Results for "AAJ Staff"

Berklee Jazz Students React to Esperanza Spalding's Grammy Award

February 26, 2011

Gregg Rolie - Five Days EP (2011)

February 26, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Gregg Rolie, a founding member of Santana and then Journey, is probably best remembered as a tiny speck playing keyboards in sold-out arenas. That makes the intimate, deeply introspective new EP Five Days, recorded live with just piano and vocals, a revelation. Rolie offers a couple of originals, reexamines two of his most ...

Digital Music Forum East Recap: The Race Against the Slow and Steady

February 26, 2011

At yesterday's Digital Music Forum East (again, #DMFE), speed (or the lack thereof) was the unofficial theme that ran through most of the day's panel discussions. Over the past decade or so, cratering industry revenues compelled companies to become more nimble, more flexible, and more adaptable. And for the most part, they did: staffs were cut ...

Christian McBride on the Making of the Movement, Revisited

February 26, 2011

Christian McBride had never even written a single set of lyrics when he was tasked to compose a suite for a gospel choir in 1998. So rather than entrust himself with the words, he turned to four of the most momentous speakers of the 20th century: Civil Rights icons Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X and ...

What a Difference 10 Years Can Make...

February 26, 2011

Myrna Hague Lends Distinctive Vocals to 'Jazz for the Ward' Fundraiser

February 24, 2011

Jamaica's first lady of jazz Myrna Hague lends her distinctive vocal styling to the Ward Theatre Foundation fundraiser 'Jazz for the Ward' set for Sunday, March 6, 2011 at the Institute of Jamaica in Kingston. Under the distinguished patronage of Mexican Ambassador Her Excellency Leonora Rueda, the jazz concert features accomplished musicians Nicholas Laraque on flute, ...

Jazz Around Town: Even the Hot Jazz Around Roc Won't Melt 100+ Inches of Snow!

February 24, 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011 Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm A Giannavola @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Funknut @ The Honors House, 4340 Lakeshore Dr, Canandaigua, 7:00 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Jazz and ...

Other Places: Arturo O'Farrill's Cuban Odyssey

February 24, 2011

Many listeners know that Arturo O'Farrill is a talented New York pianist who leads Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra. He has been a considerable force in Latin music in the US for three decades. Fewer may be aware that he is the son of Chico O'Farrill, a Cuban of Irish origin who was one ...

Jazz This Week: Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Jon Cleary, St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, the Bosman Twins, and More

February 25, 2011

This week's jazz and creative music menu in St. Louis features all sorts of sounds, from big band to cabaret to New Orleans roots music to several different flavors of modern jazz. Let's go right to the highlights... On Thursday evening, the St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, directed by bassist Jim Widner, performs at the Touhill Performing ...

Latin Jazz Conversations: Arturo O'Farrill (Part 2)

February 25, 2011

Individuals find their way into music for a variety of reasons, but they eventually discover a prime motivating factor that allows them to continue. For some musicians, the community aspect of the art form evolves into a lifestyle that not only pays their bills, but also defines their social circles. Demand for a musician's abilities lead ...