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Newport Jazz Festival: Saturday, August 7, 2010
by Timothy J. O'Keefe
Part 1 | Part 2 CareFusion Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 7, 2010 Sun rays streamed through mostly blue skies, pelting Fort Adams State Park with heat, as the annual jazz festival returned to the Rhode Island peninsula in 2010. Few people attending probably even ...
53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon Coming in September!
500 Legendary Jazz Icons, Classic Collaborations and Multi-Cultural and International Artists on 8 Stages for 3 Days of Nonstop Entertainment, September 17㬏, 2010 Headliners on the Arena/Lyons Stage Include Dianne Reeves, Freedom Band with Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Roy Haynes; Ahmad Jamal, Harry Connick, Jr., Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Roy Hargrove Big Band, ...
Ahmad Jamal: Argo Sessions
Jazz piano in the seven years immediately after World War II took several major twists and turns in its development. Art Tatum was the dominant force through the 1940s and into the 1950s. Like Tatum, Erroll Garner and Nat Cole were entertainers and showmen, bringing polish, wit and vibrancy to the instrument. Then came the brooders—Bud Powell, ...
Ahmad Jamal: A Quiet Time
by Ian Patterson
Ahmad JamalA Quiet TimeDreyfus Records2010 Always reluctant to go into the studio unless he has material he is thoroughly satisfied with, pianist Ahmad Jamal's A Quiet Time could be considered as a follow-up to It's Magic (Dreyfus Records, 2008), given the relatively short period between the two releases. ...
Ahmad Jamal: The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions
PURCHASE BOX Audio Samples Let's Fall In Love | We Kiss In A Shadow About The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions Tracing back the influence of pianist Ahmad Jamal through his more than 50 years of performing and recording is like trying to repack the explosive components of a fireworks display after it ignites, flares, ...
Michael Cuscuna on Ahmad Jamal: The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions
The mid fifties was a fertile time for jazz; fresh, original ensembles were taking shape all over the country. The Modern Jazz Quartet, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Jazz Messengers and the Ahmad Jamal Trio immediately come to mind. Among musicians, each group had its imitators and its creative disciples who took its innovations one step ...
JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 5, 2010
TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto) 209 238 -29 1 55 1 7 2 11 9 Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up) 191 150 +41 6 63 2 3 3 10 9 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 169 152 +17 0 63 2 ...
Freihofer's Jazz Festival 2010: 33rd Edition is Strong
by R.J. DeLuke
2010 Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, NYJune 26-27, 2010 Watching Kendrick Scott's Oracle band in the warmth and sunshine of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center recently brought into focus everything that's good about the two-day event created by legendary impresario George Wein in 1978 and carried on more than capably by Danny Melnick's ...
Jean-Michel Pilc: True Story
by Karl Ackermann
Jean-Michel Pilc has yet to achieve a US prominence that compares to his fellow French jazz pianists, the late Michel Petrucciani and Algerian-born Martial Solal. While both of the latter musicians are frequently cited for their lightning-fast delivery, Pilc shares their agility as well as a finely honed ear for lyricism. But ultimately, Pilc is a ...
Legendary Pianist Ahmad Jamal Interviewed at AAJ
Ahmad Jamal, possibly the most influential of living jazz pianists, turned 80 years young on July 2, 2010. It is however, business as usual and instead of celebrating at home in his slippers, Jamal was wowing an audience at the Marciac Jazz festival in France. Jamal is touring now more than ever before, and is in ...
