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10 Most Read Articles: 2017
by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz tracks how often an article is read, and the articles listed below represent our top ten published in 2017. Interview John McLaughlin's American Farewell Tour with Jimmy Herring by Alan Bryson Published: September 5, 2017 Building a Jazz Library Forget Old Europe: 15 ...
Arthur Blythe, 1940-2017: A Remembrance
by Todd S. Jenkins
The emotive power of Arthur Blythe's bracing alto saxophone tone and flighty phrasing set him apart from many of his generation. A poet, a muezzin, an angry activist, a lamenting lover: Blythe conjured a broad array of sonic images through his nonpareil approach to music. The beloved altoist, who had battled Parkinson's disease for the past ...
Lenox Avenue Breakdown / In The Tradition / Illusions / Blythe Spirit
Label: BGO Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: CD1: Down San Diego Way; Lenox Avenue Breakdown; Slidin’ Through; Odessa;
Jitterbug Waltz; In A Sentimental Mood; Break Tune; Caravan; Hip Dripper;
Naima.
CD2: Bush Baby; Miss Nancy; Illusions; My Son Ra; Carespin’ With Mamie; As Of
Yet; Contemplation; Faceless Woman; Reverence; Strike Up The Band; Misty;
Spirits In The Field; Just A Closer Walk With Thee.
Jakob Baekgaard's Best Releases Of 2016
by Jakob Baekgaard
The world seems more uncertain than ever before, but in times of uncertainty, music provides comfort and a hope that it is actually possible to communicate across borders, whether they be physical or psychological. Among the releases that caught my attention this year, the one that meant most to me by far is ...
Nicole Johanntgen: Henry
by Ian Patterson
Still only in her mid-thirties, Zurich-based German alto saxophonist/composer Nicole Johänntgen has been performing and tirelessly exploring music for over twenty years. With half a dozen recordings as leader under her belt, Johänntgen turns to New Orleans for inspiration on Henry. Named after her father, who used to play trombone in lieu of an early morning ...
Arthur Blythe: Lenox Avenue Breakdown / In The Tradition / Illusions / Blythe Spirit
by Jakob Baekgaard
Jazz-reissues are important because they help to write and rewrite jazz-history. Through reissues, the prominence of an artist is maintained and the canon is confirmed, but it can also be questioned and corrected. A double-disc from the excellent reissue label, BGO, brings four key records from leader and alto saxophonist, Arthur Blythe, back into circulation. The ...
Greg Osby: Saxophone “Griot”
by Victor L. Schermer
The griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician, a repository of oral tradition who is often seen as a societal leader. Saxophonist Greg Osby recently was excited to meet some griots on his travels. While he is originally from St. Louis, he himself is a griot in many senses of the ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Arthur Blythe
All About Jazz is celebrating Arthur Blythe's birthday today! A singularly distinctive and uniquely distinguishable stylist, Arthur Blythe is considered one of the greatest alto saxophonist\'s of his generation. Blythe\'s beautiful, passionate and expressive sound validates his reputation as one of the most significant jazz musicians of our times. Blythe\'s work is notable for its exploration ...
George Freeman/Chico Freeman: All In The Family
by Dan Bilawsky
There are few things more quintessentially “Chicago" in jazz than the Freeman family. Tenor titan Von Freeman ruled the roost in The Windy City decade after decade until his death in 2012; his brother, George Freeman, played with everybody from saxophonist Charlie Parker to organist Shirley Scott; his other brother, the late Eldridge “Bruz" Freeman, was ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Arthur Blythe
All About Jazz is celebrating Arthur Blythe's birthday today! A singularly distinctive and uniquely distinguishable stylist, Arthur Blythe is considered one of the greatest alto saxophonist\'s of his generation. Blythe\'s beautiful, passionate and expressive sound validates his reputation as one of the most significant jazz musicians of our times. Blythe\'s work is notable for its exploration ...
