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Memories of You
Featuring the music of Benny Goodman
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Gary Burton: Forging Ahead
by R.J. DeLuke
"I got started in Nashville and knew a lot of the country musicians. I got my first record contract from Chet Atkins who saw me playing in a local club in Nashville and who decided to talk to RCA and get them to offer me a long-term contract," says this renowned musician born in a small ...
'King of Swing' Benny Goodman Would Be 100
For decades Benny Goodman and his clarinet popped up just about everywhere, and when they did, just about everyone knew it. Goodman, who would have turned 100 on May 30, defined for most people the swing era that dominated popular American music for much of the 1930s and 1940s. From Carnegie Hall and New York's exclusive ...
Chris Flory: For You
by Ken Dryden
Guitarist Chris Flory has predominately performed in bop and swing settings, having worked with Benny Goodman, Bob Wilber, Ruby Braff and Scott Hamilton. But though he has long had a love for blues, aside from appearing as a sideman on a date by Duke Robillard, he has had few opportunities to record extensively in the genre. ...
Sanofi-Aventis Jazzfest 2009 - A Salute Benny Goodman on June 6th
Sanofi-aventis Jazzfest 2009 to salute Benny Goodman on June 6 at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey MADISON, NJ -- The metropolitan areas only major main stream jazz festival this summer will take place on the campus of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey on June 5 and 6 featuring a celebration of the centennial of ...
Zoot Sims: With Bucky Pizzarelli
by Andrew Velez
This Zoot Sims-Bucky Pizzarelli set of duets is now 33 years old but there's nary a sign of cobwebs here on a session in which the mutual pleasure of these two pros is happily apparent. If it contained only their bossa-flavored take on Michel Legrand's “Watch What Happens," it would be well worth the price. As ...
Pianist Marcus Roberts Interviewed at AAJ
With a foundation in the church and a passion for America's music, Marcus Roberts is easily one of the most prolific pianists of his generation. Hailing from Jacksonville, Florida and influenced by the early exposure to his mother's gospel singing, he decided that he wanted to be a jazz pianist after listening to the music of ...
Marcus Roberts: Has A Lot More To Do
by Tod Smith
With a foundation in the church and a passion for America's music, Marcus Roberts is easily one of the most prolific pianists of his generation. Hailing from Jacksonville, Florida and influenced by the early exposure to his mother's gospel singing, he decided that he wanted to be a jazz pianist after listening to the music of ...
Queens: Home of Jazz and Flushing Town Hall
by Greg Thomas
When most people think of jazz in New York City, Manhattan readily comes to mind. The “East Coast" stride piano style was developed in Harlem, where venues such as the Savoy Ballroom, Small's Paradise, the Cotton Club and Minton's Playhouse presented the big bands and small groups of jazz lore. 52nd Street became known for its ...
Bud Shank: A Voice for the Ages
by Jack Bowers
I'll always have fond memories of the 2007 Prescott (Arizona) Jazz Summit, as it was the last time I had the great pleasure of seeing and hearing the phenomenal alto saxophonist Bud Shank doing what he did best: enfolding an entire audience in the palm of his hand with a seemingly endless stream of irrepressible notes ...
