Studio Session - Ryan Cohan Plays "Lush Life"

January 28, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: american music, congo, department of state, jazz, jordan, Live Music, music ensembles, pianist, quartet, rhythm, rwanda, ryan cohan, solo piano, Studio Sessions, two songs, uganda, urban music, us department of state, Video, www youtube, zimbabwe

Pianist Ryan Cohan brought his quartet into our studio, just before they hit the road. The band is part of The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad, the US Department of State-sponsored tour of young jazz and urban music ensembles. Starting January 30th, The Ryan Cohan Quartet is spending a week in each of the following places - Rwanda, Congo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and Jordan.

We recorded two songs with the quartet. Then we finished the session with solo piano. Check it out below:

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The elegance of Eliane Elias

January 18, 2008. Posted by .

Add new comment | Filed under: brain, café con leche, desk, Diversions, eliane elias, Encounters, good reason, gray matter, honey, Jazz Alive, jobim, Live Music, morning shift, newscasts, photograph, pianist, smooth man, speakers, special man

I rarely work the morning shift around here. 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. newscasts are Doug Doyle territory and for good reason. It takes a special man to get up at 3:30 a.m. and get here in time to deliver the news at 6 a.m., sharp. Frankly, I ain't that special, man. Those of you who've heard me at that time in the morning, know what I'm talking about.Still, when Doug's out, I get the call. One recent morning, however, I was sitting at my desk, staring blankly at my computer monitor, the written word failing me, when all of a sudden, dripping from the speakers behind me, like honey on a nubile neck, comes Eliane Elias singing Jobim's "Photograph (Fotografia)."

The vocal, so lush and silken, insinuated itself into my soft gray matter and swirled around like the café in my café con leche. I closed my eyes and drank deeply, Eliane inside my brain. MMM. It's just about the only thing that went right that morning.

Eliane Elias is just smooth, man, (as both a singer and a pianist) so if you get a chance, I urge you to join us (yes, I'll be there) tomorrow at J&R Music's Park Row store (23 Park Row, NYC, Second Floor) for a FREE live performance and broadcast of some of the material from her new release "Something For You: Eliane Elias Sings and Plays Bill Evans."

The performance starts at 4 p.m. and, even if you're in Rio, Brasil, you can hear it live. - David Cruz

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Studio Session - Alexis Cuadrado Puzzles Quartet

January 16, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.

Add new comment | Filed under: 7th avenue south, alexis, bandleaders, bassist, bju, brooklyn, cooperative, Discovery, feast, jazz, josh jackson, Live Music, night music, puzzles, quartet, quintet, record label, saturday night, Studio Sessions, tomorrow night, underground festival, Video

Bassist Alexis Cuadrado is one of ten bandleaders in the Brooklyn Jazz Underground (BJU), a music cooperative formed in January 2007. In a couple of months, the BJU will launch its own record label. One of the first releases is a quintet record from Cuadrado called Puzzles. Alexis brought his Puzzles Quartet into our studio yesterday. We'll bring you the full session when the record is released to the public. In the meantime, enjoy this video we made:

The Alexis Cuadrado Puzzles Quartet is performing at Smalls, Saturday night at 8pm. It's part of the 2nd Annual Brooklyn Jazz Underground Festival, a three night music feast starting tomorrow night at Smalls, 183 West 10th Street (7th Avenue South).
More about that in another post.
- Josh Jackson

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