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Times Square Ball Drop? Who Needs It? Cookin' at the Jazz Bakery on New Year's Eve.
by Kim Vinson
Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Benny Green, Clayton Cameron, Trevor Ware New Year's Eve Jazz CelebrationThe Jazz BakeryLos Angeles, California December 31, 2008 Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Benny Green, Clayton Cameron, and Trevor Ware sparked a jazz-infused fireworks display bringing in 2009. Thousands may have watched with festive flair in ...
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 ...
Oscar Peterson: Oscar Peterson: The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of The Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953)
by Samuel Chell
How do you criticize pianist Oscar Peterson? The two primary meanings of such a question expose the divide among those who must confront his talent--and, like it or not, no musician or supporter of the music can duck the issues raised by the most prolifically recorded pianist in jazz history. To the one camp, Peterson's playing ...
Kenny Burrell: Mr. Good Notes
by Russ Musto
“I'm just trying to play the good notes," says Kenny Burrell, lighthearted laughter accompanying his response to the question of how he would characterize his style of guitar playing. The reply betrayed the genial humility that has long distinguished him as one of the music's truly gracious gentlemen. Burrell has been playing the “good notes" for ...
David L. Abell Memorial Jazz Salons Presents Benny Green
David L. Abell Memorial Jazz Salons Presents Benny Green The salon will feature jazz pianist, BENNY GREEN, a player with a sensitive touch, stunning technical command and a sturdy sense of swing. Green will perform two solo sets of music and engage in an interactive dialogue with a featured host and the audience. Monday, June 16, ...
Benny Green
by AAJ Italy Staff
Teatro Golden - Palermo - 06.12.2007 Una soporifera cascata di note. Si potrebbe definire così il concerto palermitano di Benny Green, alla testa di un trio coeso ma poco incisivo sul piano della creatività. Tanta la tecnica, ma poca la fantasia nel coniugare linguaggio del bop e sfumature swinganti. Peccato che a Green manchi un’adeguata dose ...
Benny Green: Teaching Jazz to the Next Generation
by Victor Verney
After exhibiting great potential as a young pianist during his teens on the San Francisco jazz scene, Benny Green, long regarded as one of the most promising wunderkinds of jazz piano, spent his twenties serving apprenticeships with a virtual pantheon of musical giants. During his thirties, Green fulfilled his early promise, making the transition from sideman ...
Jazz At The Bistro
By Benny Green
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Ask Me Now performed by Benny Green / Russell Malone - 4:49
2. Tale of the Fingers performed by Benny Green / Russell Malone - 3:01
3. A Bient
Benny Green and Russell Malone: Jazz at The Bistro
by Mike Perciaccante
Russell Malone can play it all -- rock, pop, country, blues, jazz -- you name it. But as anyone who has heard his recording knows, he's most at home (and comfortable) when he's playing jazz. And we as listeners are rewarded with some of the most beautiful sounds, tones and phrasing possible on the guitar. On ...
The Place To Be
By Benny Green
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Nice Pants; Playmate; I Want to Talk About You; Place to Be; I Felt That; Pensativa; One of Another Kind; Which Came First?; Noreen's Nocturne; Concertina; Gravy Waltz; Folks Who Live on the Hill
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