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Los Angeles Jazz Institute Festival - Woodchopper's Ball: Part 1-4
by Simon Pilbrow
Los Angeles Jazz Institute Festival Woodchoppers' Ball" Four Points by Sheraton at LAX Los Angeles, CA May 23-27, 2018 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 The Los Angeles Jazz Institute (LAJI), under Ken Poston, has continued for some thirty years to ...
The Andrew Scott Quartet: The Brightest Minute
by Jack Bowers
To say that guitarist Andrew Scott's new CD, The Brightest Minute, leans backward as much as it does forward isn't a slam, it's a compliment. It's always a pleasure to hear a musician who salutes the prowess of his predecessors--in this case, masters like Billy Bauer, Johnny Smith, Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Jim Hall and others--and ...
Mats Gustafsson
by Vincenzo Roggero
If Mats Gustafsson's approach to music were to be described with a single adjective, it would have to be intense." This applies to him both as a musician, as illustrated by over three decades of playing with stalwarts of the free and creative jazz scenes on both sides of the Ocean (Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann, Joe ...
Take Five with Charley Sabatino
by Charley Sabatino
Meet Charley Sabatino: Charley Sabatino is a veteran bassist with more than 35 years experience. He plays both upright and electric bass, encompassing a wide range of styles, and plays throughout the NY/Metro Area. Highlights of his career include: The Today Show backing the Children's Aid Society Chorus, Lincoln Center with Ben Vereen, Headliners at ...
Lee Konitz: What True Improvising Is
by Bob Kenselaar
Lee Konitz is legendary as one of the great individualists in jazz, an art form that has always placed an extraordinary high value on individualism and unique forms of expression. I've pretty much dedicated myself to trying to figure out what true improvising is," he says, as opposed to playing what you know and getting loose ...
Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter Evans: Electric Fruit
by Clifford Allen
Weasel Walter / Mary Halvorson / Peter EvansElectric FruitThirsty Ear2011 Percussionist and improviser Weasel Walter often uses the term face rip" to describe a particularly intense musical experience. In improvised music, you often don't get a blood and guts" approach; free jazz, in many instances, has been ...
Billy Bauer: Plectrist
by David Adler
Billy Bauer never gained much prominence following his stint with Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, and Warne Marsh in the late 40s and early 50s. In the ensuing decades the guitarist made his living as a studio player and teacher. His studio career ended long ago, but he still teaches to this day. Plectrist, released ...
Billy Bauer, Plectrist
By Billy Bauer
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing: It's a Blue World, Maybe I Love You Too Much, Lincoln Tunnel, Night Cruise, Too Marvelous for Words, Lady Estelle's Dream, You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To, When It's Sleepy Time Down South, The Way You Look Tonight, Lullaby of the Leaves, Blue Mist, The Way You Look Tonight (3 alternate takes), Lullaby of the Leaves (alternate take)