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JazzAscona Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary: June 25 - July 5, 2009
We are excited to announce some of the first musicians and performances scheduled for JazzAscona 2009, one of the most significant jazz events in Europe: Homage to the legendary Kansas City singer and “king of blues & rock 'n' roll Big Joe Turner by soul-jazz stars Bernard Pretty Purdie, Reuben Wilson & friends; tributes, one hundred ...
Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin Interviewed at AAJ
The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Some jazz was played in the U.S.S.R. since before World War II. Even during the height of the Cold War, ...
Alex Sipiagin: Burning For Jazz
by R.J. DeLuke
The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Before glasnost fully took hold, and before U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down ...
Louie Bellson: Tasteful Drummer, Sweeter Guy
by Jack Bowers
To say that drummer extraordinaire Louie Bellson, who left us on February 14, 2009 at age eighty-four, had a remarkable career would be to explicitly understate the record. Bellson's success at age 17 in a nationwide contest sponsored by one of his idols, Gene Krupa, and Slingerland Drums set the talented wunderkind on a path that ...
Stanford Lively Arts Tribute to Miles Davis Culminates with “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory,” April 18
To commemorate the half-century anniversary of Miles Davis’ legendary 1959 album Kind of Blue, Stanford Lively Arts—in a collaboration with Stanford Jazz Workshop and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH)—will present “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory” on Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium. This unique concert will ...
Jim Hall: The Elegant Guitarist
by R.J. DeLuke
There's good news and better news for the many fans of guitar great Jim Hall--counted among them a number of established guitarists who are, themselves, eminent. It would be hard to find a guitarist who doesn't look up to Hall and whose playing has not been influenced by him in some way. Players relish Hall's rich ...
Louie Bellson Dies at 84
We regret to announce the unexpected passing of Louie Bellson on February 14, 2009. Tenative plans are for an L.A. area funeral, followed by funeral and burial in Moline, Illinois, his boyhood home. Details forthcoming. Condolences and cards to: Mrs. Louie Bellson c/o Remo, Inc. 28101 Industry Drive ...
Scott Hamilton: Is Expatriatism on the Rise?
by Nick Catalano
During my years as a jazz writer I have spent considerable time interviewing and writing about musicians who, for one reason or another, decided to pack up and establish permanent residency outside the United States. Many of the old beboppers (Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, Ed Thigpen and others) whom I had encountered through the years were ...
The Story of Jazz Guitar
by AAJ Staff
While in its early days, jazz guitar was considered a rhythm instrument alongside the banjo of Dixieland. In 1940, Charlie Christian and his Gibson ES-150 changed that and elevated guitar to lead instrument status alongside the saxophone and trumpet--instruments that could acoustically cut through the sound of a piano-bass-drums rhythm section. Here, we encapsulate some of ...
