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Funky Chemist: Groove Generator
by Chris May
You know where you are with organ / guitar / drums trios. The genre is among the most rigorously codified in jazz and has remained fundamentally unchanged since Jimmy Smith erupted on the US scene in the mid 1950s. In large part this is because the tonalities and textures of the Hammond B3 are finite and inflexible, while synths and digital technology in general have opened up limitless keyboard possibilities. The template Smith laid down on A New Sound, A ...
read moreJeno Somlai: Let It Go
by Dan McClenaghan
Jeno Somlai approaches the keyboard with a percussionist's sensibility--rhythm, rhythm, rhythm--here on his debut disc, Let It Go. That's not a surprise, given that the Milwaukee-based musician is primarily a drummer who took up the piano just four years ago. The disc opens with Stevie Wonder's Golden Lady," sounding sort of like Art Blakey's arrangement for A Night in Tunisia." The song churns along for eight minutes of hard-driving Latin grooves, lots of percussion and a percussive piano--Somlai's--behind tenor sax ...
read moreJingle Bell Jazz South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center on December 5
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All About Jazz
Jingle Bell Jazz on Friday December 5th 7:30 pm at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center. Our Jingle Bell Jazz event features the Jeno Somlai Qunitet a Latin/jazz group heavily influenced by many different styles in the afro-Cuban genre bringing a fresh interpretation of your favorite holiday music. Jeno will be joined by Donna Woodall, formerly the lead singer from the well-known Milwaukee Band Streetlife adding her own personal flare to the music The Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) Latin ...
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