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Buddy Rich: Final Recording
In 1983, I saw Buddy Rich and his big band at a long-gone New York club called Wednesday's on East 86th Street. I recall a mid-week gig and that the place was a disco on the weekends. The only table available was the one directly in front of Rich's bass drum. We took it. People had ...
Videos: Mulligan and Brookmeyer
The original Gerry Mulligan Quartet had its charms. Mulligan on baritone saxophone, Chet Baker on trumpet, Bob Whitlock on bass and Chico Hamilton on drums had a breezy, contrapuntal sound laced with innocence and coy harmony. But the meatier group with a swing passing gear was Mulligan's quartet with Bob Brookmeyer on valve trombone, Bill Crow ...
Artie Shaw: Love of My Life
Artie Shaw's first feature-length film was Second Chorus, in 1940. By then, the 30-year-old clarinetist was earning up to $60,000 a week ($1.1 million in today's dollars), becoming the best-paid and most celebrated music star of the swing era. That same year, he recorded his massive hit Frenesi with a pickup orchestra, married actress Lana Turner ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Fred Frith
This week, let's have a look at some videos featuring guitarist Fred Frith, who's coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert presented by New Music Circle on Saturday, December 14 at Joe's Cafe. While he's in town, he also will present a free master class on Sunday, December 15 at the 14th St. Artists ...
Video: Chick Corea in Spain, 2018
On July 28, 2018, the Chick Corea Acoustic Band performed at Jazz San Javier in southeast Spain. Pianist Chick Corea was accompanied by John Patitucci on bass and Dave Weckl on drums. The songs were Morning Sprite, A Japanese Waltz, That Old Feeling, In a Sentimental Mood, Life Line, A Sonata (by Domenico Scarlatti), You and ...
Keith Jarrett: Munich 2016
Among pianist Keith Jarrett’s succession of solo concert albums going back more than four decades, Munich 2016 is remarkable even by his standards. The depth and variety of his improvisations make it so. Except for three standard songs here, he invented all of the music that he made three years ago in performance at Philharmonic Hall ...
Royce Campbell: Organ Trio
One of my favorite albums celebrating the music of Henry Mancini is guitarist Royce Campbell's Tribute to Henry Mancini, recorded in 1996. Royce marvelously captures Mancini's hip and gentle melody lines and his passion for space. Royce should know. He was Mancini's guitarist for 19 years. A year before this album, Royce recorded a solid organ-trio ...
Video: Zoot Sims at Donte's
Sometime in 1970, tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims performed at Donte's, a North Hollywood club at 4263 Lankershim Blvd. He was with Roger Kellaway on piano, Chuck Berghofer on bass and Larry Bunker on drums. Fortunately for us, part of the gig was filmed. They played Zoot's Piece, My Old Flame, On the Trail and Motoring Along. ...
Video: Stan Getz in Munich
On July 18, 1990, Stan Getz performed at the Munich Philharmonic Hall in Germany. Though the YouTube upload describes this as Getz's last concert, it wasn't. The tenor saxophonist was recorded live at the Montmartre Jazzhouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 3,4, 5 and 6, 1991. Getz died June 6 of that year. He was 64. ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Alicia Olatuja's "Intuition"
This week, it's time to take a look at some videos featuring singer and St. Louis native Alicia Olatuja, who's coming back home to perform starting Wednesday, December 4 though Sunday, December 8 at Jazz St. Louis. Having played the Bistro previously as a guest artist with both drummer Ulysses Owens Jr and harmonica player Grégoire ...
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