New Music [Jazz] for The Week of 4/26/2010

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Ben Goldberg, Clarinet, Jazz

Greetings jazz enthusiasts, wow it’s hard to imagine but April is just about gone. As always, we’ve got a diverse mix of New Jazz Releases this week. Clarinetist Ben Goldberg’s – “Go Home” is our featured album of the week. Also in the mix … an eclectic band called Tin Hat which features Goldberg titled “Foreign Legion.” Once viewed as one of the most promising young lions in the 90’s pianist Jacky Terrasson arrives with “Push” his latest project on Concord Jazz. In the mean time, an extremely hot band on the scene called Hot Club of Detroit is here with their Mack Avenue debut “It’s About Time.” Finally, the legendary saxophonist Sonny Simmons keep jis flame burning all night with “Staying on the Watch,” the aforementioned recordings & more released this week.

Featured Album of the Week

Ben Goldberg - Go Home

Ben Goldberg .:|:. Go Home – [BAG Production Records, 2009]

Clarinetist / Composer Ben Goldberg grew up in Denver, Colorado. He received his undergraduate music degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Master of Arts in Composition from Mills College. He was a pupil of the eminent clarinetist Rosario Mazzeo, and studied with Steve Lacy and Joe Lovano.

In addition to composing for and playing in the Ben Goldberg Quintet, he currently performs in the following groups: Tin Hat; plays monk, a trio with Scott Amendola and Devin Hoff; Myra Melford’s Be Bread; Nels Cline’s New Monastery; Go Home with Charlie Hunter, Ron Miles, and Scott Amendola, “a wondrous new vehicle for combining (Goldberg’s) grounded desire with his far-ranging imagination.” (Metro Santa Cruz); and Afterlife Music Radio, an electro-acoustic quartet. The 11- piece Ben Goldberg’s Brainchild performs Ben’s on-the-spot compositions.

Visit http://www.bengoldberg.net for more details about his fascinating artist.

Beat Kaestli | Invitation

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Beat Kaestli, Jazz, Male Vocalist

Beat Kaestli - Invitation

Beat Kaestli ::|:: Invitation – [Chesky Records, 2010]

Beat Kaestli’s debut on CHESKY RECORDS, is a tribute to the American Songbook and features the songwriting of Rube Bloom and John H. Mercer, Johnny Burke and Jimmy van Heusen, Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, Hoagy Carmichael and Ned Washington and Cole Porter among others. –Chesky Records

::-BIO-:: Beat Kaestli is a vocalist, songwriter, arranger and producer residing in New York City. He moved to New York from his native home of Switzerland, where he was awarded a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music (BM). In 2007 he received a scholarship from the Ella Fitzgerald Foundation and graduated in 2008 with a Masters Degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music (MA). While honing his craft alongside noteworthy Jazz performers, such as Jane Monheit, Jason Moran and Stefon Harris, he immersed himself in Manhattan’s fiercely competitive music scene, emerging as a seasoned performer. He now appears in clubs such as The Blue Note, Birdland, The Bitter End, The Jazz Standard, The Stone and Sweet Rhythm, performing with Jazz greats, like Esperanza Spalding, Clarence Penn, Joel Frahm, Billy Drummond and Victor Prieto.

Mina Cho | Originality

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Jazz, Mina Cho, Piano

Mino Cho - Originality

Mina Cho ::|:: Originality – [Blink Music, 2010]

“This is a listening treat! These sonic inventions are intricate in their melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic development. At times I am reminded of the beauty of Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond, as these unique and wonderful textures unfold to reveal the creative personalities of the musicians performing. A joyful exuberance abounds as the diverse styles (Latin, Jazz, and Classical) are blended together to create a truly enjoyable musical journey.” — Ken Pullig, Jazz Composition Chair of Berklee College of Music

“Mina’s music is fresh. Being grounded in a wide variety of jazz, her compositions are like journeys to different exotic places, each piece offering its own flavor, some wild fervor, some a hard hitting yet playful groove, others more melancholic but all emotionally rewarding. As a pianist, Mina commands the piano with great skill, her playing exudes joy, playfulness and vitality while providing plenty of space for her sidemen to
shine. ” — Tim Lukas, a Producer of Blink Music

..:: Source: CDBaby.com ::..