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JAZZ PROMO SERVICES
PEREZ/It’s Happening: Probably a pal of Dutch jazz great Saskia Laroo, this Harlem born jazz singer split for LA at 17 where she sung until splitting for Amsterdam for ten years and working her way around the cool jazz scene in town. Now back state side, she rounded up some solid New York cats that can play it old Verve/Blue Note style and a good time is had by all. Fun jazz vocal set with a lot of instrumental stretching out that simply leaves you feeling good.
200803 (Zoho)
RED CAT PUBLICITY
ALEXIS CUADRADO/Puzzles: Hey, it almost seems that contemporary jazz was born in Rudy Van Gelder’s parent’s living room so why should this next wave be any different? After a year of playing together, the bass ace and his pals recorded a set in his living room and basically used it as the jumping off point to start a new label and possibly new jazz movement as well. You know these cats got down with “Right Off” when they were in their bar band phases and they use that as a basis to create their own millennial fusion that kicks ass. Very strong set that melds the past and the future in a seamless style.
4 (BJU)
ANNE METTE IVERSEN/Best of the West: A Euro bass chick that straddles the jazz and classical worlds knowing how to create jazz as art, but in a good way. A double cd set that finds her quartet in two refined settings, there’s a lot of shades of young Carla Bley pushing the limits woven through Iversen’s work. Bursting with creativity, it sometimes seems like it might hopelessly veer into wine and cheese jazz and never come back, but it sounds like her roots don’t grow in that soil. A nice ear opener for fans looking for a challenging, new composer.
2 (BJU)
BERNARD EMER LACKNER FERBER/Night for Day: These cats tried doing it the major label way before the system was broken and it didn’t work for them then. Powered by former students of Charlie Haden, this four piece progressive crew doesn’t seem to believe in rules so it doesn’t seem like there are nay for them to break. Very much with the jazz in the basement vibe where there might only be 20 people in the audience, anyone in touch with the outer limits will enjoy what’s on tap here. Just when you think they’re ready to go too far, they find their way back to Billy Strayhorn and all is well with the world.
3 (BJU)
Volume 31/Number 144
March 23, 2008
MIDWEST RECORD
830 W. Route 22 #144
Lake Zurich, IL., 60047
CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher
©2008 Midwest Record
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