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Gabriel Alegria And Gerald Clayton On JazzSet

Becca Pulliam — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:37:00 +0000

The Litchfield Jazz Festival leads off with a weeks-long camp for high-school students and New York's finest musicians on the faculty, then climaxes with a two-day festival. This year it's August 11-12 in Goshen, Conn., but here we have two sets from the 2010 festival, featuring two groups with young leaders.

Gabriel Alegría and his Afro-Peruvian Sextet plant their feet in two cities: New York and Lima. When they play in Peru, they invite New York fans to join the tour.

Juan-Carlos Formell On JazzSet

editor — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:59:00 +0000

Juan-Carlos Formell participated in a multi-artist showcase at SOB's — home to Brazilian and Latin music in New York — a few years ago. Between a couple of amped-up bands, he took the stage alone (as I recall) and sang in Spanish, accompanying himself on guitar. His voice had urgency to it, and there was an irresistible engine inside that guitar. Ever since, I've wanted to hear and know more.

Regina Carter, Wynton Marsalis On JazzSet

Becca Pulliam — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:48:00 +0000

JazzSet returns to the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival for performances from two complementary bandleaders on the main Fort Adams stage: violinist Regina Carter and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

Regina Carter started playing violin as a 4-year-old Suzuki method student in Detroit, and later played in school and community orchestras. After attending the New England Conservatory of Music, she chose jazz as her primary direction.

Kevin Eubanks On JazzSet

Becca Pulliam — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:10:00 +0000

People often asked Kevin Eubanks during his 15 years leading the band on NBC every night, "What would you like to do when you leave The Tonight Show?" And he would answer, "I'm going to get to finish a tune."

His answer implies that he needs a few minutes. But he means more than that.

"When you get out on the road, you realize it takes a long time to finish a song," Eubanks says. "The song keeps morphing and turning into this, that and the other. It takes a long time to wear a song out, [until eventually] it takes more energy to play it than it gives. And then the song is done.