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Trumpeter Cindy Bradley Interviewed at AAJ
Cindy Bradley first picked up the trumpet in the fourth grade and hasn't put it down since. She learned the importance of professionalism early on, playing at the age of 12 in a Buffalo area jazz band. Bradley would go on to earn a bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies from Ithaca College and a Master's degree ...
Cindy Bradley: Ready to Bloom
by Jeff Winbush
Cindy Bradley first picked up the trumpet in the fourth grade and hasn't put it down since. She learned the importance of professionalism early on, playing at the age of 12 in a Buffalo area jazz band. Bradley would go on to earn a bachelor's degree in Jazz Studies from Ithaca College and a Master's degree ...
Bob Brookmeyer: The '54 Quartets
In 1952, Bob Brookmeyer wasn't yet quite the aggressive valve trombonist and dynamic arranger who would emerge in the mid-1950s. Prior to 1952, Brookmeyer played piano in Tex Beneke's band, played some slide trombone, and by his own admission had very little contact with jazz musicians. Brookmeyer at the time had plans to spend his life ...
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Infernal Machines
by Troy Collins
The reverb-drenched cajon rhythm, subtle electric guitar washes and lush horn refrains that open Infernal Machines, the studio debut of Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, introduce the sound of a big band like no other--proving that the critical acclaim lavished upon this eighteen-piece ensemble since their first gig in 2005 has been entirely justified. ...
John Hollenbeck: Rainbow Jimmies
by Troy Collins
Percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck has led a diverse and multifaceted career since his early studies with legendary trombonist/composer Bob Brookmeyer. As a sideman, Hollenbeck has served alongside Brookmeyer, Satoko Fujii, Fred Hersch, Jim McNeely, Patrick Zimmerli, and others in addition to leading his own group, the unclassifiable Claudia Quintet. On a larger scale, he has ...
Mike Barone / National Youth Jazz Orchestra / Vaughn Wiester / Dutch Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Mike Barone Big Band Class of '68 Rhubarb Recordings 2009 While some may deem composer / arranger / trombonist Mike Barone's latest album gratuitous, those who were introduced to Barone's music via the band's superb recording Live at Donte's, 1968 should take enormous pleasure in hearing further inspired ...
Vaughn Wiester / Doncaster Jazz Orchestra / Kluvers Big Band / Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra Dreams Come True COJazz 2009 If you're going to dream, you may as well dream big, in glorious Technicolor with stereophonic sound. As Vaughn Wiester knows, there are times when Dreams Come True. Wiester's vision of leading his own big band is a ...
Got Big Ears? John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble at Painted Bride on February 28 and March 6
With a huge sound and mesmerizing subtlety, John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble combines the sonic range of a big band and the intimacy of a small group of closely-knit musicians. Hollenbeck is striking for his compositional process, one that is deeply immersed in personal experience and that uses the accumulation of simple elements to create a complex, ...
Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz
= winner Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball ...
It's the Economy, Man!
by Jack Bowers
Even though the present (and future) state of the economy here in the States is no laughing matter, there has been at least one tongue-in-cheek article about jazz musicians seeking bailout money from Congress and the Bush administration (still in power when it was written last December). It's presented as a straight “news" story, but musicians' ...
