Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:47 +0000

On Friday, October 1st, Grammy® nominated guitarist/composer Julian Lage will return to New Haven’s Firehouse 12 with his working quintet, the Julian Lage Group. The band’s March 2009 performance at the venue, as documented in a New York Times feature...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:03:42 +0000

Today is the official street date for The ExPosed Blues Duo‘s debut release, BARE (Greene Avenue Music). The three year-old group, featuring frequent collaborators Fay Victor (voice) and Anders Nilsson (guitar), specializes in stripped-down arrangements of spirituals, jazz standards and...

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:52:38 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=htN_HnX589s Drummer/composer Mike Pride has posted a video for “Bole: the Mouth of What?”, a track from his forthcoming AUM Fidelity debut, Betweenwhile. The video features footage from the 2007 Fryeburg Fair in Fryeburg, Maine. “After a solo introduction by [pianist...

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:21:02 +0000

In today’s Hartford Courant, Owen McNally previews cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum‘s upcoming Acoustic Bicycle Tour, during which he will visit all six New England states and perform with local musicians. “A highly regarded Paladin of improvised music and celebrated sidekick of...

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:00:48 +0000

In today’s New York Times, Nate Chinen writes about three jazz vocalists he feels are carrying on certain aspects of the late Abbey Lincoln’s style and influence on their “excellent new albums.” Among them is our own Fay Victor, whose...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:20:07 +0000

Cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum and his newly revamped sextet continue their inaugural tour this Sunday night at the 31st International Jazzfestival Saalfelden in Saalfelden, Austria. The group, which has already performed in Boston and New York, is on the road...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:45:22 +0000

This October, Chicago-based drummer/composer Tim Daisy and his unusual chamber-jazz trio Vox Arcana will tour the Southeastern U.S. in support of its latest release, Aerial Age (Allos Documents). The five-city tour begins October 7th at Fluorescent Gallery in Knoxville, Tennessee, followed...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:25:31 +0000

Tonight, guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson‘s working trio, featuring bassist John Hébert and Ches Smith, plays Jazz Festival Willisau in Willisau, Switzerland. The group, which is on the road performing trio versions of music from her forthcoming release, Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records),...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:09:31 +0000

Firehouse 12′s 2010 Fall Jazz Series continues on Friday, September 24th with a two-set performance by Brooklyn-based trombonist/composer Curtis Hasselbring‘s longstanding quartet, The New Mellow Edwards (NMEs). For the past seven years, this unusual acoustic ensemble, which proudly incorporates primal...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:38:15 +0000

On November 9th, Playscape Recordings will release acclaimed bassist/composer Mario Pavone‘s 20th title as a leader, Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po (PSR#061010), the studio recording of his new five-part suite of the same name. Pavone composed this extended work for his...