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The Wood Brothers: The Wood Brothers: Up Above My Head
by Doug Collette
Highlights of The Wood Brothers' live performances invariably include ingenious renditions of choice covers in addition to their own well-wrought originals. So it stands to reason they'd find it perfectly natural to put together this mini-album of outside material by the likes of Beck and Allen Toussaint, among others. Returning to the strictly two-piece ...
Traincha w/ Metropole Orchestra: This Girl's In Love: Burt Bacharach Songbook
by Chris May
You don't need to be Austin Powers to enjoy Burt Bacharach. The composer is a primogeniture descendant of the geniuses who created the great American songbook--the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael, Irving Berlin, and their contemporaries. Usually in the company of lyricist Hal David, Bacharach wrote and arranged some of the most grown-up chart music of ...
Scott Tinkler: Trumpet Down Under
by Ludwig vanTrikt
Bassist/composer Lindsey Horner recently said, “I think one thing that has really changed in the past quarter century is that the music has become so broad, so truly international and genre-encompassing that the days when jazz was one very definable, finite thing are well and truly gone." These remarks also serve to introduce this interview with ...
Henning Sieverts Symmetry: Blackbird
by Jerry D'Souza
The Beatles are given the dominant spot on Blackbird, but most of the music comes here from bassist/cellist Henning Sieverts. Sieverts--who has a long history of composition, having written for string ensembles, the theater, and groups of various size--locks in jazz and classical music, both in their individual frames and in an elegant blend, making for ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 4-6, July 4-6, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Joshua Redman By Invitation Day 1 / Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band Joshua Redman By Invitation Day 2 / Kenny Werner QuintetJeff Beck / Anat CohenFestival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 4-6 2009
Bill Henderson
by Marcia Hillman
To quote Bill Henderson: “The one constant in my life has been singing." So, it is not surprising that in his 83rd year he is still recording and performing live. Born in Chicago, Henderson made his show business debut as a singer and dancer at the age of four, winning in Phil Baker's Artist and Models ...
Chad McCullough: Playing to the Gig
by John Barron
Seattle trumpeter Chad McCullough has been working hard to garner a reputation in his hometown and beyond as a versatile, creative musician. McCullough has performed with a wide range of artists, including Jay Thomas, Claudio Roditi, Marc Seales, Thomas Marriott, Ingrid Jensen and Bob Florence. He's toured extensively with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in the jazz ...
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 ...
Kelvin Sholar: Artistic Crossroads
by Franz A. Matzner
Pianist, composer, programmer, writer, philosopher Kelvin Sholar is a modern Renaissance man, an endangered species in our modern times of careerism and hyper-focused resumes. At any one time, Sholar seems to be grappling with more ideas and projects than very few are capable of doing over several years--if at all. To give a ...
Beatles' the iconic Group's Repertoire Considered Most Significant Body of Music Still Not Available for Downloading
Nearly a quarter-century after the Beatles and digital technology came together at the dawn of the CD era, the Fab Four's entire recorded legacy is getting a major sonic overhaul that is widely considered long overdue. All of the group's studio recordings will be reissued Sept. 9 in remastered versions and are expected to generate renewed ...
