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On The Cover:
WILDFLOWERS 50 YEARS
(by Jeff Cebulski)
This month marks the golden anniversary of Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions, the five-volume Casablanca-Douglas anthology series of live performances recorded in the summer of 1976, when NYC’s Loft era jazz scene was in its heyday…
Interview:
BENNY GREEN
(by Tom Greenland)
Steeped in the hard bop jazz tradition, Benny Green began playing piano in 1970…He modestly describes his Q-rating as “medium-low hanging fruit…I’m known, but I’m not Lady-Gaga known.” Jazz people, who know better, go gaga over him…
Artist Feature:
SARA SERPA
(by Thomas Staudter)
One of the jazz world’s most vital forces of today, Sara Serpa, a Portugal native based in NYC since 2008, is a composer, improviser and cultural activist who uniquely approaches the voice as a literal instrument…
Encore:
MICHAEL MOSS
(by John Pietaro)
Within NYC’s Downtown jazz annals, the name Michael Moss—reeds master, pianist, composer, producer—holds importance not only as part of the Loft era scene, but as one who has since extended his influence in avant garde iterations, particularly in what has become known as “Fourth Stream”…
Lest We Forget:
LOREZ ALEXANDRIA
(by Ori Dagan)
Twenty-five years ago, on May 22, 2001, vocalist Lorez Alexandria, often cited as one of the most underrated jazz singers of her time, passed away in Los Angeles at age 71…
VOXNews
Label Spotlight:
WIDE EAR
(by Ken Waxman)
The hoary quip about the “best way to make one million dollars in jazz is to start with two million” could be applied with even more accuracy to recording improvised music, especially for a non-profit label like Wide Ear, the Swiss imprint that’s been around since 2009…
NY@Night
Album Reviews
In Print, On Screen, Boxed Set, Drop The Needle Reviews, Globe Unity…
