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Raphe Malik Quartet Live at the Willow-PT.1
I recorded this 20 years ago, on 1/21/91 at the Willow Jazz Club in Ball Sq., Somerville. The musicians are: Raphe Malik-trumpet Glenn Spearman-sax Dennis Warren-drums Larry Roland-bass The passing of time only seems to make this material stronger. There is such fire and intelligence at work here. This tune ...
"Big Bands on the Edge-Video One"
By Steve Provizer In 1989, I got an irresistible urge to lose a lot of money and produced a concert called “Big Bands On The Edge" at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in Boston. The bands were: Either Orchestra (Russ Gershon, leader), Orange Then Blue (George Schuller, leader) and Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra (Darrell Katz and Ken ...
My Lyrics to "Central Park West"
By Steve Provizer There's a syllable for every note of Coltrane's soprano solo. I've tried to make the typography scan as close to the rhythm as possible. Play the song Central Park West and hopefully, you can follow. Sun's last rays, Filter shyly though a Grey urban haze; Close the ...
Movin' Day.
Over the next few months this thing will be migrating in parts to All About Jazz. I've been doing data base work there since July and now have a help column there. Steve has been working on making an ad sales operation there since September. Matt is also apprised and will be a contributor as well. ...
The Music Publishing Sham
By Steve Provizer On the more-or-less 143rd anniversary of the invention of the phonograph, the right to physically publish sheet music has become largely irrelevant-especially for jazz musicians. Yet “publishing" continues to exist as an anachronistic impediment to the recording careers of musicians. The imposition of publishing into the process of making a recording is a ...
"1st Annual Jazz Ghoul-Athon"
By Steve Provizer Ah, the elevation of John Lennon to sainthood. He did co-write and write some great songs. He was also occasionally a creep and often ah, not what he appeared to be. That said, my teeth are set on edge by the “where were you when Lennon died“ tweets, blog posts, etc.; a ghoulish ...
The Transition.
By Matt Lavelle Whew! You have to hit the ground running when you're in the midst of the grand transition.In an attempt to create an actual functioning life of music I'm dashing through the snow to leap over old worn out rope bridges over caverns to try and reach my holy grail.An actual stable life in ...
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