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Benny Carter, Trumpeter
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Benny Carter (1907-2003) is indelibly identified as a master of the alto saxophone, to the point where many listeners new to his work don't know that he was also one of the great trumpet soloists of the 1930s. He gave up the horn for several years, concentrating on alto sax, composing and arranging. When he picked up the trumpet again and spent six weeks reconditioning his chops, he regained his distinctive tone and expansive way of improvising. He was always ...
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Stewart Plays Bryant
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Reaction to the death of Ray Bryant keeps coming in. Dubliner Colm (Red) O'Sullivan writes from Rio de Janeiro, where he is immersing himself in Brazilian music. He alerts us to video of a fellow Irishman, guitarist Louis Stewart, playing a Bryant composition. Stewart has been an important player in the UK for decades. He has occasionally appeared in the US. In The New York Times in 1981, John S. Wilson wrote, after hearing Stewart, “he spins out single- note ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from Richard Elliot
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Whether headlining his own show, playing with the Jazz Attack package tour, teamed with trumpeter Rick Braun in the group RnR, or in some other configuration, it seems like saxophonist Richard Elliot has turned up in St. Louis every summer in recent years for a gig of some sort. This time around, he'll be sharing a bill with guitarist and singer Norman Brown on Saturday, June 25 at The Pageant. To mark the ...
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One Track Mind: Bill Summers on "God Make Me Funky," "Watermelon Man," Others
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Something Else!
On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews' One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to percussionist Bill Summers. As he and the rest of the Headhunters are set for the June 14 release of Platinum—a multi-faceted new release that blends jazz, funk, hip hop and Afro-Cuban sounds—Summers remembers a previous Headhunters reunion, then looks back on a classic R&B groove that will still “sno-nuff make you wanna move." Find out which track he simply describes as “nasty" on ...
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Sing Along with Horace
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Woke up this morning (no, that is not going to be the beginning of a blues lyric)... ...and made this the background music to preparations for the day. I chose it because I wanted something that had solos I could sing, hum and whistle along with as I fixed breakfast. Every note of Horace Silver's second Blue Note album, the first by the Jazz Messengers, has been embedded in my brain since shortly after it was released in 1955. My ...
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Saxophone Powerhouse Bob Reynolds on Mastery, John Mayer, and More
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Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever.
In a very special video piece for Best. Saxophone. Website. Ever., NYC saxophonist and music entrepreneur Marc Plotkin interviews saxophonist, composer, educator and sideman to John Mayer, Bob Reynolds. For those of you who only know him as John Mayer's sax man, you're only getting a small slice of Bob Reynolds' musical world. Michael Bublé, Nellie McKay, Guy Sebastian, Richard Bona, Tom Harrell, and Brian Blade are just a few of the talents he's shared the stage and studio with. ...
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