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C. Michael Bailey's Best Recordings of 2013
by C. Michael Bailey
For the last number of years I have been devoting myself almost exclusively to jazz vocals. This will be reflected this year as I will provide two best-of-2013 lists: one for (primarily) jazz vocals and one for everything else. Each year, there is more of both released than can be listened to. Vocal ...
NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton Dead At 92
Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Dead at 92 “I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white- they're just human beings. I don't dig staying in one groove. At this stage of my life, I've dedicated myself to playing what I want to play, how I want ...
Frank Wess, 91, Saxophonist and Flutist With the Basie Band, Dies
Frank Wess, who helped popularize the flute as a jazz instrument in the 1950s and ’60s with the Count Basie Orchestra, where he was also a standout saxophone soloist, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 91. The cause was a heart attack related to kidney failure, said his longtime companion, Sara Tsutsumi. Mr. Wess was ...
Vocalist Miss Justine In Collingswood, New Jersey Thursday, Nov. 7th!
The Jazz Bridge first Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 West Collings Avenue in Collingswood, NJ—presents singer Miss Justine on Thursday, November 7th. Downbeat is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Miss Justine has long personified ...
Guitarist Chuck Anderson In Media PA on Wed. Oct. 16th!
The Jazz Bridge Third Wednesdays Neighborhood Concerts Series in Media at the Unitarian Universalist Church —145 West Rose Tree Road in Media - presents guitarist Chuck Anderson on Wednesday, October 16. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Anderson, who ...
Trudy Kerr and Geoff Gascoyne: The Rhythm of Life; Ted And Gladys
by Bruce Lindsay
Great male and female jazz vocal duos are rare as hen's teeth. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé? Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan? Now there's a pair of new kids on the block--Ted and Gladys. Or is there? Check the sleeve of The Rhythm Of Life: Ted & Gladys and all is not quite as it seems. ...
Doug Mettome: A Brief Life in Bop
by Richard J Salvucci
Douglas (Doug) Voll Mettome, the son of Nels P Mettome and Leafy Dawn Mettome was born into a prosperous family on March 19, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he died on February 17, 1964. He was one of two children (a younger sister attended Northwestern University). Doug's musical career began early. His ...
Pete McGuinness: Voice Like A Horn
by C. Michael Bailey
"Did you hear the one about the singing trombonist?." It's not even a joke because there have been many a fine trombonist that also sing, to wit: beginning with the inestimable Jack Teagarden. Then there's Billy Eckstine, Wycliffe Gordon, Henry Darragh, Natalie Cressman, and one Pete McGuinness who releases his third recording as leader, Voice Like ...
Swinging On The South Side: The Heartbeat Of Chicago Jazz This Week On Riverwalk Jazz
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, vocalists Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris, trumpeter Duke Heitger and pianist Dick Hyman join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band—club-hopping on the South Side of Chicago from the “black and tans" of the ’20s to the grand ballrooms of the ’30s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, ...
Take Five With Tony Vitti
by AAJ Staff
Meet Tony Vitti: In 2008, I was a singer in a metal band, but I decided to play jazz and blues in 2012, after some tours, some scenes. Instrument(s): I'm a singer, even if I play guitar, I sing, sing and sing again. Teachers and/or influences?
