Born in Oran, Algeria, in 1957, Pierre Bensusan’s family moved to Paris when he was four years old. He began formal studies on classical piano…
Artist Profiles: Pierre Bensusan
Tag: Jazz
Deliciously Vibrant Flamenco
Gerardo Nuñez and Ulf Wakenius – Logos (ACT Music, 2016) Journalist, writer and provocateur Hunter S. Thompson once wrote, “Music has always been a matter…
Artist Profiles: Khalida Azzouza
Cradled in tribal rhythms of her father’s Southern Sahara and the Arab Andalusian music of her mother’s Mediterranean coast, Khalida’s very personal oriental jazz approach…
A Cuban Dimension for New American Music
Miller, Bowyer, Beck, Bourland, Carollo, Brandman, Mobley, Murray – Abrazo – The Havana Sessions (Ansonica Records, 2016) Abrazo – The Havana Sessions contains newly composed…
Balladeers: John Coltrane, Charles Lloyd
Central to the African American musical tradition is the writing of black ballads – an even more fitting way of understanding black music than simply…
Artist Profiles: Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
In the 2002-2003 season, Jazz at Lincoln Center inaugurated a new ensemble, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO). Led by pianist Arturo O’Farrill – son of…
Alfredo Rodriguez and Ibeyi’s Sabanas Blancas
Alfredo Rodriguez – Tocororo Crowding around an LP and contemplating Jazz singing are a thing of the past for today’s youth. Those of us with…
Nana Simopoulos’ Pathway to World Jazz
Nana Simopoulos – Skins (Na Records NR-9206-2, 2016) Nana Simopoulos is a talented American multi-instrumentalist and composer who bridges the borders between world music and…
Austria’s Glatt&Verkehrt Festival Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Austrian music festival Glatt&Verkehrt will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year July 1-31, 2016. The festival takes place in Krems, in the beautiful Wachau…
The Heart Speaks In Songs
Corinne Bailey Rae’s new album The Heart Speaks In Whispers belongs to a crop of what we may call artistry devoid of “collective era”; it…