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BRATTLEBORO—Don Was, president of Blue Note records, calls vibraphonist Joel Ross “not only one of the preeminent instrumentalists of this era, but he is one of the greatest musical visionaries of his generation.”You can see that artistry for yourself on Saturday, Feb. 19, when the Vermont Jazz Center presents Ross, ...
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Johnathon Blake's Blue Note debut, 'Homeward Bound', takes soulful jazz from the past, adds the complexity of the present with intelligence and adventure.
Vocalist Dara Tucker’s recent album, Dreams of Waking: Music for a Better World (Green Hill Productions: 2021), featured tunes associated with well-known singer/songwriters such as Carole King and Stevie Wonder and composers such as Burt Bacharach. According to Betsey Bell, writing in the (UK) Jazz Journal, “The great subtlety in the arrangements brings freshness to these already legendary tracks. Tucker achieves this especially in her take on Burt Bacharach’s ‘What the World Needs Now’. It’s fleshed out with beautiful piano flourishes from Cyrus Chestnut, who is also very good ...
