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Amiri Baraka: Perspectives on Music and Race
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
Amiri Baraka is the author of the insightful and comprehensive book, Blues People. It is a book that has opened many minds and readers to the African American Diaspora along with the history and roots of African American music. Baraka has now published a new book of essays titled, Digging (The Afro-American Soul of American Classical ...
Nelson Mandela Endows His Birthday Celebration with a Purpose
This year for the first time a Mandela Day concert was held in New York. It was a birthday party and fund-raiser for 46664, Mr. Mandelas AIDS organization. “Happy 91st, Mr. Mandela," Aretha Franklin announced at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday night, celebrating Nelson Mandelas birthday. She was among the dozens of musicians at Mandela ...
Aretha Franklin at the Hollywood Bowl
Everyone knows that Aretha Franklin supports President Barack Obama. Her appearance at his January inauguration, singing My Country Tis of Thee in a gray wool cloche with a spectacular bow, connected the celebrated singers work in the civil rights movement with the election of Americas first black president. Franklin reiterated her admiration for Mr. Obama during ...
The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out
by Alan Bryson
So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? All were part of the Allman Brothers Band's three-week musical extravaganza at New York City's Beacon Theater celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. This year's list of surprise guests also included ...
Faith Gibson: Shooting for the Big Moon
by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
Jazz vocalists have struggled through the years to make room for their contributions to the art of improvisation that appear effortless. Their voices are their instrument, an instrument that has to compete with tenor saxophones, drum kits or trumpets; an instrument whose strength rests in the necessity humanity has to communicate with others. To ...
Take Five With Sarah DeLeo
by AAJ Staff
Meet Sarah DeLeo: Jazz vocalist Sarah DeLeo takes the best from the masters and combines it with her own signature style to produce a sound that is both timeless and fresh. One hears her singing and is swept away to another time, and yet her powerful presence as a musical storyteller is thoroughly in ...
Aretha Franklin Will Play the Hollywood Bowl on June 26; First Time in 35 Years
Opinions may have run the gamut on Aretha Franklin's performance at President Obama's inauguration -- not to mention her ginormous bow hat -- but we can all agree that 35 years is too long to wait for her to return to the Hollywood Bowl. The Queen of Soul will play the amphitheater on June 26, the ...
Take Five With Carlos Redman
by AAJ Staff
Meet Carlos Redman: A Detroit native, Carlos Redman is one of a new breed of modern experimental trumpeters of the current generation. Blending a sultry combination of hip-hop, R&B, rock, and classical in jazz genres, the young horn player continues to defy boundaries as he is often drawn in comparison to the great Donald ...
Lola Danza: Free To Sing Free
by AAJ Staff
Free jazz has wound its way through many permutations since arriving in the early '60s. An important custodian of its new directions is vocalist and composer Lola Danza, of Brooklyn. Danza is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Boston, and stayed in Boston for a few years after graduating, developing her ...
Reverend Zen: Angels, Blues and the Crying Moon
by David King
The New York group Reverend Zen has released its debut album, Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon (Blackjack Music, 2006), that is quickly garnering music industry acclaim around the world. Platitudes aside, Reverend Zen's true genius lies in its music. The album is everything a great album should be: melodies that hang in your head like ...
