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Latin Jazz Conversations: Adriano Santos (Part 1)
There are a lot of motivating factors to connect young people and performance, but the simple thrill of making music serves as the prime factor that pushes young people towards more lofty musical goals. Before they experience the act of creating music, just playing an instrument or singing seems magical, a dream that can't be touched. ...
Overlooked Treasures: Four Latin Jazz Albums That You've Got to Discover
Music consumption has changed drastically over the past ten years; from the Mp3 to the iPod and now streaming music services, we've found many ways to keep more music in our ears more often. Streaming music services have been helping me stay connected with music on a more regular basis recently, providing a dream worthy listening ...
The Jazz Session #183: Charnett Moffett
Bassist Charnett Moffett grew up in a musical family. Which is to say, his dad played with Ornette Coleman and the whole Moffett family band was touring the world when Charnett was a kid. More than two decades later, Charnett is bringing that family history and his own impressive musical resume to bear on his new ...
Jazz Venue Chronicles: Monday Nights in Silver Spring
Continuing our investigation of folks who are endeavoring to present jazz in non-traditional ways and non-traditional venues (ala Search and Restore), our series of conversations with what has become a seemingly rare breed over the last 40 years -- African Americans who present jazz on their stages--this installment is our chat with emerging young vocalist Chad ...
A Portal to Jazz in New York City
Plain and simple folks, as I've been preaching for many moons, the biggest issue facing jazz music is not a matter of lack of gigs or venues, dying record companies or jazz masters checking out for ancestry, or the lack of widespread 24/7 jazz radio; the biggest issue is audience, and our collective ability to grow ...
Spain and the Netherlands, Jazz, and the World Cup
The World Cup is over, and I suppose the time has come for me to stop complaining. I was cheering for Holland from the beginning, and was crushed when the Netherlands lost to Spain in the final minutes of overtime in the final, in what in general was a pretty good game. These two countries are ...
Ken Fowser and Behn Gillece - Little Echo (2010)
By PicoIt's not unusual at all for the tenor sax and the vibraphone to appear on the same jazz record; we've heard these on countless jazz recordings. But by co-leading a record, saxophonist Ken Fowser and vibraphonist Behn Gillece gives us fairly rare opportunity to hear both instruments as the two lead voices sharing ...
Life, Death, Resurrection and the Cornet
During a recent Nat Adderly listening session, I thought “Why play this style on cornet and not trumpet?" I was thinking of the cliched perception of the cornet, as personified by cornet greats Oliver, Bix, Bobby Hackett, Jimmy McPartland et al.The cornet sound is theoretically mellower and rounder than a trumpet's. The horns have ...
How to Sound Check, Part One
One of the single greatest indicators of a band's degree of experience, expertise, and general savoir-faire is the manner in which it conducts sound checks. So for those of you looking to take a simple step towards professionalism, or for anyone who prefers eating, sleeping, showering, and hitting on that cute bartender to playing quarter notes ...
Howard "Flagga" Duperly Plays Reggae on Florida's Serious Jazz Radio
Jamaican Howard “Flagga"Duperly hosts a reggae show, The Reggae Ride, on predominantly jazz radio WDNA 88.9FM in Florida. The non-profit radio, known worldwide as South Florida's premier jazz station utilizes two words, Serious Jazz, that, in a nutshell, brands its varied programming. But, while jazz is its foundation, the station musically satisfies the multicultural ...
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