Crossing Paths (Smoke Sessions) is the album pianist Renee Rosnes always wanted to make. My cover story in the January DownBeat Magazine is now online here. The album features several Brazilian music icons (Edu Lobo, Joyce Moreno, Maucha Adnet) and an amazing band including Chico Pinheiro, Chris Potter, John Patitucci and other masters. Let me know what you think!
Filed under Bill Charlap, Brazilian music, Chico Pinehiro, Renee Rosnes, Ron Carter
What a pleasure to hang with the Brazilian master guitarists Romero Lubambo and Chico Pinheiro for this article in TIDAL Magazine! They recently recorded their first album as a duo, “Two Brothers,” largely for the same reason that some of the world’s leading recording artists hire them: They love being accompanied by each other.
Filed under Chico Pinehiro, Matt Pierson, Romero Lubambo
I’m excited that so many of my favorite artists and interview subjects are nominated for 2021 Grammys! The list includes John Beasley; Kurt Elling, featuring Danilo Perez; Kenny Washington; Becca Stevens; Chico Pinheiro; Maria Schneider; Alan Broadbent; Chick Corea; Christian McBride; Brian Blade; Terri Lyne Carrington, and Jacob Collier (album of the year, no less!). Big congratulations to all. And stay tuned for my upcoming portrait of John “Killer Beas” Beasley in JazzTimes.
2. Album Of The Year
Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s) credited with at least 33% playing time of the album, if other than Artist.
31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo
For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter’s name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.
32. Best Jazz Vocal Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal jazz recordings.
33. Best Jazz Instrumental Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new instrumental jazz recordings.
34. Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new ensemble jazz recordings.
35. Best Latin Jazz Album
For vocal or instrumental albums containing at least 51% playing time of newly recorded material. The intent of this category is to recognize recordings that represent the blending of jazz with Latin, Iberian-American, Brazilian, and Argentinian tango music.
62. Best Instrumental Composition
A Composer’s Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles or Tracks only.
63. Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
64. Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
An Arranger’s Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.
11. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
For albums containing approximately 51% or more playing time of instrumental material. For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings.
“Despite being at the crest of a 25-year career, during which he has been called ‘the standout male jazz vocalist of our time’ by the New York Times, among many other awards and accolades, he is modest about his achievements and self-critical to a fault. At one point in our conversation he blurts out, ‘Man, I sure wish I could sing better.’” My cover story from the May 2020 JazzTimes.
Luciana Souza perusing a copy of Leonard Cohen’s “The Book of Longing.”
Luciana Souza returns with a brilliant album of poetry (by herself, Leonard Cohen, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and others) set to her own spare, haunting music, with guitarist Chico Pinheiro and bassist Scott Colley. My interview with her in Jazz Times.
Filed under Chico Pinehiro, Luciana Souza, Scott Colley
Allen Morrison - Music Journalist, Jazz Pianist, Songwriter, Lecturer - Long Island, NY 
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