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If there's one thing Stephen Harvey enjoys almost as much as jazz, it's superhero stories. “Outside of music, I live and breathe superheroes,” Harvey, a Rochester-raised composer and bandleader said. “It had been a long-time idea to combine these two passions into a project." Harvey has written nine original compositions, all inspired by comic book/popular culture superheroes, archetypes and tropes. More specifically, "the compositions are influenced by the personas, powers and stories, and what I think would best represent them in the jazz orchestra format," said the 2010 Rocheste...
Pianist Cettina Donato and Actor Ninni Bruschetta Announce New Album In May; New Single 'Alcol' Out Today The artistic inspiration for this project comes from the Strait of Messina, a common homeland for both Donato and Bruschetta.by BWW News Desk Italian pianist, conductor and composer Cettina Donato has announced the May 14, 2021 release of her latest album, I Siciliani, featuring renowned actor Antonio 'Ninni' Bruschetta. Their second collaboration, this wondrous musical portrait of Sicily comes to life thanks to Donato and Bruschetta's remarkable synergy and expansive musical vision. Fea...
March 1, 2021 By Will Ferguson, WSU News Award-winning WSU saxophonist Greg Yasinitsky takes a little time each year to sit down at his computer and digitally mix a birthday song for his daughter. His nearly 20 years of experience integrating self-recoded vocal and instrument tracks into an ever more seamless rendition of ‘Happy Birthday to You’ paid off big last March when the coronavirus pandemic hit. It helped prepare the Regents professor and jazz studies coordinator in the School of Music for the challenges of finishing his latest album, “YAZZ Band: New Normal,” in an environment...
Nicki & Patrick Adams – lynx (Sunnyside): “The collaborative essence of jazz ensures that the music is about making connections. These connections can be between individual musicians, different playing styles or even genres, as long as they are joined together in expressions through improvisation. Brothers Nicki and Patrick Adams have a natural bond that most musicians can never approximate with their peers. Their common upbringing and interests have also given them the idea to blend the aural tradition of jazz with the more written one of classical, with a unique approach that makes the...