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News: Performance / Tour

ETJ Makes Rochester One of Tamir Hendelman Trio's "Destinations"

January 3, 2011

In his recent profile of the Tamir Hendelman Trio in City for his upcoming January 9th concert in the Exodus to Jazz series, a stop on his tour for his new CD Destinations on Resonance Records, Ron Netsky described a moment a Barbra Streisand set at the Village Vanguard in 2009, when:[T]he attention shifted from the diva to ...

News: Recording

Groove Notes Top 10 Jazz CD's of 2010

January 3, 2011

People love lists. And Groove Notes isn't shy about posting them. There were some great albums that came out in the last year, and in no particular order, here are my ten favorites from 2010. 1. Highway Rider by Brad Mehldau (Nonesuch, March 16, 2010) CLICK HERE TO BUY 2. Decisive Steps by Tia Fuller (Mack ...

News: Obituary

Jazz Pianist Billy Taylor, Rest in Peace

January 3, 2011

Legendary jazz pianist, composer and educator Dr. Billy Taylor died on December 28, 2010 at age 89. He was long admired throughout his career as an innovative musician who composed over 300 tunes. Taylor had an illustrious career as a jazz pianist, getting his start with the Ben Webster Quartet in New York City, and was ...

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News: Recording

Gimme Five: 80's Fusion Albums That Don't Suck

January 3, 2011

The late Don Grolnick made only one fusion record, but it was a real beaut. By Pico Ahhh, the 80s. Big hair, big synthesizer sounds and programmed beats. That didn't just happen with pop and rock, some of these trends seeped into contemporary jazz, too. This was the decade when much of what was considered fusion ...

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News: Recording

Art Blakey - Hard Bop (Mosaic Singles, 2008)

January 3, 2011

This was something of a forgotten album (perhaps because of the generic title?) recorded during drummer Art Blakey's brief tenure with Columbia Records. Cut with an interesting band including Bill Hardman on trumpet, Jackie McLean on alto saxophone, Sam Dockery on piano and Spanky De Brest on bass. But the album is aptly named as the ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #228: Mark Miller on Herbie Nichols

January 3, 2011

Herbie Nichols would have been 92 years old today, Jan. 3. The pianist is the subject of a new biography—Herbie Nichols: A Jazzists Life by Mark Miller. In this interview, Miller talks about why Nichols failed to become known during his lifetime; why Nichols is often labeled an acolyte of Thelonious Monk; and how Miller came ...

News: Technology

Thanks to Social Marketing Guru Chris Brogan for 3 Words to Guide Us in 2011

January 3, 2011

One of the few non-music industry thinkers that I try to read daily is Chris Brogan and every New Year the social marketing expert and blogger chooses three words to guide his efforts in the coming year. This year Chris' words are: Reinvest, Package and Flow. As Chris, says “Instead of resolutions, which don't usually help ...

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News: Obituary

Charles Fambrough - R.I.P.

January 3, 2011

After a long bout battling liver disease and many years of suffering, the great jazz bassist Charles Fambrough passed away on Saturday, January 1, 2011. Fambrough had apparently been awaiting a transplant match. Several musical tributes were held in Philadelphia over the last several years to help Fambrough and his family pay the bassist's outrageous medical ...

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News: Obituary

Lost In '10

January 3, 2011

One cannot acknowledge the year's creative contributions without noting its losses. This year seemed unusually disproportionate in the number of creative voices that moved onto another plane. Here, I note only those whose artistry has had particular impact on my life. I certainly recognize that many, many others have departed the Earth this year. But I ...

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News: Award / Grant

Best in '10 - The Music

January 3, 2011

Chim Chim Cheree—Eric Alexander Quartet (Venus): One of today's most interesting tenor saxophonists, Eric Alexander, helming one of jazz's best groups, with the legendary Harold Mabern on piano, the undersung Joe Farnesworth on drums and, in this case, John Webber on bass, takes on the repertoire of the great John Coltrane and comes up with a ...