Results for "Billy Taylor"

Jessica Williams: Art of the Piano

by Dan McClenaghan
August 15, 2009

Pianist Jessica Williams' third Origin Records CD, The Art of the Piano, brings to mind Brad Mehldau's Art of the Trio series that ran through five discs. In Mehldau's case the recordings were, of course, with his trio, featuring bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jorge Rossy (later, Jeff Ballard). Williams' three sets on Origin are all ...

WPFW-FM Host Jamal Muhammad Presents the Carolina Connection Special August 25, 2009

August 11, 2009

WPFW-FM's Jamal Muhammad Presents The Carolina Jazz Connection, with Larry Reni Thomas on WPFW (Washington, DC) August 25, 2009 Features The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan Interview! Jamal Muhammad of WPFW-FM, Washington, DC's jazz station, presents The Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas, August 25, 2009, from 3pm to 6pm. The program, hosted ...

New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Cyrus Chestnut, Jon Gordon, First Lady Michelle Obama, Cannonball Adderley and Todd Barkan

August 11, 2009

New York, NY -- The good news of jazz is the musical message of season 2, episode 7 of Jazz it Up! Pianist Cyrus Chestnut performs an uplifting jazz rendition of the gospel classic “We Fall Down, But We Get Up" (by Donnie McClurkin) outdoors in Harlem. The other featured artist is alto saxophonist Jon Gordon, ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Billy Taylor

July 24, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Billy Taylor's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Billy TaylorBilly Taylor encompasses that rare combination of creativity, intelligence, vision, commitment and leadership, qualities that make him one of our most cherished national treasures... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Billy ...

Willow Weep For Me

Featuring the music of Billy Taylor
Duration: 3:27
July 24, 2009

Billy Taylor: 88 Years...88 Keys...88 Videos

July 20, 2009

Dr. Billy Taylor, who turns eighty eight on July 24th, celebrates this milestone with the posting of eighty eight videos on his website, and a concert at William Patterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Taylor is the Artist-in-Residence at William Paterson University's Summer Jazz Week, performing with his Trio, featuring Chip Jackson on bass, and ...

World's Top Jazz Website Teams with Jazz Video Guy

July 16, 2009

16 JULY 2009 -- AllAboutJazz.com has joined forces with Bret Jazz Video Guy Primack to bring his popular jazz videos to a wider audience. “I've admired Bret Primack, a master storyteller, from afar for many years," said All About Jazz founder and publisher Michael Ricci. “Like everyone else who has seen the development of his videos ...

Marian McPartland: Living Through the History

by Maxwell Chandler
June 1, 2009

Marian McPartland, whose personal artistic history is deeply entwined with that of jazz, continues writing, touring and educating. Following her muse, she has encountered a who's who of jazz while leaving her own indelible mark on the music. Her radio program, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, is the longest running show on National Public Radio, and she ...

Jazz Giant Billy Taylor Inspires Philadelphia Music Students

May 22, 2009

A man sits at the piano and - across seven decades - the magic happens: Master imparts wisdom to student. Jazz giant Billy Taylor, 87, is giving pointers to budding pianist Dont Ford, 17. Taylor spreads his famous left hand over a dozen keys and ripples off a chord. “That looks like it hurts," says Steven ...

Jochen Pfister: Touring with Sheila Jordan

by AAJ Staff
March 6, 2009

German pianist Jochen Pfister had played in workshops with Sheila Jordan in Germany and, at her invitation, in the United States. In 2008, while in Cologne, he asked her if she might be interested in a German tour. “Yes" was the answer, and now it's about happen The first gig is Friday Match 6, 2009, in ...