WILL FRIEDWALD
Mr. Friedwald writes about music and popular culture for The New York Sun and…
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Frank Vignola, After Decades of Working With Les Paul, Fêtes Gene Bertoncini During ‘Guitar Night’ at Birdland
To celebrate the 88th birthday of the remarkable, Bronx-born virtuoso, Vignola gets help from two additional guitarists, John Pizzarelli and Pasquale Grasso.
The Ever Ebullient Cyrille Aimée Lights Up Birdland With ‘the Guitar Heroes’
Guitars are especially significant to Aimée’s oeuvre. She’s certainly worked more with guitars than any other instrument, including two early albums of voice-and-guitar duets.
Anat Cohen Impresses at Jazz at Lincoln Center as She and Her Brothers Launch a New Album, ‘Interaction’
The new release celebrates the 20th anniversary of an all-jazz label, Anzic Records, while the performance was heralded as a celebration of Cohen’s 50th birthday.
A New Project, ‘Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared,’ Celebrates the Legacies of the Great Female Jazz Singers
Although the title indicates an emphasis on major singers of the 1930s and ’40s and their early work with the legendary big bands, the program itself is much more casual.
With ‘Girls, Girls, Girls,’ Norbert Leo Butz Uses a Frivolous Title To Ease Us Into a Serious, Highly Personal Journey
Butz and his excellent band offer a wide-ranging panoply of songs written from the female experience.
With ‘The Day the Earth Blew Up,’ Director Pete Browngardt and Team Succeed in Moving Looney Tunes Into the 21st Century
A fundamental dilemma faces contemporary aspiring Looney Tunesmiths: What can be done with the characters that’s new and yet faithful to 90 years of tradition?
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