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Bria Skonberg, Dave Bennett In Riverwalk Jazz Jam Session This Week
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, three remarkable “20-something” musicians join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band on stage at The Landing in San Antonio. All share a passion for classic pre-WWII jazz and make an important contribution to the legacy of the music through their playing. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. ...
Class Of '29 This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we follow the year 1929 in music, from Harlem cabarets to Broadway shows, to Hollywood movies and jazz recordings. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound. In 1929, jazz ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Goodman
All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Goodman's birthday today! Benjamin David Goodman was born on May 30, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the eighth child of immigrants David Goodman and Dora Grisinsky Goodman, who left Russia to escape anti-Semitism. Benny\'s mother never learned to speak English. His father worked for a tailor to support his ...
"Crazy Rhythm:" Red Nichols And His Five Pennies This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week on Riverwalk Jazz the Jim Cullum Jazz Band tells the story of Red Nichols and his Five Pennies, illustrated with numerous historical recordings of Nichols and the ensembles he led. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of shows at the ...
Buddy Tate: The Texas Tenor
by Chris Mosey
When Herschel Evans died in 1939, Buddy Tate took his place in the Count Basie band. Basie used Tate's muscular, blues- based tenor as a foil to the lighter toned playing of Lester Young. Tate played with Basie for the next nine years fulfilling the same role with Young's successors, Don Byas, Illinois Jacquet, Lucky Thompson ...
Jazzkaar 2014
by John Kelman
Jazzkaar 2014 Tallinn, Estonia April 16-28, 2014 Any opportunity to return to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia in Eastern Europe, is one worth grabbing. Beyond the somewhat surreal feeling of being in a country that, just 23 years ago, was a completely different place, Tallinn is, quite simply, one of the most ...
Jiyoung Lee: Snobs, Addicts & Royalty
by Ian Patterson
Jiyoung Lee, pianist/keyboardist and leader of Korean jazz-funk sextet Jazz Snobs Funk Addicts probably has to pinch herself from time to time. Encouraged from a young age by her parents to pursue a life as a classical pianist, Lee instead opted for the greater expressive freedom--and the economic uncertainty-- offered by jazz. Her journey so far ...
Sweets Edison This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week Riverwalk Jazz presents Harry “Sweets" Edison in an encore presentation captured live at The Landing in San Antonio with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Edison died in 1999 at the age of 83. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. You can also drop in on a continuous stream of ...
Chuck Israels: Tribute to Bill Evans
by Robin Arends
Isn't it nice to meet someone who takes time for a good chat in these hectic times? Especially if this person has a lot to tell, carries the living memory of an important part of jazz history, and is called Chuck Israels?Bassist/arranger/composer Chuck Israels is in expansive form for this interview conducted in a ...
Benny Goodman: Denmark, 1981
In 1981, Benny Goodman appeared at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. It was billed as his last performance, but it wasn't. His final concert was held at the State University of New York in Purchase, N.Y. in January 1986. Goodman was joined at the Tivoli by Sven Osmussen, Chaly Antolini, Don Hass, Jimmy Maxwell, Harry Pepe ...
