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A Jazz Giant Passes: James Moody, 1925-2010
James Moody, an international jazz star since 1949 and a San Diego resident since 1989, has played his last refrain. An acclaimed saxophonist, flutist, composer and band leader for 60 of his 85 years, Mr. Moody died Thursday at 1:07 p.m. at the San Diego Hospice, according to his wife, San Diego Realtor Linda McGowan Moody, ...
Jazz News: James Moody Has Died
Sad news out of San Diego today—jazz saxophonist James Moody has died. Here's the story from USA Today: Jazz Saxophone Giant James Moody Has Died at 85Acclaimed jazz saxophonist James Moody died this afternoon of pancreatic cancer at a San Diego hospice, theSan Diego Union-Tribune is reporting. He was 85 and had lived in the city ...
Swing, Swing, Swing!
Per Ricard Gili Sense voler-ne magnificar la importància, l'èxit musical i de públic del concert Swing, Swing, Swing del passat dijous 2 de desembre amb què es tancava el 42è Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona permet treure'n algunes conclusions immediates i significatives. En primer lloc, està clar que la direcció i l'organització del festival ...
Pete Robbins - Silent Z Live (2010)
By Pico Jazz that's hard to categorize is usually the kind of jazz that's also hard to describe adequately with words but also the kind of jazz I prefer. And if it swings and grooves, so much the better. Alto saxophonist Pete Robbins' music has all those qualities and then some. We delighted in the unpredictable, ...
Bizingas - Bizingas (2010)
By Mark Saleski See, I just knew I was going to like this album. About twenty seconds into the first listen and the whole “Is it jazz?/Is it rock?/What the hell is it?" issue popped up—almost always a recipe for a good time. Heck, I knew even before that because their name is so much fun ...
What Can You Learn from Brett Domino?
In this age of instant gratification and short attention spans, online videos have become a staple of entertainment and discovery, with millions of options at your fingertips. Video gives musicians many different kinds of chances to stand out, either through covers, unorthodox instrumentation, or displaying their senses of humor or out-sized personae. Brett Domino has used ...
Curtis Clark Trio - Taagi (No Business, 2010)
Pianist Curtis Clark has been under the radar a bit despite a distinguished pedigree, having studied with the great pianist and composer Horace Tapscott and played with eclectic saxophonist David Murray. After living in Europe for a number of years, Clark returned to the U.S. and cut this dynamic trio set with Aaron Gonzalez on bass ...
James Kinds - Love You from the Top (Delmark, 2010)
Journeyman blues guitarist and singer James Kinds has played all over the upper Midwest USA, cutting a few sides for small labels over the years. Getting a chance to record for the venerable Chicago label Delmark, he makes the best of it by producing a fine album filled with strong singing and excellent musicianship. Kinds has ...
James Moody, 1925-2010
You'd think having the title NEA Jazz Master, a fistful of Grammy nominations, and a 70th birthday party at the Blue Note might be ample reason to slow down, but James Moody was as active in the first decade of the 21st century as he was for more than half of the 20th century. I first ...
Take Five With Marco Oppedisano
by AAJ Staff
Meet Marco Oppedisano: Marco Oppedisano is a New York City-based composer, guitarist, instructor, and producer with recording and performance experience that spans almost 20 years. Marco started playing guitar at the age of 12. He was primarily a self-taught rock guitarist before beginning his formal music education at Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn ...
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