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    For the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann's birth, Isata Kanneh-Mason takes us on a journey through the composer's extraordinary life / WFMT
     
    Posted At : July 12, 2019 12:00 AM

    For the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann's birth, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason takes us on a journey through the composer's extraordinary life. Kanneh-Mason joins forces with an all-female line-up to champion the significance of women musicians throughout the years and their influence on the classical music canon. The recording features Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto, along with solo works for piano and Three Romances for violin and piano. For Friday July 12, Isata Kanneh-Mason ROMANCE - THE PIANO MUSIC OF CLARA SCHUMANN is the WFMT: Chicago 'Featured New Release p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d}

  • Yannick Nezet-Seguin underwrites 'Cabrillo Festival Of Contemporary Music' for next 3 years / BroadwayWorld
     
    Posted At : July 12, 2019 12:00 AM

    The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is pleased to announce that it has received a $30,000 gift commitment from Conductor & Pianist Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera and The Philadelphia Orchestra, and Artistic Director of Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal. Nézet-Séguin's gift will underwrite the Festival's Conducting Fellowships over the next three years. Nézet-Séguin stepped forward with this multi-year gift after a major grant from the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation, which was awarded in 2010, sunsetted this year. The Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conducting Fellowships will provide free tuition and travel support to the top-tier Fellows of the Cabrillo Festival Conductors/Composers Workshop. The Workshop brings together leading faculty, the award-winning Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, and early career conductors and composers for a professional training program that focuses on the creation and performance of new music. "I firmly believe we must invest in the future generation in order for our art form to thrive and inspire," said Nézet-Séguin. READ THE FULL BroadwayWorld ARTICLE

  • With no editing, Lyn Stanley charms us on 'London With a Twist - direct to disc' / LEMON WIRE
     
    Posted At : July 12, 2019 12:00 AM

    Lyn Stanley continues to amaze fans and critics alike. Her latest release, "Lyn Stanley's Favorite Takes London With a Twist Live at Bernie's" is a direct-to-CD recording. Without the convenience of magnetic tape, or the opportunity to edit or "fix" later, the music is recorded directly onto an analog disc. The musicians play straight through, and if a mistake is made, either they stop playing or they continue. The result is a vibrant album that finds Stanley making classics sound like her own. Songs originally done by a range of artists from Cole Porter to Bruce Springsteen, take on a different vibe with Stanley's sultry voice giving them life. READ THE FULL LEMON WIRE REVIEW

  • Warm, clear, cozy, bopping and bluesy, Sarah McKenzie 'Secrets Of My Heart' is bubbling with ideas / Jazz Weekly
     
    Posted At : July 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    Vocalist and songwriter Sarah McKenzie plays piano with Pierre Boussaguet/b, Dan Wilson/g, Donald Edwards/dr and a collection of guests on percussion, strings and woodwinds on summery mix of originals and covers. Her phrasing is warm and clear, cozy with her  samba'd "De Nada" teamed with Danilo Caymmi's flute, and breezy "Till The Endo of Time" with strings and sax in support. A pair of bopping and bluesy work with Boussaguet maxes for some swinging "I Fell In Love With You" and "It's All About Love" with her voice intimate with Wilson on her intro to "My True Love Is You." She shows her piano chops on a Gershwin Medley, while her alacrity is never in doubt on a clever take of the James Bond turned indie piece "You Only Live Twice." Bubbling with ideas. SEE THE Jazz Weekly PAGE p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d}

  • Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak set to headline Bastille Day concert / OPERAwire
     
    Posted At : July 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    The Orchestra National de France and the Choeur and Maîtrise de Radio France will present a free Bastille Day concert on Sunday, Jul. 14, 2019 which will take place "at the foot of the Eiffel Tower . . . [and] will be followed by the very famous fireworks," according to SortiraParis. Jaap Van Zweden will lead the orchestra. The event will kick off with the "Hungarian March" from Berlioz' "The Damnation of Faust." Then, Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak will sing the aria "Je Veux Vivre" from Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette." The orchestra will perform the opening from Bizet's "Carmen," and the "Habanera," sung by French mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez, will follow. German bass René Pape will sing "Le Veau d'Or" from Gounod's "Faust," and Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński will perform "Vedro con mio diletto" from Vivladi's "Giustino." French tenor Roberto Alagna and classical guitarist Xuefei Yang will perform Charles Aznavour's "La Mamma." Alagna will later return to sing "Rachel, quand du Seigneur" from Fromental Halévy's "La Juive," "Le Muletier et la Jeune Personne" from Offenbach's "La Périchole" with Gaëlle Arquez, and "L'Heure Exquise" from Lehar's "La Veuve Joyeuse" with Aleksandra Kurzak. Yang will return for Joaquin Rodrigo's Concerto d'Aranjuez (adagio). READ THE FULL OPERAwire ARTICLE

  • George Winston planning a 'summer songs' set for Wildwood Park / Arkansas Democrat & Gazette
     
    Posted At : July 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    Pianist George Winston will play primarily spring and summer songs for his program tomorrow Friday June 12 at Wildwood Park for the Arts. He thinks it has been more than two decades since he last performed in Little Rock. He's close. His last concert in Fayetteville was in November 2009; he played Fayetteville and Little Rock in February 1994. "I haven't been there in awhile," he admits. "It's been too long. Just one thing or another; I don't know what happened. It's great to get back there. I hope to make it more often than every 20 years." Winston will be donating 100% of his artist profit from merchandise sales to the Arkansas Foodbank; and concertgoers are encouraged to donate nonperishable food items. "We always invite a local food bank, and ask people to bring cans of food if they can," Winston says. "We always donate the CD proceeds to food banks." That has been going since about 1986, he adds. Winston said last week he was still working on the program for the Wildwood concert. "It'll be what I call the 'summer show,' with what I regard as spring and summer-type songs," he explains. "I've got the 'winter show' also, fall and winter stuff, and I try to alternate each time I play someplace." The set list will likely include "one or two songs, maybe" from Winston's latest album, Restless Wind, released May 3 on his Dancing Cat label. The rest will mostly be material from his "season" albums, "some of the things I did on [my recordings of] Vince Guaraldi's music and some newer things, kind of a mixture of ballads and uptempo."  PHOTO: Todd V Wolfson p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px} read the full Arkansas Democrat & Gazette article

  • Anna Shelest discusses 'Donna Voce' with classical radio
     
    Posted At : July 11, 2019 12:00 AM

    Anna Shelest's first release featuring virtuosic repertoire by women composers from the last three centuries. The program sheds light on the under-explored territory of piano repertoire and makes the case that the music of female composers, many of whom were virtuoso pianists, is as relevant today as the music of their male counterparts. Works by Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn, Cecile Chaminade, Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger, and Chiayu Hsu. In conjunction with this new release Ms. Shelest has made herself available TODAY!!!, July 11, to discuss the recording with classical radio networks and stations around the US. Watch for our tweets throughout the day.

Top 10 for Jul

  • Long Yu - Shanghai Symphony Orchestra :

    Gateways w/Maxim Vengerov

     "A superpower of China's burgeoning music world" (Washington Post), Long Yu releases Gateways, the second album in his and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's new partnership with Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Laurence Hobgood :

    t e s s e t e r r a

     The Laurence Hobgood Trio with string quartet ETHEL "Two impressive things stand out: how enormous his arrangements make the string quartet sound, and how fluidly these seven musicians blend together.
  • Keith Jarrett :

    J.S. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, LIVE

     In February 1987, Keith Jarrett recorded, on piano, the first book of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach.
  • Philip Bailey :

    Love Will Find A Way

     Philip Bailey, the legendary falsetto voice, Grammy Award winner and co-founder of Earth, Wind & Fire announces his upcoming solo album Love Will Find A Way via Verve Records on June 21 with the release of the first single "Billy Jack," which he co-produced with Robert Glasper.
  • Chloe Flower :

    Get What U Get

     After sending shockwaves through the socialsphere following her electrifying performance alongside Cardi B at the 2019 Grammy Awards, high-energy performance pianist Chloe Flower releases her first-ever original single on Sony Music Masterworks.
  • Hildur Guonadottir :

    Chernobyl - Music From The HBO Miniseries

     Based on an untold true story, "Chernobyl" is a five-part miniseries airing on HBO.
  • Angelique Kidjo :

    Celia

     On April 19, Angélique Kidjo will release Celia (Verve/Universal Music France), an album that honors Celia Cruz, widely known as "the Queen of Salsa" and the most popular Latin artist of the 20thcentury.
  • Camila Meza :

    Ambar

     Today, multitalented vocalist, songwriter and instrumentalist Camila Meza releases her debut album on Sony Music Masterworks, Ámbar.
  • Luciano Pavarotti :

    PAVAROTTI OMP

     From the filmmaking team behind the highly-acclaimed documentary The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years, PAVAROTTI is a riveting film that lifts the curtain on the icon who brought opera to the people.
  • The Stan Getz Quartet :

    Getz at The Gate

     On November 26, 1961, saxophonist Stan Getz and his relatively new quartet of Steve Kuhn, John Neves, and Roy Haynes performed at New York's Village Gate.

Bill Frisell Trio was maybe all-time best RIJF show / Rochester City Newspaper

Posted: June 23, 2019 12:00 AM | By: Admin
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It's a stunning moment when an artist allows us inside his or her head, to that lifetime-retrospective rattling around in the brain. But that's what happened during the second show from the Bill Frisell Trio on Saturday night at the Temple Building Theater. This is the 18th Rochester International Music Festival. I've covered them all, and I would never pick an all-time best show. But this one would certainly be in the conversation. Frisell opened with an uninterrupted, 55-minute medley of guitar, bass and drums. Fifty-five minutes - that's supposed to be all there is, right? But after a moment's pause, the Bill Frisell Trio went right back to work. Another 25-minute, uninterrupted medley. 

READ THE FULL City Newspaper ARTICLE

Crossover Media Projects with Bill Frisell

  • Bill Frisell

    Music IS

    Almost every day, Bill Frisell gets up in the morning, has some coffee, and writes music. At this point, there are piles and piles and piles of single pages of staff paper filled with his graceful script. "I don't know where the melodies come from," says Frisell. "I try not to judge anything and just let them be." Frisell's mantra, or motto so to speak, is, "Music is good" – a statement said to him by his dear friend and great banjo player Danny Barnes. "That is something that I can say is always true. It's so perfect. Everything I need to know is that phrase, ‘Music is Good.' I almost called the album that, but then I thought that might be too literal. It's good to leave it open."

  • Bill Frisell

    When You Wish Upon A Star

    When You Wish Upon A Star, the latest project from legendary guitarist/composer Bill Frisell features music from iconic film and television scores. Conceived not only as an homage, but as a celebration of music-making with longtime collaborators and their collective commitment to refined interpretation of material. Produced by Lee Townsend (Loudon Wainwright III, John Scofield, Carrie Rodriguez), the LP brings together an all-star "dream team" of musicians including; violist Eyvind Kang, drummer Rudy Royston, bass player Thomas Morgan and vocalist Petra Haden. 

    15 NEW  205 Total
    SYND: NPR, PRI/Jazz After Hours, Westwood One, CBC, Sixty Second CD
    Direct: SiriusXM, Stingray
    Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Cleveland, Atlanta, Miami, Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, Detroit, Denver, New Orleans, Kansas City, Portland, Houston, Baltimore, Las vegas, Milwaukee, Albuquerque, San Antonio, Memphis, Louisville, Berkeley CA, Honolulu, Toronto, Vancouver
    Online: Taintradio, Jazz From Gallery 41, Dirty Dog, all about jazz, WSJ, M3, Party934, SoulandJazz, Jazz Police, GreenArrow, Jazz Weekly, RadioValencia, textura

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  • Bill Frisell

    Guitar in the Space Age

    "May you never hear surf music again." – Jimi Hendrix

    "Space is the place." – Sun Ra

    Just when you think you've got guitarist-composer Bill Frisell all figured out, confident in your expectations, this American original shakes things up with a heretofore unexpected glimpse into those layers of consciousness which inform his rootsy, inclusive, oh so personal style of musical outreach. Because while Bill Frisell is capable of routinely navigating the most harrowing ascents into the outer reaches of the improvisational Ionosphere without once ever flinching, there emerge at regular intervals suggestions of something more childlike and elemental; a sensibility which revels in expressions of earnest, unadorned directness-the aesthetic poetry of an impressionistic painter who is unafraid to distill things down to their most folkish, heartfelt essence. 

    10 NEW 'ON' -  115 Total
    SYND:     PRI/Jazz After Hours
    Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Miami, Denver, Seattle, Denver, Houston, Detroit, Austin, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Berkeley CA, San Antonio, Madison WI, Honolulu, Canada, Australia
    Online: Taintradio, Jazz From Gallery 41, GreenArrow, Audiophile Audition, MOJA, Jazz Intersection

  • Bill Frisell

    Big Sur
    Legendary jazz guitarist Bill Frisell's first release on OKeh Records, Big Sur, features all-new music commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival which premiered at their festival in 2012.  While staying at the Glen Deven Ranch, Frisell was captivated by the beauty and grandeur of the Big Sur, California coastline which inspired him to write this transcendent new music. He is joined on the recording by the talented musicians of his Big Sur Quintet; Jenny Scheinman (violin), Eyvind Kang (viola), Hank Roberts (cello) and Rudy Royston (drums).
     
    21 NEW   146 Total Stations/Shows
    SYND:     CBC Music, Sixty Second CD
    Direct: SiriusXM, Music Choice
    Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Minneapolis, Cleveland, St. Louis, Baltimore, Houston, Denver, San Diego, Portland, Denver, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Long Is. NY, San Antonio, Madison WI, Canada, Australia
    Online: RadioIO, Taintradio, The Jazz Intersection, Green Arrow Radio, Jazz From Gallery 41, MOJA, Sky.fm, 10Radio, Live 365