Home » Search Center » Results: AAJ Staff

Results for "AAJ Staff"

118

News: Event

Hadley Caliman / Pete Christlieb CD Release Party This Sunday

August 4, 2010

Saxophonists Hadley Caliman and Pete Christlieb will be celebrating the release of their new CD, Reunion, this Sunday, August 8, at The New Orleans Restaurant. Music begins at 7:30pm and tickets are $15. This was a popular show during last November's Ballard Jazz Walk so reservations are always recommended (206-622-2563 August 08, 2010 Hadley Caliman/Pete ...

152

News: Recording

Mike Mainieri - Crescent (NYC)

August 4, 2010

Trane tributes remain a reliable if sometimes rote jazz tributary. Vibraphonist Mike Mainieri seems to recognize their resilient ubiquity on this outing, tweaking the formula in a number of intriguing ways and coming up with a program both familiar and singular in the execution. The success is due in no small part to his sidemen, both ...

258

News: Music Industry

What, Me Worry? McCoy Tyner and the Pentatonic Scale

August 4, 2010

It may be the most ubiquitous scale in the world and arguably the oldest. Anywhere in the world, when someone carves a flute, plucks a string or twangs a piece of metal they inevitably stumble into some variation of a 5-note-pentatonic-scale. It sounds good. It offers simplicity, yet potential for tension and relaxation. You can use ...

200

News: Recording

Trumpeter/Composer Shane Endsley and the Music Band Live at the Jazz Gallery August 13th and 14th

August 3, 2010

Sets at 9:00 & 10:30 PM, TKTS are $20 ($10 for members) This performance is in preparation for Endsley and The Music Band to enter into the studio to document this music for a first quarter 2011 release on a new record label formed by the critically acclaimed band co-led by Endsley--Kneebody The Music Band is: ...

News: Recording

19/8 Records to Release South Side Story, the Debut Recording from Saxophonist/Composer Greg Ward's Fitted Shards

August 3, 2010

"Greg Ward has brought together his superb ability to reflect not only his personality but the current times in his debut album, Fitted Shards. Opening a solo career with this strong of a statement in the jazz world can only lead to inevitable success throughout his lifetime." - C. Janus, Author of The New Face of ...

149

News: Interview

Mitch Miller and Bird

August 3, 2010

Jazz listeners who derided the sing-along records and TV shows that made Mitch Miller rich and famous in the 1950s and '60s tended to forgive him the shallowness of his pop pap because he played with Charlie Parker. Miller died over the weekend at the age of 99. See Matt Schudel's excellent obituary in The Washington ...

116

News: Event

Denise Thimes to Headline United Way Benefit on Saturday, September 11

August 3, 2010

Singer Denise Thimes (pictured) will be the featured musical entertainment at “Chocolate, Wine and All That Jazz," an event kicking off the annual fundraising campaign for the Tri County Division of United Way that will be held at 6:30 p.m., Saturday September 11 at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles.In addition the performance ...

112

News: Radio

Greg Osby Broadcasting Live from the Viillage Vanguard This Tuesday, August 3

August 3, 2010

Saxophonist and St. Louis native Greg Osby (pictured) and his band will be the featured performers on this week's installment of the radio program “Live At The Village Vanguard" at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time this Tuesday, August 3.The live broadcast comes from the famed NYC jazz club via NPR Music and affiliate station WBGO, ...

145

News: Festival

Howlin' Gwil and Big Mike Walker - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Five

August 3, 2010

Simcock, Walker, Swallow & Nussbaum at Royal Northern College of Music. 27th July 2010Following Monday night's Jazz on 3 taster, the Simcock Walker Swallow Nussbaum group were over at the Royal Northern College of Music for a full set on Tuesday. It seemed like the entire North West jazz community were here for this ...

News: Recording

Hidden Jazz Downloads (Vol. 14)

August 3, 2010

Well, iTunes has redesigned its store, making life even more difficult for fans of jazz from the 1950s and 1960s (if that's possible). Now, seeing what older, out of print jazz albums have been added to the store is trickier. Same goes for figuring out which tracks on compilations belong to which original albums. This means ...