Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:07:26 +0000

On Friday, April 9th, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present an exclusive two-set performance by eminent pianist/composer Myra Melford and her newest ensemble, Happy Whistlings. The two year-old group performs Ms. Melford’s 12-part suite of the same name inspired...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:37:58 +0000

Today is the official street date for eminent saxophonist/composer David S. Ware’s latest recording, Saturnian (solo saxophones: volume 1), on AUM Fidelity. Recorded live in October at New York’s Abrons Arts Center, this limited edition release documents Ware’s triumphant return to the...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:25:01 +0000

Canada’s 2010 JUNO Award nominations were announced yesterday and we’re proud to report that Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society is nominated in the Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year category for its 2009 debut, Infernal Machines (New Amsterdam Records). The...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:23:45 +0000

Drummer/composer Tomas Fujiwara and cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum are pleased to announce the April 20th North American street date for their latest duo recording, Stepwise (NotTwo Records). The follow-up to the group’s 2007 debut, True Events (482 Music), this release...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:54:35 +0000

On Friday, April 2nd, New Haven’s Firehouse 12 will present renowned percussionist/composer Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Quintet. This two-set performance of newly composed material is part of a series of East Coast dates in April and May supporting Rudolph’s two...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:24:22 +0000

On Wednesday, March 31st, Boston-based guitarist/composer Garrison Fewell and his Variable Density Sound Orchestra will perform at Johnny D’s Uptown Restaurant & Jazz Club in Somerville, Massachusetts. The group, which brings together a flexible cast of well-known improvisers from Boston,...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:43:53 +0000

Way back on Friday, March 1st, 2002, we turned on the lights and got down to the business of promoting independent creative improvised music. First and foremost, we’d like to thank all the clients who have trusted us to represent them...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:36:42 +0000

In a new feature article, published in Sunday’s Hartford Courant, Owen McNally calls the Peter Madsen Trio’s forthcoming release, The Litchfield Suite (Playscape Recordings), “a brilliant suite for jazz trio…with surging energies, wide-ranging colors and shifting moods expressed in soulful...

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:34:25 +0000

Steve Greenlee reviews Thursday night’s performance by Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society at Regattabar in today’s Boston Globe. “There’s nothing else like Secret Society in today’s jazz scene,” he declares. “His music, which relies as much on hard rock as swing,...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:27:38 +0000

On Sunday, February 28th, guitarist/composer Michael Musillami will return to Cornelia Street Café with his latest ensemble, the Michael Musillami Trio + 3. This all-star sextet augments Musillami’s longstanding flagship trio, featuring bassist Joe Fonda and drummer George Schuller, with Ralph...