Home » Search Center » Results: AAJ Staff

Results for "AAJ Staff"

221

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Jacob Wise

by AAJ Staff
November 26, 2010

Meet Jacob Wise:A native of Austin, Texas, guitarist Jacob Wise began playing in blues and jazz bands while a student at the University of Texas. His warm, contemporary guitar sound has been featured with a wide variety of Texan jazz artists. He is currently working on a master's degree in jazz performance at the ...

227

Article: Album Review

The Tokyo Quartet: Beethoven: The "Late" Quartets

Read "Beethoven: The "Late" Quartets" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
November 23, 2010

Just as any real and informed music fan is familiar with the Duke Ellington “Blanton Webster Band," Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959), and Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens recordings, so should they also be immersed in Beethoven's famous late string quartets. There are pre-echoes of twentieth century popular music harmony here, but additionally, ...

News: Interview

Notes from the Net: Phil Perry's New Collaboration; Mtume vs. Crouch; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

November 23, 2010

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest: In this week's Miles Davis-related news, Davis' former percussionist James Mtume and journalist and critic Stanley ...

News: Recording

Bird: Complete Savoy and Dial

November 23, 2010

What better time than Thanksgiving week to rave about Bird and a feast. Bird, of course, is alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, and the feast is Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings, an eight-CD set that was released in 2000. I finally grabbed a copy after years spent listening to the master takes in ...

197

News: Recording

Saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh Releases Trio Album, "I Will Follow You" (Bee Jazz) - December 7, 2010

November 23, 2010

Featuring Longtime Guitar Collaborator Ben Monder And French Drum Legend Daniel Humair December 7, 2010 (NYC)—With I Will Follow You (Bee Jazz), French-born, Brooklyn-based tenor and soprano saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh brings his singular vision to the fertile ground of improvised music. Bolstered by the broad color palate of virtuosic guitarist and longtime collaborator Ben ...

News: Recording

A Birthday Twist

November 23, 2010

Dave Brubeck has given us a present for his 90th birthday on December 6.The pianist and prolific composer has released a two-disc compilation called Legacy of a Legend, it's releasing coming three days after Brubeck resumed touring. (He had a three-month layoff after doctors gave him a pacemaker.) It's a 21-track compilation on Columbia/Legacy that spans ...

News: Opinion

"The Myth of 'The First'"

November 23, 2010

By Steve Provizer There's a guy who recently said he's identified the World's First Rock-and-Roll Song Id'ing the first of anything is alluring; even better than finding the Biggest Spruce Tree or the Skinniest Model. Arguing about the First Of Something has the same kind of endless circularity you get in a stoned conversation about “Best ...

174

News: Recording

The Rolling Stones - Singles Collection: The London Years (Abkco, 1991)

November 23, 2010

I have been reading the Keith Richards biography Life so I thought it would be a good idea to go back and listen to some of the Rolling Stones formative early music. This three disc set covers the singles and B-Sides that the group released from their formation in 1962 until 1971. In Richards' book (which ...

News: Recording

Decoy and Joe McPhee - Oto (Bo' Weevil, 2010)

November 23, 2010

Saxophonist and sometime trumpeter Joe McPhee has been on quite a roll lately playing around the world in many contexts. The is one of the most unusual and interesting, a freely improvising group anchored by the Hammond B3 organ of Alexander Hawkins along with John Edwards on bass and Steve Noble on drums and percussion. Pioneers ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mingus Among Us, Part II

November 23, 2010

“Half politician, Half musician. Half New World explorer. Charles Mingus set the new standard for intensity in jazz. From wild highs to beautiful lows his music has shaped young musicians all over the world to ask, 'Why is Governor Faubus so ridiculous?'" -Adam Linz Three NEA grants (American Masterpieces) for chamber music in 2010-2011 support projects ...