Results for "AAJ Staff"

Happy 77th Birthday to Wayne Shorter

August 26, 2010

Dianne Reeves to Perform at 2010 Shanghai Jazz Festival

August 26, 2010

The 2010 Shanghai Jazz Festival (Shanghai, China) starts on October 1, a 3 week indoor and outdoor festival that takes place all around Shanghai, this year's theme is “Love in Music." ShanghaiDaily.com recently announced some of the highlights of the festival which will include IMN's own Dianne Reeves. Dianne will perform on Saturday October 16. To ...

Take Five With Tina E. Clark

by AAJ Staff
August 25, 2010

Meet Tina E. Clark:A triple threat Singer/Songwriter/Producer residing in Dallas, Texas by way of Shreveport, LA.Instrument(s):Keyboards.Teachers and/or influences?Quincy Jones, Diane Warren, David Foster and Michael Jackson.I knew I wanted to be a musician when...I was in third grade!Your ...

Standard Time: Neal Miner and Friends

August 25, 2010

Neal Miner is not only a fine bassist and composer; he's also a remarkable jazz videographer who gets splendid results without a truckload of equipment. His YouTube channel is “gutstringrecords," and I've taken two of his recent videos to share (and applaud) here. The first is a nimble, sustained reading of the Schertzinger-Mercer I REMEMBER YOU ...

Finding Sonny Clark

August 25, 2010

Sam Stephenson's JAZZ LOFT PROJECT blog is one I visit regularly—not only for its subject matter but for the caliber of Sam's prose. Often the site's subject is the magical and mysterious music and life revolving around Eugene Smith, photographer and thinker and friend of jazz. But today I was captivated by a black-and-white picture of ...

Exclusive Giant Step Interview with Esperanza Spalding + MP3

August 25, 2010

Esperanza Spalding, the beautiful bassist (and vocalist and songwriter) who just released her album Chamber Music Society graciously gave us a little interview. After working with her idols, rapidly gaining critical acclaim and crafting her latest album to perfection, she's at another turning point in her amazing career. Read the full Q&A and get your free ...

Playscape Recordings to Release Mario Pavone's Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po November 9th

August 25, 2010

On November 9th, Playscape Recordings will release acclaimed bassist/composer Mario Pavone's 20th title as a leader, Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po (PSR#061010), the studio recording of his new five-part suite of the same name. Pavone composed this extended work for his latest group, Orange Double Tenor, after receiving a commission from Chamber Music America's 2009 New Jazz ...

Anzic Records to Release Introducing Triveni from Trumpeter/Composer Avishai Cohen

August 25, 2010

"Cohen is a multi-cultural jazz musician, among whose ancestors is Miles Davis. Like Davis, he can make the trumpet a vehicle for uttering the most poignant and portentous human cries."—Thomas Conrad, JazzTimes (on Flood) “An extravagantly skilled trumpeter.. relaxed and soulful... he deftly combined sensitivity and flair."—Nate Chinen, The New York Times (on Triveni live at ...

Jeremy Pelt Quartet

August 25, 2010

In the meantime, here is interesting modish playing by Jeremy Pelt, flugelhorn and trumpet; J.D Allen, tenor saxophone; Dwayne Burno, bass; and Gerald Cleaver, drums. The video was made, evidently recently, at the Paris restaurant Duc des Lombards. YouTube did not supply the name of the tune. You may give it a title of your choice. ...

Notes from the Net: Miles' Box Set of Box Sets; John Hicks Honored in NYC; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews and More

August 25, 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: The big Miles Davis news this time out is the release on September 14 of The ...