Jazz/Blues
The 'Artifacts' (482 Music) of AACM Stalwarts Nicole Mitchell, Tomeka Reid, Mike Reed (REVIEW)
Miley Cyrus Accepts Vanguard Award, Helps LGBT Center by Licking $50,000 Grand Piano
Miley Cyrus may bebeen dubbed the unofficial spokesman of youths today after having received a Vanguard Award from the LGBT Center. Now, she has helped the charity by adding value to a signed piano at auction the only way she knows how: by licking it. Blogarrhea! Jazz Jamboree: Michael Gallant, Alphonse Mouzon, Clark Terry and Ben Monder
Keyboardist Michael Gallant is 'Live Plus One" as he puts grunge in his funk and Harlem stride. Drummer Alphonse Mouzon helped pioneer fusion in the 1970s. His '77 'Virtue' with sax man Gary Bartz has been re-released. Long out-of-print ballad masterpiece 'Clark After Dark' also sees new light with the late trumpeter Clark Terry on flugelhorn throughout. And guitarist Ben Monder duets with the late drum legend Paul Motian on ECM's `Amorphae.'
