Jazz News

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March 2010 Lineup

Source: Michael Ricci
February 10, 2010

Mon, March 1 - Monday Nights with WBGO The Freddie Redd Quintet Featuring Freddie Redd, piano; Brad Linde, tenor saxophone; Chris Byars, alto saxophone; Ari Roland, bass; Stefan Schatz, drums. Tue-Sun, March 2-7 Bill Charlap Trio w/ Peter Washington & Kenny Washington Featuring Bill Charlap, piano; Peter Washington, bass; Kenny Washington, drums. After Hours: Tue-Sat, March 2-6 Stein Brothers Quintet Mon, March 8 - Special Monday Presentation Etienne Charles & Folklore Featuring Etienne Charles, trumpet/percussion; Brian Hogans, alto saxophone; Sullivan ...

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Live Webcast Tonight: Gerald Clayton Trio at the Village Vanguard

Source: Michael Ricci
February 10, 2010

Gerald Clayton met his bandmates in the Grammy Jazz Ensembles, a select group of all-star high-school musicians brought together to perform during the lead-up to the Grammy Awards. Last year, Clayton himself was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Improvised Jazz Solo ("All of You"), when Two-Shade was but a fan-funded independent recording. He didn't win, but he'll likely be back: He's presenting his own music this week at the Vanguard, which is a pretty high honor ...

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A Jimi Hendrix Treasure in 'Valleys of Neptune'

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2010

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White House Celebrates Music That Fueled the Civil Rights Era

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2010

Grammy-winning singer Yolanda Adams performed during “A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement" at the White House on Tuesday.

In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement, a concert celebrating Black History Month. It's a continuation of the White House Music Series hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, the event moved up to Tuesday night to dodge the brunt of a major snowstorm ...

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One-Note Wonders

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2010

The best performances of Terry Riley's 1964 minimalist classic In C come off like great sex: variations are gradually introduced and then withdrawn from a rhythmic structureand when it's all over, you have a trancelike “what just happened?" kind of hum in your head.

Created as a shot across the bow of midcentury atonal complexity, In C is typically driven by a pianist who pounds out a C note, in different octaves, for the entire piece, while a group of ...

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The New Jazz Singers

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2010

Once upon a time, the emblematic jazz singer was an African-American woman, serenading a smoke-filled room. Think Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Today, a talented crop of cosmopolitan young singers are creating a new breed of jazz vocalist: the globalized chanteuse.

They come from multicultural backgrounds, live all over the world, and are infusing the traditional American sound with new energy. Take today's rising star, 26-year-old Sophie Milman. Born in Russia, she fled with her family to Israel at the ...

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Google Doesn't Want to be an ISP It Wants to Be a Rabble-Rouser

Source: Michael Ricci
February 10, 2010

Google rocked my world today when it unveiled its experimental fiber network, complete with speeds of 1 gigabit per second to the home.

Already the Google-as-ISP meme has pervaded the technology world, but I dont think Google is in this to be a traditional ISP. Rather, it wants to build out a fiber-to-the-home network to show the U.S. the future of communications a far more frightening prospect for existing ISPs, and one that has big implications for entrepreneurs and consumers. ...

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Lou Reed's "Machine" More Strings, Less Metal

Source: Michael Ricci
February 10, 2010

A real-time, chamber-music performance of an inhumanly generated composition: that was Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music as played by the Fireworks Ensemble at Miller Theater on Friday night. Mr. Reed recorded his 1975 album Metal Machine Music (RCA) by leaning guitars against amplifiers, cranking them up until the feedback screamed, playing melodies amid the sonic melee and layering and manipulating the results, including changing the tape speed of some parts. Then he chose four segments for 16-minute LP sides. It ...

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