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| Jane Ira Bloom live at Kitano Friday, May 9 sets at 8 & 10pm  Award winning soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom returns to Kitano with her quartet to perform an evening of ballads from her 2014 Grammy nominated CD Sixteen Sunsets. Longtime band-mates Matt Wilson (drums), Cameron Brown (bass), and Dominic Fallacaro (piano) join Bloom for an evening of long lines and deep edges playing songs from the American songbook and beyond. Sixteen Sunsets has been receiving critical acclaim since its release in January. Come and hear what all the excitement is about.Don't miss this special one night engagement. Friday, May 9, sets at 8 & 10 pm Jazz at Kitano 66 Park Avenue (E. 38th St.) New York City What Critics Are Saying About Sixteen Sunsets… 2014 Grammy nominee for Best Surround Sound Album "Jazz Mastery, Undiluted…In nearly 78 minutes of intensely concentrated playing, Jane Ira Bloom's album offers some of the greatest ballad performances I have ever heard." - Steve Elman, The Arts Fuse "Bloom has one of the prettiest, clearest tones around on soprano. She never sounds better than on ballads....you can tell she knows the words." - Kevin Whitehead/ NPR "Sidney Bechet...John Coltrane...Steve Lacy....The name Jane Ira Bloom can be added to that list of icons. Bloom has used the soprano saxophone to give voice to fertile and uncompromising artistic spirit. " - Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz "Bloom has achieved something many more-famous players never find: an instantly identifiable sound based in intense lyricism and striking melodies." - Steve Smith, TimeOut NY write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |