Richards Kensignton Suite CD has been nominated for a Juno, and what better way to celebrate then by hosting a Juno Nomination Party at Hugh’s Room tonight (Friday Feb 29th). Show starts up at 8:30 pm.
“‘Kensington Suite’ has been nominated for a Juno for ‘Instrumental Album of the Year’. I’m flattered to be in a category with greats like Amon Tobin, Jayme Stone, Bob Lanois and Joey Wright. It’s also great to get recognition outside of the jazz category. Maybe I’ll make some big money now!! (mmm, Ok, I’m dreaming!) The main thing is that I think this is my best CD yet and I’m really glad that it has been recognized.”
So go check them out, and also check out richardunderhill.com/
A new study sheds some light on how the brain reacts the task of improvising in jazz. An interesting read.
“Scientists have found that, when jazz musicians are engaged in the highly creative and spontaneous activity known as improvisation, a large region of the brain involved in monitoring one’s performance is shut down, while a small region involved in organizing self-initiated thoughts and behaviors is highly activated”
Read the full article at sciencedaily.com
Record producer, composer and saxophonist Teo Macero, most famous for his role in producing a series of albums by Miles Davis in the late 1960s and early 1970s, died on Tuesday in Riverhead, N.Y. He was 82.
nytimes.com
Tonight at the Rex you won’t want to miss Joe Amato’s “Just Another Standards Band” at 9:30 pm. Friday things get going early with the Hogtown Syncopators followed at 6:30 by the Justin Bacchus Group and then the Bob Brough Quartet. Saturday it’s David French & Trios followed by the Vaughan Misener Trio at 9:30 pm.
Pianist and vocalist Fern Lindzon is in at the Opal Jazz Lounge until Saturday.
The Pilot has the Jake Wilkinson Quartet in Saturday afternoon from 3:30 – 6:30 pm, and then it’s the Ernesto Cervini Quartet in Sunday.
Mr. Bill McBirnie let us know that he along with Robi Botos (piano) and Artie Roth (bass) will be performing at The Stonegrill on Winchester for brunch between 12:00 to 3:00 pm.
Cheers!
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The Piers Lawrence Quartet’s debut album “Stolen Momentsâ€, is the culmination of a long time dream of New York native and jazz guitarist Piers Lawrence. A self published recording on his own label (Jazznet Media), Lawrence is also producer and host of “Manhattan Jazz,†an internet radio show on www.tribecaradio.net.
Stolen Moments includes three original tunes but starts off with the boppin’ Sonny Rollins score Pent-Up House. Lawrence then takes us through Samba Christina, and into Stolen Moments. The band starts to really swing on Charlie Parker’s standard Donna Lee, and hums along through Lawrence’s Dimanche,†before ending on John Pastorius’s Reza.
This is a straight up jazz record that is sure to entertain and engage it’s listener.
His quartet is comprised of pianist Chuk Fowler, bassist, Jim Hankins and Sir Earl Grice manning the drums.
pierslawrence.com