Results for "AAJ Staff"

The Confabulators @ South Pasadena Music Center July 23rd

July 16, 2010

Very tragical mirth featuring Rich West as Mayo Grout in The Confabulators, improvisation on graphic notation and hard tunes for readers starring (in order of appearance) Haskel Joseph--guitar; Brian Walsh--reeds; Jeff Schwartz--bass; Sarah Phillips--keyboards; Jerry Wheeler--trombone; Charles Sharp--reeds; Dan Clucas--trumpet/cornet; Bruce Friedman--trumpet/flugelhorn; and Nathan Smith possibly making a cameo. Experiments in hocket, variations, and counterpoint for ...

Angel City Arts Presents Mercury Falls + Norton Wisdom - Live @ Royal/T

July 16, 2010

SATURDAY JULY 24 2010 @ 8PMMERCURY FALLS + NORTON WISDOMROYAL/T8910 WASHINGTON BLVD. CULVER CITY, CA 90232310.559.6300$15 admission at the door. $10 for studentsRSVP on facebookFor one night only San Francisco-based Mercury Falls (written by Ryan Francesconi and Patrick Cress) will perform music from their debut record, ...

Brains, Beauty ... and a Bass

July 16, 2010

If you've not listened to Esperanza Spalding, you're missing out on a rare treat.Spalding is a 25-year-old dynamo, maybe the best thing to happen to jazz in a decade or two because she has the star quality missing from so many young players. Eldar and Julian Lage are exciting players, but Spalding is not only ...

One Track Mind: Curtis Mayfield "Freddie's Dead" (1972)

July 16, 2010

By PicoAs the sixties turned into the seventies, soul, like rock, got tougher and edgier. In 1971 alone, Sly Stone's There's A Riot Goin' On, Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and Gil Scott-Heron's Pieces Of A Man raised the stakes in R&B that was serious, far-reaching and influential to several generations. Others like the ...

Terje Rypdal - Crime Scene (2010)

July 16, 2010

By PicoIf you're a big ECM Records fan like I am, then you'd probably even remember your first ECM record. For a lot of those types, this one is most likely their first ECM. For me, though, it was Terje's Rypdal's Waves, which I picked up just a few years after its 1977 release ...

RIAA CEO Extremly Well Paid

July 16, 2010

Lawyers aren't the only people the RIAA is throwing money at. CEO Mitch Bainwol receives a $1.91 million in annual salary, with “other compensation" from the RIAA and “related organizations" offering another $123,000. Over $2 million is a pretty astounding sum to take in when you're presiding over an organization that doesn't exactly qualify as a ...

The Magic City: Sun Ra Arkestra at University City (Philadelphia) on July 24

July 16, 2010

The last time we heard from the Sun Ra Arkestra was on May 25th at Johnny Brenda's when Ars Nova Workshop hosted Maestro Marshall Allen's 86th birthday celebration. Through two high-energy sets that had the audience either dancing feverishly or contemplatively traversing the spaceways, the group demonstrated the unrivalled expertise, joy, and passion that have been ...

Take Five With Kerry Politzer

by AAJ Staff
July 15, 2010

Meet Kerry Politzer: I started out as a classical pianist, went over to jazz and Brazilian music, and am now exploring the world of vocals and lyrics. I've released three jazz albums: Yearning, Watercolor and Labyrinth; and one jazz-pop album, You Took Me In. Labyrinth was a finalist in the 6th Annual Independent Music ...

Correspondence: On Harvey Pekar

July 15, 2010

Rifftides reader Allen Mezquida writes: It seems that Pekar had a greater perception about jazz than many musicians I know. He listened with a rich open mind and a big heart. I created this animation for him. It was finished about a week before he died. Allen Mezquida animates ...

New Documentary on Drummer/Composer Tobias Gebb Titled "Making Music"

July 15, 2010