Jazz Artistry Now: Top Jazz of 2017

Jazz Artistry Now: Top Jazz of 2017

FOUR STARS +

• Fred Hersch – OPEN BOOK
• Common Quartet – THE HIVE
• Brian Landrus Orchestra – GENERATIONS
• Bobby Watson – MADE IN AMERICA
• David Binney – THE TIME VERSES

• Dino Massa Kansas City Quintet – ECHOES OF EUROPE
• Dan Arcamone – EVOLVE
• Sam Boshnack Quintet – NELLIE BLY PROJECT
• William Flynn – TRAVELER
• Jeff “Siege” Siegel – KING OF XHOSA
• James Armstrong – THE ANCIENTS

• Airmen of Note – VETERANS OF JAZZ
• One O’Clock Lab Band – LEGACY: NEIL SLATER AT NORTH TEXAS
• Anat Cohen Tentet – HAPPY SONG

Yamaha C9 in Fantasy Studio 'A', July 8, 2017. This is McCoy Tyner's piano; a marvelous instrument. An extremely productive session entitled The Ancients.  One hour, two minutes duration, in one, continuous take.

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Bay Area Pianist, James Armstrong joins ARC

http://artistsrecordingcollective.biz/bay-area-pianist-james-armstrong-joins-arc/

Program from the July 30th performance in Los Angeles; music by Jackie McLean and Bobby Hutcherson.

 Thanks, Robert Carmack.

ヨーコの肖像 -- Portrait of Yoko (score for solo piano) is now available from Sheet Music Plus

http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/portrait-of-yoko-digital-sheet-music/20292035?ac=1

Los Angeles-based ensemble 'Plight' debuts my current transcriptions in July

Details here

https://hipstersanctuary.com/2016/06/18/grassroots-jazz-ensemble-plight-debuts-july-30/

2015 transcription work

Several of my transcriptions debuted in a recent Duke Pearson tribute in Los Angeles.  Thanks, Robert Carmack for the reference.

http://hipstersanctuary.com/2015/08/26/love-it-when-a-great-jazz-concept-comes-together-thanks-uncle-duke/

Jazz Tokyo has published my transcription of 'Little Abi', a trio piece by the late, great Masabumi Kikuchi.

http://www.jazztokyo.com/rip/kikuchi/kikuchi1.html#016