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Jazzer Noah Preminger Channels Bluesman Bukka White on 'Pivot: Live at the 55 Bar' (REVIEW)

For his fourth CD, recorded live in a Greenwich Village, NY bar, saxophonist Noah Preminger, 29, the Connecticut wonder, has taken trumpeter Jason Palmer, bassist Kim Cass and drummer Ian Froman into the studio to record two half-hour jammy trips of the music of Mississippi bluesman Bukka White [1907-1977]. The two 1940 Bukka classics-"Parchman Farm Blues" and "Fixin' To Die Blues"-have been covered by many artists in many genres...but never like this!
By Mike Greenblatt

  • BLOGARRHEA: Sax Man Ivo Perelman has Synesthesia; Hears Colors, Smells Music & Sees Aromas

    He's a painter and a prophet. This man named Ivo Perelman, compete with synesthesia, comes from Brazil to blow your mind with six CDs this year alone and 25 CDs over the last five years. Call it Saxarrhea. He goes into the studio with no rehearsal, no written music in hand and barely an idea of where the music will take him. Yet he is one of South America's most respected artists both on a canvas and on a stage. Just no sheet music, please.
    By Mike Greenblatt

  • Ravi Coltrane, Gerald Clayton and More to Play Monterey Jazz Festival 2016 Tour

    Last week, the Monterey Jazz Festival announced a 17 city, 28 concert U.S. tour featuring a band composed of some of modern jazz's most lauded players. The band for this tour includes musical director Gerald Clayton on piano, Ravi Coltrane on tenor and soprano saxophones, Nicholas Payton on trumpet and others to help round out the group.
    By Tony Catalano