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Sashko Nikolovski: Not for Sale
by Nenad Georgievski
In the world of jazz, the age at which an artist releases their debut album holds little significance. What truly matters is their ability to demonstrate compositional and playing prowess whenever the opportunity to record arises. Trombonist Sashko Nikolovski exemplifies this notion, with a wealth of experience and diversity which sets him apart. Having been an ...
You Know You're a Jazz Reviewer When...
by Ken Dryden
You know you're a jazz reviewer when...After you check the mail, your spouse asks “Do I live here?"You get 800-1,000 CDs for review within a year, yet you still get the inevitable email follow up from a little known artist or his/her publicist a week after the CD arrives that ...
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Frank Zappa
by Ken Dryden
Although many fans of Marian McPartland's long running NPR series heard former Frank Zappa sideman George Duke's guest appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, few are likely to be aware of Zappa's own visit to the program, which took place in early 1988, just prior to the start of what would be his final tour. McPartland's ...
Dave Brubeck Quartet at the 1993 Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival
by Ken Dryden
Public radio listeners were frequently frustrated when the Chicago Jazz Festival and Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival offered live satellite feeds to stations on the identical weekend (Labor Day), causing program directors to typically air one or the other, unless they chose to archive and rebroadcast the alternate. Montreux-Detroit's lineup rivaled Chicago's, but the Motor City ...
From Ragtime to Rock-A History of American Music (1970 Today Show Special)
by Ken Dryden
When I attended the 2001 IAJE Conference in New York City, I made one of my first trips to Fred Cohen's Jazz Record Center, a mandatory stop for jazz collectors visiting the Big Apple. Within the LP bins I found an unusual record which was the soundtrack to a Today Special (broadcast January 13, 1970) that ...
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Eldar Djangirov, 1st Show
by Ken Dryden
Fans of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz may have read the program synopsis with reservations when 12 year old Eldar Djangirov made his U.S. broadcast debut on her program a few years ago, but he quickly proved that he deserved the national exposure. A polite young man who was still getting used to living in a new ...
Joe Pass Live at the Four Queens Hotel, Las Vegas, 1988
by Ken Dryden
By the time of his death from cancer in 1994, Joe Pass was widely recognized as one of the top jazz guitarists of all time, especially for his virtuoso solo performances. Prior to his passing, I had an opportunity to do a phone interview with Pass and was rather surprised that the guitarist found it difficult ...
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Nellie Lutcher
by Ken Dryden
I had never heard of Nellie Lutcher when she appeared on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz during the mid-1980s, but I was taken with her right away. With her playful vocals and swinging piano, Lutcher was famous for a time during the 1940s, but her record sales declined during the following decade and after being dropped by ...
Phil Woods Quintet Live at Nick's Cafe in Lauren, Holland
by Ken Dryden
Gene Parrish's syndicated radio program Worldwide Jazz is not one that I've heard very often over the years, so this circa 1996 broadcast of the Phil Woods Quintet at Nick's Café in Lauren, Holland, was a special treat.The alto saxophonist's quintet at the time was a strong one (when isn't Woods leading a great ...
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