Results for "AAJ Staff"

The Jazz Session #281: Ben Gallina

June 16, 2011

Ornette Coleman: Something Else!!!

June 16, 2011

People unfamiliar with alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman often assume he's an East Coast figure who emerged on the free-jazz scene in 1960 just as John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Charles Mingus were going off in new directions. In fact, Coleman was a West Coaster who had lived and worked in Los Angeles since the early 1950s. ...

DC Jazz Festival Closes with an Absolute Blast!

June 16, 2011

The 7th annual DC Jazz Festival, under the prescient guidance of Charlie Fishman and Sunny Sumter (who though still a young woman, insists she has “retired" as a jazz vocalist, but we still hold out hope...) closed last Monday evening with the DC tour appearance of “A Night in Treme." Assembled to take a good chunk ...

John Coltrane Home Listed as Endangered Historic Place

June 16, 2011

I originally read about this on jazzblog.ca. The U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation, a non-profit organization recently listed the home of John Coltrane as one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The website also offers the opportunity to text $10 to help save the places on the list. From the NHTP: One ...

5 Reasons I'd Buy Today's Pandora IPO, Even at New $16 Share and $2.5 Billion Valuation

June 16, 2011

(UPDATE: Pandora opened above expectations at $20 a share and has ranged from $23—$25 this morning.) Pandora raised the price of shares again for today's IPO to $16 giving the company a valuation just north of $2.5 billion.  That's usually a sign of investor interest, despite new warnings from several major analysts.  I understand the problem ...

Something Else! Interview: Adrian Belew, of King Crimson

June 16, 2011

Adrian Belew, at work these days a classical reformulation of his well-received 2009 trio project e, admits that he's unsure when King Crimson will reform. “No word right now," he says of the group, led since its late 1960s inception by Robert Fripp. “We're just waiting on a word of encouragement from dear Robert." It's not ...

Orrin Evans - Freedom (2011)

June 16, 2011

You might say that top-notch jazz pianist Orrin Evans has become a fixture here at SER. It all got started four years ago when we noted his participation in Robin Eubanks' EB3 unit that made the phenomenal double-CD Live, Vol. 1 of 2007. Early last year we salivated over Evans' Bobby Watson tribute Faith In Action, ...

Duke Ellington - Live at the Whitney (1995)

June 16, 2011

Early on, you never heard much piano from Duke Ellington, a grievous thing. It was only in the twilight of his career that this American jazz master regularly consented to taping some shows where his impish wit at the instrument could be heard front and center. Perhaps the best is this belated Impulse release—a Monday night ...

Exclusive: Jim Griffin, WIPO Spearheading an 'International Music Registry'...

June 16, 2011

If there's one question this industry can't reliably answer, it's 'who owns what?' And a close second, 'how do you locate these owners?' Some songs are easy, but others have complicated ownership structures and splits that traverse recordings and publishing, or cross international borders. And, it can be incredibly complicated to contact, license, or pay the ...

The Band Who Fell to Earth: Zubatto Syndicate

June 16, 2011

SEATTLE COMPOSER/GUITARIST ANDREW BOSCARDIN'S ZUBATTO SYNDICATE REVAMPS THE BIG BAND TRADITION WITH THEIR DEBUT RELEASE The Zubatto Syndicate, a 12-piece ensemble under the direction of composer and guitarist Andrew Boscardin, has released its self-titled debut recording as a digital download, CD, and limited-edition vinyl double LP, featuring distinctive artwork by noted science-fiction artist Franco Brambilla. Drawing ...