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Sigurdur Flosason/Kjeld Lauritsen: Daybreak
by Chris Mosey
They used to call this kind of thing “mood music." The idea was to put the listener in a particular mood, usually one of calm and relaxation. When it came to jazz, the US label Prestige climbed on the bandwagon with a whole series titled--wait for it-- “Moodsville." Moodsville aimed at providing jazz ...
Duke Ellington Orchestra at Arizona Musicfest
by Patricia Myers
Duke Ellington Orchestra Highlands Church 2015 Arizona Musicfest Scottsdale, Arizona February 6, 2015 The Duke Ellington Orchestra delivered a solid mix of swing and ballads from the colossal repertoire of its namesake and his gifted composing colleague, Billy Strayhorn. The enduring sophistication of their collaborative creativity was interpreted by a ...
The View From The Back Of The Band: The Life And Music Of Mel Lewis
by David A. Orthmann
The View From The Back Of The Band: The Life And Music Of Mel Lewis Chris Smith 399 pages ISBN: #978-1-57441-574-2 University Of North Texas Press 2014 “Good drummers were a rarity and that's all there was to it. There's no ego problem involved, it's just there weren't ...
Hilary Gardner: The Great City
by Angelo Leonardi
Nel traboccante panorama delle nuove jazz singers, Hilary Gardner ha saputo emergere già con questo debutto, che spicca per la sentita adesione al jazz anni quaranta/cinquanta senza timore d'apparire demodé. La Gardner è una suadente interprete di ballads che disegna con profonda musicalità, purezza espressiva ed elegante chiarore timbrico secondo i modelli di Julie London, Peggy ...
Institute of Jazz Studies Executive Director Job Opening
Quick: where is the largest, most comprehensive jazz archive and research center in the world? New Orleans? St. Louis? Kansas City? Try another river city farther east. Would you believe Newark, New Jersey? It's true. On a hill above the prosaic Passaic River, where it has been housed at Rutgers University—Newark (RU-N) for nearly 50 years, ...
Robert Herridge: Jazz on TV
Up until 1955, modern jazz was largely a punchline. The music wasn't easy to understand by those who grew up listening to big bands and other forms of pop and dance music, and many post-war jazz musicians seemed silly in their cool extreme—people with names like Dizzy, Monk, Chubby, Hawk, Shorty and Bird who recorded for ...
Video: Cafe Montmartre, '59-'76
Oscar Pettiford was one of the great jazz bassists on the New York recording scene in the 1940s and '50s. Sadly, his name today is slipping into obscurity. In 1958, Pettiford moved to Copenhagen, where he died in 1960 at age 37. He was the first to play jazz cello in 1949, and few could match ...
John Brown: Quiet Time
by Angelo Leonardi
"Le donne odiavano il jazz, non si capisce il motivo" cantava Paolo Conte in un celebre tema, ricordando l'Italia degli anni cinquanta. Oggi il quadro è mutato ma se avete qualche amica o amico (non esiste una specificità femminile in questo) che giudica il jazz “poco melodico" regalategli Quiet Time e cambierà idea. ...
Ben Sidran: The First Existential Jazz Rapper
by Joan Gannij
Ben Sidran is an old school hipster in the authentic sense of the word. He's a no frills, musician's musician who's got the heart, got the chops. He's been there, done that, and ready to do more. Sidran has never been interested in following trends or squeezing into categories and is not about to start now. ...
David Friesen e il Questionario di Proust
by AAJ Staff
All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. David Friesen Melodie cantabili e progressioni armoniche inconsuete. AAJ La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. D.F. La capacità di ascoltare. AAJ Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice. ...
