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Javon Jackson & Nikki Giovanni: Javon & Nikki go to the movies
by Pierre Giroux
Javon & Nikki go to the movies is a charming and soulful collaboration that brings together the poetic eloquence of Nikki Giovanni and the masterful tenor saxophone stylings of Javon Jackson. The album is a delightful journey through some of the standards of the Great American Songbook, featuring songs famously associated with classic Hollywood movies. The repertoire also draws from a broader range of sources, including three Jackson originals and one from the pen of Sonny Rollins. Jackson is accompanied ...
Continue ReadingJavon Jackson Gives Peter Bradley's Art a Swinging Soundtrack
by Lawrence Peryer
Today, the Spotlight shines On saxophonist and composer Javon Jackson. Javon spoke with us about his film score for the art-world documentary With Peter Bradley (Solid Jackson Records). Peter Bradley has had a 50-year career as an abstract artist, but one that saw him getting little acclaim until the last few years. In addition to his work as an artist, the daily practice of which is documented in the film, Bradley was a mover and shaker in various ...
Continue ReadingJavon Jackson: The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni
by Angelo Leonardi
Nikki Giovanni è una delle scrittrici afro-americane più note al mondo. Emersa alla fine degli anni sessanta come innovativa poetessa della Black Revolution entro il Black Arts Movement (c'erano anche Amiri Baraka e Ishmael Reed) ha pubblicato numerose raccolte di poesie e opere su questioni sociali, insegnando al contempo in varie università statunitensi. Giunta alla soglia degli ottant'anni ha un enorme curriculum di riconoscimenti prestigiosi. L'idea d'incidere quest'album col gruppo del sassofonista Javon Jackson nasce nel ...
Continue ReadingSan Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2022
by Walter Atkins
Plaza De Cesar Chavez Park San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2022 San Jose CA August 12-14, 2022 San Jose Jazz's Summer Fest 2022 provided a vibrant spectrum of diverse music genres at multiple venues in historic Plaza De Cesar Park, conveniently located in downtown San Jose. This year's robust lineup included: Charlie Wilson, Stanley Clarke, Lelah James, Omar Sosa, Javon Jackson's Charlie Parker at 100 with Gary Bartz, Charles McPherson & Donald Harrison, Howard Wiley, ...
Continue ReadingJavon Jackson: Wading In Spiritual Waters
by R.J. DeLuke
Saxophonist Javon Jackson, he of the sonorous tenor tone and the inquisitive musical mind, embarked last year on a musical project with a different twist. Jackson, a follower of Sonnys Stitt and Rollins, is known as a a jazz fiend, one of the dauntless players of his era. His superb playing is marked by his tenure with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (a band he energized from 1987 until the legendary drummer died in 1990), and his ...
Continue ReadingAn Eclectic Mix Featuring Javon Jackson, Vasco Trilla, Eric Dubois, And More
by Bob Osborne
On this week's show we feature an eclectic variety of newly released music, exploring new sounds, from Javon Jackson, Tom Bourgeois & Fil Caporali, Vasco Trilla, Tony Karapetyan, Eric Dubois, Soheil Peyghambari, and Amanda Ekery.Playlist Javon Jackson “Night Song" from The Gospel According to Nikki Giovanni (Solid Jackson) 00:00 Tom Bourgeois and Fil Caporali “Konvoy" from Moanin' Birds (Hypnote) 08:43 Vasco Trilla “Acoustic Mask #1 (for aquaspring)" from Acoustic Masks (577 Records) 16:07 Tony Karapetyan Trio “East West" ...
Continue ReadingJimmy Cobb: Remembering U
by Pierre Giroux
The death of Jimmy Cobb earlier in 2020 at 91 years of age marked the end of a singular era in jazz, as well as the career of one of the tastiest drummers in the field. Beginning in the 1950s, Cobb participated in numerous seminal recordings stretching from Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959), John Coltrane's Giant Steps (Atlantic, 1960), Wes Montgomery's Full House (Riverside, 1962), through to a number of stellar trio sessions with pianist Wynton Kelly and ...
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