First, the tenor sax seems to be leading, and then it feels as though the trumpet is answering, so that parallel melodies come together with equal prominence. With the volume turned up a bit, you can near the sound of the beating rain clearly. In fact, the cork pad of his instrument had swelled, and rainwater had accumulated in the keys, making it impossible to play properly. But even so, the fact that he could still play as he did goes to show how thoroughly professional he is.
Featured are long solos by Shorter on tenor sax, Hubbard and Hancock. The rain had finally stopped. The chanting did not show any sign of letting up. All the instruments were completely soaked. Then Herbie appeared on stage, ready to do a piano solo. Wayne Shorter followed him, holding his tenor sax. Chick had come to Japan all by himself for this event. Three to four times a week, Jazz Spot Intro has live jazz sessions that cook well into the night.
Professional and amateur musicians get together to jam. Among the many notable names that have joined the sessions, Larry Coryell, Hino Terumasa, and Herbie Hancock have given impromptu performances. Since Intro has been the place for rare musical moments, witnessed by small audiences that huddled into its limited space. Not far from Takadanobaba Station, Intro is a capsule of a venue, but its rich cultural heritage has made it a Tokyo staple. In October of , the venue took over the space of club Amate-Raxi, and its been debuting untapped artists ever since.
The repertoire was limited in the sets I heard, so I wish I could have heard a wider variety of tunes, but I was delighted in his choice of virtuoso partners and even happier to hear from the door personnel that the house was full for almost every one of his ten sets, from Wednesday at 8 to Sunday at 9.
We have too long been without the spiritual nourishment that comes from being in the company of Greatness. You think of your fingertips as a reed and the keys as a mouthpiece. The sound comes out of you; it travels to the soundboard and out of the piano. During the course of the week, he chose tunes from nearly the entire range of his career. In a pre-gig interview by Ed Symkus in the Globe , he indicated that the repertoire would include his own compositions, standards, and jazz classics.
And so it went at Scullers. See More below for three set lists. By contrast, the 10 p. On the other hand, he did not just offer his hits. The album brings together the different paths taken by the leader of Temperamento, for whom the genre has had a strong experimental component.
With his group Temperamento —which includes the outstanding flutist, clarinetist and saxophonist Javier Zalba— he has planted the Cuban jazz flag in the most prestigious arenas, to great acclaim and excellent reviews for their originality in concert. Based in Havana, Fonseca has managed to internationalize his work in which he continuously pays tribute to his African origins, to the roots that have led him to tour the world without detaching himself from his cultural heritage. The pianist, 44, is a specialist in so-called World Music and has been able to combine his creative curiosity with his masterful interpretation of jazz.
His album Continuum was ranked among the best jazz records in the United States in and The New York Times placed him at the top of the list. His skill, ability and imagination have attracted the attention of jazz greats in the United States, where he has resided for more than a decade. Virelles is a kind of esthete of sound creation: the listener can be captivated by the sense of experimentation that jazz holds for this proven instrumentalist from Santiago.
The American producer saw him perform during a festival in Switzerland and extended an invitation to come to the United States, where he has shaped his career at a vertiginous speed and has recorded albums defined by the experimentation between jazz and music from different cultures worldwide.
The year-old pianist based in Los Angeles returns frequently to Cuba to visit his family, but has not obtained the permits necessary to offer a concert on the island. However, the idea of performing in Cuba remains an unfulfilled dream.
Yissy is a jazz player with a conscience. Knowing that there are far too few women within the genre, the percussionist has managed to occupy an important place within the complex black-roots-style scene. Yissy, with her group Banda Ancha, has developed a repertoire worthy of attention for its mix of jazz with electronic rhythms and popular Cuban music.
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