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Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Festival Announced

May 12, 2008

JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS JUNE FESTIVAL FREE SUNDAY GOSPEL Featuring Davell Crawford & The Davell Crawford Singers - noon Music is an incredible feast of possibilities, and Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) has arranged a menu for the summer of 2008 that will touch every taste, salute every genre, and please the most jaded palate. JAS ...

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band at the Jazz Bakery

May 12, 2008

Big Phat Band at The Jazz Bakery May 27th Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, an 18-piece jazz ensemble, celebrates and personifies the best of the big band tradition with a very contemporary and original sound. Through the writing genius of Gordon Goodwin, SRO audiences have enjoyed one of the most craftsman-like hard swinging large jazz ensembles ...

A Street Musician's Symphonic Movement

May 12, 2008

Down and out at Disney Hall and coming soon to a theater near you THE SOLOIST: A LOST DREAM, AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP, AND THE REDEMPTIVE POWER OF MUSIC Back in September 1964, Jascha Heifetz, the formidable fiddler, was attempting an ill-advised comeback recital at Carnegie Hall. The crowd out front was enormous, and it naturally included ...

Birdland - The Jazz Corner of the World

May 12, 2008

The jazz corner of the world Recently, I overheard the sounds of the singing quartet, Manhattan Transfer, coming from the stereo in my son's room. The group had added lyrics to Joe Zawinul's extraordinary instrumental “Birdland," conjuring some warm memories of the jazz club that had once been called “The Jazz Corner of the World." Broadway ...

Michael Pedicin's Sax Had Them from the Start

May 12, 2008

By David R. Adler For The Inquirer On April 19, when Terence Blanchard played the movie music of Spike Lee at the Kimmel Center, Michael Pedicin conducted the orchestra. The evening's best-kept secret was that Pedicin, 60, is a fine tenor saxophonist with seven albums to his credit. At Chris' Jazz Cafe on Saturday, ...

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton Intrerviewed at AAJ

May 12, 2008

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton started out years ago as a musician known for being steeped in the traditions of his New Orleans origins. The “young lion" of about fifteen years ago had a brash, bold sound. He even produced a Luis Armstrong tribute--Dear Louis (Verve, 2001)--and did an album working with the classy Armstrong contemporary Doc Cheatham ...

Hans Blix California Tour May 18 - 24

May 12, 2008

Hans Blix, a trio of improvised alchemy, will be bringing their unique sound to California May 18th to the 24th. The trio creates complete songs from seemingly thin air, developing themes, crafting melodies, and surprising the listener at every turn. Possessing the fluditiy of fusion ala Mahavishnu, the textured soundscapes of electronica ala Squarepusher and quiet/loud ...

Stopsmiling: The Jazz Issue

May 12, 2008

Album of the Week: La Patilla, Aquiles B??ez

May 12, 2008

La Patilla Aquiles B??ez Cacao Musica Sometimes the most compelling artists are the ones that escape a quick and easy definition. Strict adherence to stylistic traditions implies a set of guidelines that come with the given genre. As a result, listeners bring a set of expectations to a musical experience, based on those guidelines. When [...] ...

Jazz, Spiritually Speaking

May 12, 2008

Spirituals were African-American religious folksongs that grew out of the slavery experience and the introduction of Christianity into slaves' lives. Rooted in African musical tradition as well, they reflected life in a strange and terribly oppressive new world. They were often improvisations upon older hymns that became entirely new songs, and in some ways they foreshadow... ...