Results for "AAJ Staff"

Sweat Band

May 8, 2011

Recently reissued on CD for the first time since 1994 by reissue greats Get On Down, this little-known and barely-remembered album is a 1980 Bootsy Collins/P-Funk joint that deserves far better than it ever got. Between 1976 and 1979, Bootsy's Rubber Band was a hugely successful offshoot of the P-Funk mothership, distinguished by equal parts funk ...

Jazz St. Louis Announces Summer Series at Jazz at the Bistro

May 7, 2011

Jazz St. Louis today released the summer 2011 schedule for Jazz at the Bistro. In addition to the previously announced concert by the Jazz Crusaders on Saturday, June 11 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, JSL will present St. Louis musicians on Fridays and Saturdays throughout June and July at the Bistro. Of particular note are ...

The Jazz Session #264: Chris Washburne

May 7, 2011

The Dreamers - The Gentle Side (Tzadik, 2010) **

May 7, 2011

By Stanley Zappa More than once Bill Dixon talked about music in terms of problems and solutions. Gerry Mulligan's quartet with Chet Baker was a solution to the problem of there being no piano. At least one semester of ensemble class with Dixon was dedicated to solving the problem of an ensemble with no drummer. Vade ...

Marcus Miller to Head All-Star Concert for Japan Tsunami Relief

May 7, 2011

FEATURING Q-TIP, QUESTLOVE, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, ROBERT GLASPER, VINCE WILBURN, RAUL MIDON, WALLACE RONEY, AND MORE World-renowned musician Marcus Miller is focusing his philanthropic and creative energies into assembling an amazing all-star concert to provide financial relief and support to those devastated by the recent tsunami tragedy in Japan. The concert is taking place Sunday May 15 ...

Sunday Brunch and Live Jazz on Mother's Day This Sunday, May 8 in Massachusetts

May 7, 2011

Happy Mothers, Live Jazz and Sunday Brunch—talk about a winning combination! MassJazz has compiled a list of places to hear live jazz in greater Boston and throughout Massachusetts this Sunday, May 8, 2011 for Mother's Day.BOSTON 75 Chestnut75 Chestnut StreetBack Bay10:30 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.Sunday Jazz Brunch with Billy Novick and Bill Duffy617 ...

American Classics Performing Songs of Scott Joplin at Longy School in Cambridge on Saturday May 7

May 7, 2011

American Classics—a Boston group dedicated to exploring the time-capsule of original American music—is performing a special concert on the Rags and Songs of Scott Joplin at Pickman Concert Hall at Longy School of Music, on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased online or at the ...

Darius Jones and Matthew Shipp - Cosmic Lieder (Aum Fidelity, 2011)

May 7, 2011

Alto Saxophonist Darius Jones has made quite a splash for himself in the avant- jazz scene, with his debut album Mannish Boy and his playing in the extraordinary collective Little Women. Joining forces with the great pianist Matthew Shipp was a masterstroke, as the two musicians complement and combat each other on a series of thirteen ...

Bones and Tones: Hip Percussive Afro-Jazz

May 7, 2011

Bones & Tones (Freedom Art 52964) has something very good going on. Their first, self-titled album brings the effectively grooved percussion intricacies of M'boom with African elements and contemporary jazz. That is no doubt due to the talents and proclivities of the quartet: Abdou Mboup on percussion, vocals and kora; Lloyd Haber on marimba, bells, percussion; ...

Brilliant Sketches: Nicholas Payton

May 7, 2011

The brilliant Miles Davis recording Sketches of Spain turned 50 in 2009 and on behalf of Legacy Recordings, who reissued a special collector's edition CD that same year, I produced a podcast series celebrating this masterpiece. For this series it was important to find artists who could speak with authority, not only about the impact of ...