on the European scene, though unfortunately not as well-known stateside. Nonetheless, he has spent over six decades redefining the boundaries of the clarinet and still carries the astonishment of an eight-year- old boy in Budapest who stumbled upon his destiny via the family radio…
Lest We Forget:
CHARLES KYNARD
(by Richard J. Skelly)
Thinking of the great Hammond B-3 players that are no longer in this realm there’s clearly Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Richard “Groove” Holmes, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Charles Earland, Larry Young and Jack McDuff. But what about Charles Kynard whose relatively short career makes a case for him as being the most unheralded of jazz and soul-jazz organists?...
VOXNews
(by Tessa Souter)
Something For Everyone…From intimate interpretations of the Great American Songbook to boundary-pushing fusions with soul, folk, spoken word and beyond, there is truly something for everyone this month…
Label Spotlight:
LOVELAND MUSIC
(by Jeff Cebulski)
The Danish guitarist, composer and arranger Jakob Bro basks in discovery and collaboration, so much so, that in 2003, when he was 25, he created his own label, Loveland Music (né Loveland Records)—just to have a reason to record and archive music he knew would not have broad appeal…
NY@Night
Album Reviews
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