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Mosaic Count Basie and Lester Young, a Charlie Haden Interview, and More

March 17, 2008

Some jazz news of note from the past week or so... *Mosaic Records has put up information and a discography for their forthcoming Lester Young and Count Basie set. I was told last week that the Benny Goodman Columbia box is on track for an early-summer release. *Ethan Iverson of The Bad Plus has posted his ...

Mary Lou Williams' Zodiac Suite

March 17, 2008

In 1945 pianist, composer and arranger Mary Lou Williams debuted her first extended work, The Zodiac Suite, with musical movements for each sign of the zodiac. Williams was 35 years old, already a veteran of the swing era; she was playing regularly at New York City's Caf Society, hosting a weekly radio program, and had begun... ...

Photonality Jazz Series Publishes 12 New Books

March 17, 2008

T.E. Priemon's Photonality Jazz Series releases 12 new visual music compositions in book format. Photonality uses the medium of jazz music integrated with the properties of photography to create visual music compositions. The Photonality Jazz Series is published by the artist wife Renee Priemon in the LULU book publishing site. The compositions are from the leading ...

Steve Weingart - Gigs - March/April 2008

March 17, 2008

Pianist Misha Piatigorsky Interviewed at AAJ

March 17, 2008

Russian-born pianist Misha Piatigorsky fled from behind the Cold-War-era Iron Curtain with his family to make a new life in a small New Jersey town. He started out as a classical pianist before discovering jazz. Since that discovery, he's moved from bebop to Brazilian to groove music, melding them all seamlessly on his record, Uncommon Circumstance ...

Spotlight: Trio Nuevo +, Dave Askren

March 16, 2008

Trio Nuevo + Dave Askren DaWay Music The guitar trio enjoys a rich history in traditional jazz but the instrument's small role in Latin Jazz has led many artists to neglect this format. Cuban styles have long prioritized the piano over the guitar; piano montunos drive Cuban dance music and dense piano ...

Ezra Weiss - Young and Talented

March 16, 2008

Drum! Interactive Struts New Orleans with Stanton Moore

March 16, 2008

San Jose, Calif., -- Enter Music Publishing, publishers of diverse, hip drum/percussion magazine worldwide, has made available its January 2008 Issue of DRUM! In its interactive edition at drumdigital.com. The January Issue features the second-line strut of New Orleans drummer, Stanton Moore, hot licks of Mitch Mitchell and four emerging Cowboy drummers, Myron Howell of Jake ...

Christian McBride: Not Just All That Jazz

March 15, 2008

Bassist and booker Christian McBride is a rare jazzman with an approving ear for hip-hop. Christian McBride, the wunderkind bassist, is finally having a middle-aged thought. The leading jazz bassist of his generation wishes he weren't on the road so much. Speaking by phone the other day after a snowstorm in Santa Fe, N.M., McBride said ...

Vibist, Jerry Tachoir Clinic/Concert Tour

March 15, 2008

Vibist, Jerry Tachoir will present a clinic/concert on: Friday March 28 at Univ. of Alabama - Birmingham (clinic at 12 NOON) Saturday March 29 - Day of Percussion, Jackson Mississippi (Tachoir clinic at 9AM) Monday - March 31 - Univ. of Alabama - Huntsville - 4 PM clinic These appearances are made possible by the universities, ...