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The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
"When I listen to these records now... when I listen to the Pershing, it's phenomenal, I must say. What they were doing, phenomenal, the lines and the purity. It's so pure ... It was sheer joy working with these two individuals. Master musicians," writes pianist/bandleader Ahmad Jamal in the liner notes to this collection.
Anat Cohen: Clarinetwork Live at the Village Vanguard
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Anat CohenClarinetwork Live at the Village VanguardAnzic Records2010 Anat Cohen can make the clarinet sing--literally and figuratively. On Clarinetwork Live at the Village Vanguard her wonderful, flowing melodic lines swoop and soar like arias placating the most high. It is as if--in that spiritualised state of grace--Cohen, ...
Savory Delights
Like many other jazz fans, I first heard the name Bill Savory in the liner notes (by George Avakian) to a series of Benny Goodman airshot performances issued on Columbia Records after the astonishing success of their 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert issues. I learned that Savory was a pioneering engineer, friend to many jazz musicians, ...
National Jazz Museum in Harlem Aquires Long-Lost Collection: Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday & More
NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM IN HARLEM ACQUIRES LONG-LOST COLLECTION OF RECORDINGS BY AMERICAN JAZZ ICONS Over 100 hours of live performances capture the golden age of jazz and include Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman & More The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH) today announced the acquisition of a historic collection of ...
Other Places: Unheard Treasures Discovered
This a couple of days old, but in case you missed the news of the unearthing and restoration of a cache of important recordings, see this New York Times article about the National Jazz Museum. Then read this followup. It will probably be a long time before the trove of new old music by Lester Young, ...
Jazz Band Classic announces auditions for the 2010-2011 season!
Are you a jazz instrumentalist looking for a new musical challenge? Are you 22 or under and enrolled in a Tri-State Region conservatory, college, or high school? Are you looking to play and network with other like-minded musicians and perform with world-renown guest soloists in some of NYC's best venues? Now accepting audition applications for Jazz ...
Vic Damon, 30th Street Studio, Village Vanguard
by Sean Dietrich
The oft forgotten recording studio. It's humble presence remains under-acclaimed. Electric lights suspended high above a giant mess of cables. Omniscient microphones standing tall, appraising the heart of arrogant musicians who approach. Scribbled papers rest on music stands, while heated brawls are incubated among hot headed horn players. This is where music is born. And yet ...
Swing! / Episode 2 - "Birth of the Big Bands"
Soulandjazz.com Presents: Swing! Episode 2--Birth of the Big Bands Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here. Welcome back to another episode of Swing! This month we explore the birth of the ...
Mundell Lowe Quartet Live At The Saville Theater
by Robert Bush
Mundell Lowe Quartet Saville Theater, San Diego City College San Diego CA July 13, 2010 Tuesday night's affair was standing-room-only for the rare appearance by Mundell Lowe, an iconic figure in the annals of jazz history. Lowe cut his teeth as an improviser in the Roosevelt administration--that he ...
Denny Zeitlin: Nothing Halfway
by Dan McClenaghan
San Francisco-based jazz pianist Denny Zeitlin--aka Dr. Dennis Zeitlin, Psychiatrist--boasts a music career that spans more than fifty years. He began, at a tender young age, playing professionally in the early fifties in his home town of Chicago. He was, very early in his life, interested in the fields of medicine and music, and he has ...
