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Summertime Jazz: Still Alive and Swingin' in Los Angeles
by Chuck Koton
When the news hit that the Jazz Bakery's last shows (at least at its Culver City location) would take place at the end of May, I feared that a bleak summer lay ahead for Angeleno jazz lovers. Even the reassurances and optimism of the Bakery's long-time director, Ruth Price, about reopening at a new site, did ...
The Bennie Maupin Quartet: Early Reflections
by AAJ Italy Staff
Miles Davis, Andrew Hill, soprattutto Herbie Hancock e gli Headhunters. Sono, queste, alcune tra le collaborazioni di Bennie Maupin a cavallo tra gli anni '60 e '70. Anni in cui il sassofonista, autentico incarnatore dello Zeitgeist, dello spirito di quei tempi, ha contribuito a riscrivere il linguaggio del jazz, a farlo transitare dal bop verso altre ...
John Beasley: Positootly!
by Larry Taylor
On Positootly!, pianist John Beasley explores a variety of styles for a thoroughly enjoyable and stimulating experience. Each track benefits immensely from the indelible touch of drumming great Jeff “Tain" Watts, in alliance here with percussionist Munyungo Jackson. Hailing from Louisiana, Beasley started playing in the late seventies, getting his seasoning with such jazz greats as ...
2009 Angel City Jazz Festival Set for Labor Day Weekend
Dave Douglas, Bennie Maupin, Billy Childs, Nels Cline, Larry Goldings, Wayne Horvitz, etc.Jazz Concerts - The Angel City Jazz FestivalLabor Day Weekend, Sept. 6-7 2009. 4PM-11PMThe John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood CATickets: adults $35 ($30 before Aug 31) children under 12 and under & students with ...
Pianist John Beasley Releases "Positootly!" On Resonance Records
In Demand Piano Veteran, Composer and Louisiana Native John Beasley Bows Second All-Star Release On Resonance Records Positootly!Follows His Acclaimed 2008 Release Letter To Herbie “To my ears, he's absolutely one of the best of his generation" --Bennie MaupinVeteran pianist-composer-arranger John Beasley gained invaluable bandstand experience on the road with ...
Louis Sclavis: Lost on the Way
by John Kelman
Over the course eight albums, French clarinetist/saxophonist Louis Sclavis has carved his own niche on ECM. Every album possesses a different complexion--from the acoustic free play of Acoustic Quartet (1994) and aggressively open-ended variations of composer Jean-Phillip Rameau's work on Les Violences de Rameau (1996) to the more structured soundtrack for Charles Vanel's 1929 film, Dans ...
Hubbard / Henderson / Corea / Clarke / White: Echoes of a Hard Bop Era
by Carl L. Hager
Wolf & Rissmiller's Country Club, April 7, 1982. Walking forward to the front of the stage, producer and drummer Lenny White held a microphone to his lips to announce the members of the band. “I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the world's greatest musicians..." A subjective statement, yes, but he had a ...
Ben Wendel: Simple Song
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Reedman Ben Wendel plays music that sings in different idioms. He has collaborated with the renowned conductor, Kent Nagano in a series of concerts in Germany, and has toured with Cuban drummer, Ignacio Berroa, electronica artist, Daedelus and rapper, Snoop Dog. He is also founding member of the indefinable band, Kneebody, which has been described as ...
L.A. Jazz Scene 2008: Alive and Swingin'
by Chuck Koton
The Los Angeles scene has often been referred to in patronizing terms by jazz lovers, musicians and writers. It has been said that the city's laid-back vibe deprives musicians of the energy that a New York audience can impart to the bandstand. Others complain that the growth of a hip jazz scene has been impeded by ...
Early Reflections
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2008
Track listing: Within Reach; Escondido; Inside the Shadows; ATMA; Ours Again; The Jewel in the Lotus; Black Ice; Tears; Not Later Than Now; Early Reflections; Inner Sky; Prophet's Motifs; Spirits of the Tatras.
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