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C. Michael Bailey's Best Releases of 2008
by C. Michael Bailey
The event horizon for jazz is set at infinity. There is no shortage of finely crafted music being performed within this uniquely American and pragmatically international genre. This year is about baker's dozens. No, make that Bailey's dozens. Presented here are links to 14 reviews of what I considered the best recordings released ...
The Beethoven Symphony Series 2: Two Fifth Symphonies - Vanska and Herreweghe
by C. Michael Bailey
This is the first article addressing the Beethoven sympnonies individually. For an introduction to the composer's symphony cycle, see The Beethoven Symphony Series 1: The Nine Symphonies Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Opus 67, is one of the most recognizable pieces of classical music. Its distinctive four-note motif, struck twice to introduce ...
ZZ Top: Live From Texas
by C. Michael Bailey
ZZ TopLive From TexasEagle Vision 2008 All the bands who emerged from the 1960s and are still performing long ago ceased being hungry artists and became business men. The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John...Their bands are brands and image is ...
Tony Monaco and Don Hales: Tonymoon for Two
by C. Michael Bailey
Organist Tony Monaco is Johannes Brahms to Jimmy Smith's Ludwig van Beethoven. He is the keeper of the flame, or, more appropriately, the bar keep of the chicken shack, and the ambassador of the chitlin' circuit. Over the past decade, Monaco has moved to the front of the class in organ jazz, releasing a string of ...
Domenico Scarlatti: An Introduction to the Keyboard Sonatas
by C. Michael Bailey
Naxos Records began recording the complete keyboard sonatas of Italian Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti at the close of the 1990s, with the release of Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Naxos, 1999). The years since have resulted in 10 more of a projected 35 volumes series. Scarlatti's keyboard music is easily accessible and enjoyable ...
If I Had a Saxophone: Sonny Fortune, Al Foster, James Moody & Hank Jones, Lee Konitz, and Bob Mover
by C. Michael Bailey
Saxophones are ubiquitous in jazz music. That being so, releases spotlighting the instrument each year are legion. Here are five of the finer ones. Sonny Fortune You and the Night and the Music 18th & Vine Records 2008 Can the ancient warhorse “Sweet ...
By Arrangement Only: Bob Mintzer, Chuck Bergeron, Carl Saunders & Doug Hamilton
by C. Michael Bailey
The flip side of big band science, the counter dimension to swing, is arrangement. Once the seed of an idea has arrived, the melodies conceived, and the notes put into order, the music opens itself up to further organization. This is the art of the arranger. While not scientific, the observation that as the intensity of ...
Swing, Swing, Swing: Gary Tole, Phil Norman, Gene Ludwig & Bill Warfield, Cy Touff & Sandy Mosse
by C. Michael Bailey
The word swing means two things when discussing big band jazz. It refers to the swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, when big band swing music was the popular music of the day. It also refers to that unique rhythmic result of well played jazz, a quality defying meaningful definition but something avid listeners recognise ...
Tuba Jazz: Jim Shearer and Jim Self
by C. Michael Bailey
The tuba in jazz is like the appendix. It is an evolutionary artifact that once played an integral role in the operation of the jazz orchestra but has largely fallen into disuse in favor of other instruments. Sure, it has surfaced at one time or another since the New Orleans days. Claude Thornhill employed one in ...
Garth Knox, Morton Feldman, and a Viola Walk Into a Bar...
by C. Michael Bailey
What's the difference between a violin and a viola? Well, take your pick: (a) the viola burns longer (b) the viola holds more beer (c) you can tune the violin. The poor viola. She does not even get a piece of a break. The viola is the least understood and respected of orchestral stringed ...
