Sound Poet Janet Feder Comes to Corrales and Santa Fe (updated)

Janet Feder

Update: Guitarist/songwriter/composer/vocalist Janet Feder was scheduled to perform at Live at Thrive in Corrales on August 4, but pesky circumstances beyond everyone’s control prevented that from happening. This weekend, she is making good on her pledge to return and will be appearing both at Live at Thrive in Corrales and at Littleglobe in Santa Fe. Check the updated concert information at the end of this post for details. The Corrales concert is a benefit for Littleglobe 501(C)(3) in Santa Fe. Littleglobe is committed to interdisciplinary, collaborative art projects that foster life-affirming connections across the boundaries that divide us.

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A Jazz Smorgasbord: New Releases from Trovesi and Coscia, Séguin, and McDermott

  • Gianni Coscia and Gianluigi Trovesi. Photo © by Roberto Cifarelli.
  • Jacques Kuba Séguin
  • Tom McDermott. Photo by Jan Luley.

Jazz comes in many flavors and nationalities, as these three new releases perfectly demonstrate. On La Misteriosa musica della Regina Loana, the duo of Italians Gianluigi Trovesi and Gianni Coscia pay homage to author Umberto Eco with a delightful out-of-the-box offering. Canadian Jacques Kuba Séguin serves up sophisticated compositions with his sextet on Migrations. Tom McDermott, an adopted son of New Orleans, shares his love of Scott Joplin on his mostly solo and, as usual, idiosyncratic release Tom McDermott Meets Scott Joplin.

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Trentacosta and Lawrence Team Up on a New Old-School Release: ‘Desert Bop’

Clockwise from top left: Doug Lawrence, Dan Trudell, John Webber, John Trentacosta

Desert Bop offers yet more evidence that the Santa Fe–Albuquerque corridor houses some of the finest musicians anywhere. Drummer John Trentacosta (Santa Fe), whose roots go back to New York City, and saxophonist Doug Lawrence (Albuquerque), longtime lead tenor in the Count Basie Orchestra, serve up some tasty bop in classic style on this new release. (See below for details on the CD release party.)

Lagniappe: Lawrence will also be appearing on July 11 at the Outpost with his new organ quartet as the opening act of the 2019 New Mexico Jazz Festival. He’ll have the inimitable Dan Trudell on organ, John Webber on guitar, and Yuriana Sobrino Garcia on drums. Go here for more info.

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New Albums from Yvonne Perea and Moody Little Sister Shed Grace on Us All (updated)

  • Yvonne Perea
  • Moody Little Sister: Naomi Sparrow and Rob Stroup

Singer/songwriters Yvonne Perea and Moody Little Sister (Naomi Sparrow and Rob Stroup) take widely divergent approaches to production on their new albums, but they deliver much the same balm: however bad your situation may appear, you most likely have the means to make it better.

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New Albums from Nick Sanders (Concise Trio) and André Carvalho (Expansive Sextet)

  • Nick Sanders
  • André Carvalho. Photo by Clara Pereira.

Economy marks the work of pianist Nick Sanders, whose new trio release, Playtime 2050, announces an original and accomplished young artist. On The Garden of Earthly Delights, André Carvalho takes Hieronymus Bosch’s iconic painting as the inspiration for an extended suite that creates a soundscape as rich, varied, and surprising as the painting’s landscape.

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