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"The Happy Elf" is just one of many numbers that Harry Connick, Jr. dished out on Harry For The Holidays (Sony/Columbia, 2003), but this particular song proved to be the seed for cross-marketing manna, which makes it a microcosm of the man himself. Connick has crooned his way into the hearts of millions, proven himself on piano time and again, conquered the silver screen, and taken Broadway by storm, but his most heartwarming talent may be that of "children's entertainer...

The jazz piano trio survives. With all the changes in music, the birth of sampling, the death of the record store, and the fracturing of jazz genres, the piano trio continues to adapt and transmogrify, making it an evolutionary legacy. Sometimes, an evolutionary variation displays traits of both the new era and its primordial ancestors. Such is the sophomore release by August Rosenbaum's trio. The Danish pianist's music is packaged as an LP and an EP, two things that had pretty much become extinct before he was born in 1987...

Trombonist, composer and bandleader David White has been building a reputation in New York's vibrant jazz scene since arriving in 1999. The David White Quintet has become a fixture at various venues throughout the New York City area, and in 2007, he formed the seventeen-piece David White Jazz Orchestra, securing a standing engagement at Greenwich Village's Garage Restaurant and CafA(C). Flashpoint is the ensemble's debut recording, presenting nine White original compositions with the leader's arrangement of m: Duke Ellington's "David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might" opening the set...

Miguel Algarin is a Puerto Rican poet, founder of the Nuyorican Poets CafA(C) and Emeritus Professor of English at Rutgers University. Albey Balgochian is an improvising bassist who's worked with guitarist m: Dom Minasi and m: Cecil Taylor, in the pianist's trio and big band. Together for the first time on Soul To Sol Algarin and Balgochian spark off each other, words and music combining superbly on a series of duets between double bass and human voice...

The years 2010 and 2011 have already been a bumper period for re-releases of '70s improvised music--notably Emanem's Teatime and Life amid the artefacts--plus unreleased m: Derek Bailey (on More 74, Concert in Milwaukee and Scrutables). Now, after some delay, comes Goldsmiths, which could well be the pick of the bunch. It consists of a 67-minute live concert recording from London's Goldsmiths College made in March 1972, augmented by two shorter extracts of unknown provenance that are no mere extras, but contain music as vital and stimulating as the main concert...

The superior recording quality, tinged with reverb and a capacious aesthetic, serves as a third instrument on this studio recording by French pianist Benoit Delbecq and Canadian clarinetist m: Francois Houle. Both artists occupy that progressive, cutting-edge space within modern jazz contexts. With their third duo outing, the musicians use extended techniques in an intimate setting. Here, unorthodox treatments coalesce with sublime dialogues, spiking breakouts and melodic intervals, all executed with a sense of intimacy...

"The best of" Noa martedì sera al Modo di Salerno

E' morto il trombonista Bob Brookmeyer, aveva 81 anni

Grande successo a Marsiglia per il "Venosa Jazz Ensemble - Pino Jodice e Giuliana Soscia" critica a Cinque Stelle

Paolo Fresu in "a Solo", l'utimo concerto del ciclo 50!

"Art and Soul- Storie di musica in musica", "Educazione Sentimentale", ospite Danilo Rea, alla Casa del Jazz

Trio Metachoro e Daniella Firpo per Ferrara in Jazz

La splendida voce di Nicole Henry al Metropolitan Room di New York

Flavio Boltro e Marcio Rangel e Javier Girotto e Bebo Ferra – Kaleidoscopic Arabesque i due concerti del week end per Jazzset 2011

Operating on the fringes of the jazz establishment since the early 1990s, under-sung saxophonist Allen Lowe has earned meritorious praise for his distinctive efforts. It is his academic writings documenting the history of American folk music that have garnered him the most widespread critical acclaim however. Lowe's first foray into roots music, his 1994 album Dark Was the Night--Cold Was the Ground (Music and Arts), reconciled modernism with tradition, consequently inspiring his interest in scholarly dissertations like American Pop from Minstrel to Mojo: On Record 1893-1956 and That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History 1900-1950. No stranger to ambitious projects, Lowe's recent excursion into the blues, the wryly titled 3 disc set Blues and the Empirical Truth, encapsulates myriad variations on the timeless form. Expertly realized by a rotating roster of talent, the diverse line-up features all-stars like Marc Ribot, Roswell Rudd and Matthew Shipp working alongside a handful of lesser-known, but talented local musicians from Lowe's adopted hometown of Portland, Maine...

Nausicaa is the debut album from London-based Danish guitarist Kristian Borring. It's an assured and confident debut, demonstrating Borring's talents as a composer and player. There are some complex time signatures on display, but they're never overdone and the music remains accessible from the get-go...

The advent and enduring popularity of music videos has allowed artists to break out and garner an audience based on the recording and online posting of their live performances. This trend has been positive for vocalist Pauline Jean, whose mesmerizing performances of "Yoyo" and her signature song, "Dey/Rasenbleman," have led enthusiasts to seek out her 2009 release, A Musical Offering...

When We Forgot The Melody il nuovo Album della Rudi Records

Al via il 28 dicembre Umbria Jazz Winter#19. Tanta musica e non solo...

Rosalia De Souza e Jerry Popolo Quintet al Moro Jazz Club