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Jazz Musician of the Day: Ahmad Jamal
All About Jazz is celebrating Ahmad Jamal's birthday today! In 1951, Mr. Jamal first recorded \'Ahmad\'s Blues\' on Okeh Records. His arrangement of the folk tune \'Billy Boy\', and \'Poinciana\' (not his original composition), also stem from this period. In 1955, he recorded his first Argo (Chess) Records album that included \'New Rhumba\', \'Excerpts From The ...
Andres Thor: Nordic Quartet
by Jakob Baekgaard
Even though it is a small country, Iceland has produced many interesting jazz musicians. Among them, pianists Sunna Gunnlaugs and Eythor Gunnarsson, saxophonist Óscar Gudjónsson and bassist Skúli Sverrisson. Add to this list guitarist Andrés Thor. As a musician, Thor has the distinctive lyrical beauty of many of his countrymen, but he is ...
Jiyoung Lee: Snobs, Addicts & Royalty
by Ian Patterson
Jiyoung Lee, pianist/keyboardist and leader of Korean jazz-funk sextet Jazz Snobs Funk Addicts probably has to pinch herself from time to time. Encouraged from a young age by her parents to pursue a life as a classical pianist, Lee instead opted for the greater expressive freedom--and the economic uncertainty-- offered by jazz. Her journey so far ...
Ahmad Jamal: Saturday Morning
by Maurizio Zerbo
L'ottantatreenne Ahmad Jamal dispensa con questo nuovo CD l'ennesima lezione di piano jazz. Le undici tracce proposte ci restituiscono l'intatta voglia di comunicare gioiose note, che svettano leggere sul pentagramma come farfalle nel cielo stellato. La sua creativa cifra personale si impone a tutto tondo, passando con invadibile souplesse dallo swing ai solari percorsi funky.
Ahmad Jamal at Vicar Street, Dublin
by Ian Patterson
Ahmad Jamal Vicar Street Dublin 24 January, 2014 It's been a banner year for fans of jazz piano in Dublin, with solo concerts by Keith Jarrett and Brad Mehldau bookending 2013. Influential to both these pianists was NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal, so it was fitting in a way that he ...
Dan Loomis: On The Wee Trio and "Live At The Bistro"
by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
The Wee Trio, comprising Dan Loomis: bass; James Westfall: vibraphone; Jared Schonig: drums, are a band to keep looking out for. Having released four impressive albums already, including the recent, Live at the Bistro, their star continues to burn slowly--as all true stars are bound. The Wee Trio is a component of a new musical breed ...
Lyte Records: Dancing To Different Beats
by Ian Patterson
Since its inception in 2007, Lyte Records has earned a reputation as one of the very best labels in Ireland/Northern Ireland for independent jazz artists and creative musicians of various stripes. What started out as a very small, personal concern for Lyte Records founder David Lyttle has grown into something much bigger; international recognition came Lyte ...
Lili Añel: Finding Bliss by Climbing the Wall
by Belinda Ware
In defining the concept of good music, it goes without saying that it is subjective to the listener's taste both in styles and personal preferences. When the weekend arrives, it is common to see people heading out to catch a live music show in New York, Philadelphia, and other cities across America that are ...
NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal Plays Rare Irish Date
The term “jazz legend” is perhaps one that is over used, but how else do you adequately describe Mr. Ahmad Jamal, NEA Jazz Master? Certainly, those fortunate enough to grab a ticket for the Pennsylvanian pianist’s one-off Irish gig in Vicar Street, Dublin on 24th January will be left in no doubt as to why Jamal ...
Take Five With Charlie Peacock
by AAJ Staff
Meet Charlie Peacock: Charlie Peacock is an American multi-genre Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, and recording artist. He has award-winning and chart-topping credits in jazz, gospel, country, folk, Americana, rock, and pop. Lemonade (Twenty Ten Music, 2014) is Peacock's third recording in the jazz genre. His first release, Love Press Ex-Curio (Thirty Tigers, ...
