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From Britain to Boogaloo
by Chris M. Slawecki
Chris BarberMemories of My TripProper American Records2011 You will find very few jazz retrospectives more thoroughly, warmly inviting than Memories of My Trip, which celebrates six decades of recording and performing by one of Britain's most enduring traditional jazz musicians--trombonist, bassist and bandleader Chris Barber. ...
Changing of the Guard: The 33rd Annual Detroit Jazz Festival
by C. Andrew Hovan
The 33rd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MichiganAugust 31- September 3, 2012They don't call it the largest free jazz festival in North America for no reason. Every Labor Day weekend in Detroit, jazz fans try to wrap their brains around the diverse and generous offerings of one of the country's most successful jazz festivals, ...
Herbie Mann: An Amalgamation of Everything
by Bob Kenselaar
[Flauist Herbie Mann was often ahead of the trend with his wide explorations into sounds from everywhere. When I asked him in this 1978 interview where music in general was heading, he talked about a broad mix--"an amalgamation of everything"--which might be a good way to describe Mann's overall career, except that it doesn't account for ...
Chihiro Yamanaka CD "Reminiscence" Released In U.S. on May 8
Jazz pianist/composer Chihiro Yamanaka's latest CD, Reminiscence (Universal/Decca/EmArcy), is set for release in the United States on May 8, 2012. Reminiscence, featuring Bernard Purdie and Larry Grenadier along with Yoshi Waki and John Davis, is Chihiro's 2nd major label U.S. release, following 2011's U.S. debut, Forever Begins, and several acclaimed Universal/Verve releases in Japan. Reminiscence has ...
Talkin' Blues with the Groovemaster, Jerry Jemmott
by Alan Bryson
Jerry Jemmott's groove is the bedrock of guitarist B.B. King's career defining hit, “The Thrill is Gone." He was in the studio with Duane Allman and singer Wilson Pickett recording “Hey Jude," a track that was instrumental in launching the late Allman Brothers Band guitarist's musical career; and they were together again for flautist Herbie Mann's ...
WBAI Broadcast Underlies Need for Pension Benefits for Jazz Artists: J4JA! Takes to the Airwaves
On Monday, December 26th, jazz vocalist Keisha St. Joan and Local 802 Recording Vice President John O'Connor appeared on the NYC radio program Building Bridges Radio: Your Community & Labor Report, produced and Hosted by Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash over WBAI,99.5FM. In the segment, St. Joan, as always, is particularly eloquent regarding the injustices suffered ...
CTI Celebrates Kudu Legacy: Lonnie Smith, Johnny Hammond, Hank Crawford, Esther Phillips
by Chris May
CTI Masterworks' 40th anniversary reissue program has, until now, focused on producer Creed Taylor's primary label. Two multi-disc sets and 24 single discs have made available on CD cherished CTI LPs by artists such as trumpeters Chet Baker and Freddie Hubbard, saxophonists Paul Desmond and Stanley Turrentine, guitarists George Benson and Kenny Burrell, vibraphonist Milt Jackson ...
The Devil and Gil Scott-Heron
by Jeff Winbush
Live long enough and you'll either be disappointed by your heroes or you'll bury them.Did I say “heroes"? Sorry. I meant to say Gil Scott-Heron wasn't my hero. He was an innovator, a trailblazer, a pioneer and an inspiration, but he wasn't my hero.He was just one of the coolest brothers I ...
Take Five With Antoinette Montague
by AAJ Staff
Meet Antoinette Montague:Antoinette Montague likes to say she simply sings “people music." Make no mistake about it, she is a jazz singer through and through, but one who pushes the genre's boundaries. On her new recording, Behind the Smile, Montague sings classic jazz standards (new and old), resurrects lovely-but-obscure melodies, blends in blues and ...
