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Article: In Pictures

23rd Punta Del Este Jazz Festival In Uruguay (Second Night)

by Pablo Reyes
January 11, 2019

For its second night of music on January 4, the 23rd Punta del Este Jazz Festival in Uruguay welcomed saxophonist Gary Smulyan playing the music of Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan with bassist David Wong, drummer Rodney Green and trumpeter Diego Urcola. Also onstage were the Aaron Diehl trio with Paul Sikivie and Quincy Davis as ...

News: Recording

A Family Feeling: Temple University Jazz Faculty Record New Music By Bruce Barth

August 26, 2018

In June, six members of Temple University’s noted jazz faculty gathered in Bunker Hill Studio in Brooklyn to record eight tracks of new music composed by Bruce Barth. Terell Stafford, director of Jazz Studies at Temple, lead the charge and the result, Family Feeling, is a reflection on the warm camaraderie between Terell Stafford (trumpet); Dick ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Benny Green

April 4, 2018

All About Jazz is celebrating Benny Green's birthday today! Born in New York in 1963, Benny Green grew up in Berkeley, California, and began classical piano studies at the age of seven. Influenced by his father, a tenor saxophonist, his attention soon turned into Jazz: “I began trying to improvise on the piano, imitating the records ...

Article: Year in Review

2017: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 5, 2018

A year of achievements, challenges to gender inequality, scandal and losses The year 2017 was quite something for the jazz world. Incidents or discussions of misogyny and sexual misconduct bubbled up even before the #MeToo phenomenon developed. Beyond that, woman musicians made significant contributions to the genre. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage ...

Album

Happiness!

By Benny Green

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Introduction; The St. Vitus Dance; Announcement; Down Under; Martha's Prize; Sixth Avenue; 50-21; Chant; Pittsburgh Brethren; Twisted Blues.

Article: In Pictures

The Christian McBride Trio at the Tin Pan

by Mark Robbins
December 17, 2017

Christian McBride strode onto the stage of the Tin Pan in Richmond, VA. to announce that his regular pianist, Christian Sands, and drummer, Jerome Jennings, (refereed to as his younger brothers) could not be with him for their performance. He phoned a couple of his friends, (referring to them as his big brothers), to see if ...

Article: Interview

Wouter Turkenburg: Jazz Education in the New Millennium

by Victor L. Schermer
October 17, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 All About Jazz and Wouter Turkenburg would like to dedicate this interview to the memory of saxophonist Michael Brecker (1949-2007). In addition to his prodigious accomplishments as an instrumentalist and band leader, Brecker was an exceptional worldwide ...

Article: In Pictures

Smokin' at The Nash

by Dave Kaufman
September 10, 2017

Jazz cognoscenti may not think of Phoenix as a hotbed of great jazz. However, a confluence of factors contributes to a remarkably vibrant jazz scene. The city boasts a wealth of excellent jazz education programs spread across universities and community colleges. This has attracted great musicians and educators from around the country who play the local ...

Article: In Pictures

Umbria Jazz 2017

by Roberto Cifarelli
July 31, 2017

Photos of the Umbria Jazz Festival, featuring among many others Wayne Shorter, 5 by Monk by 5: Kenny Barron, Eric Reed, Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Green and Dado Moroni; the trio of Egberto Gismonti, Stefano Bollani and Hamilton de Holland and the Umbria Jazz Orchestra directed by Ryan Truesdell featuring Steve Wilson, Paolo Fresu, Jay Anderson and ...

Article: Live Review

Umbria Jazz 2017

by Libero Farnè
July 23, 2017

Umbria Jazz Perugia Varie sedi 7-16.7.2017 Mantenendosi fedele alla sua consolidata formula, Umbria Jazz si è protratta per dieci giorni su vari palcoscenici, con concerti gratuiti e a pagamento, cercando di adeguare stili e proposte differenti ai diversi contesti interessati e rivolgendosi quindi a diverse fasce di pubblico. In particolare, la ...