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Bridges vs. Walls
by J. Scott Fugate
If you ask ten Americans “what does it mean to be an American?" you might well get 10 different answers.So it goes with America's only original, indigenous art form.Wait... we have one of those?Yes indeed--although it's rarely given the National respect or attention it deserves.Thus, if you ask ...
Wynton Marsalis: Newark, Delaware, November 2, 2011
by Eugene Holley, Jr.
Wynton Marsalis: The Ballad of the American ArtsBob Carpenter CenterUniversity of DelawareNewark, DelawareNovember 2, 2011 A Wynton Marsalis gig is not particularly news. But his appearance at the Bob Carpenter Center was truly newsworthy, as evidenced by the appreciative, near-capacity crowd who came out to hear his stirring ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy Bolden
All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy Bolden's birthday today! Cornetist Buddy Bolden is one of the premier legendary figures of jazz. Credited as the founder of “jass," later to be called jazz, he was the first player to pursue an improvisational style. Much is unknown about Bolden\'s life, however, and it has been difficult for jazz ...
Riverwalk Jazz Presents "Clarinet Marmalade" this week on public radio
This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents a survey of the great pre-war voices of the jazz clarinet. For many Americans, their only experience with the clarinet has been through high school marching and concert bands that often use clarinet sections of up to ten players. Yet in the early half of the 20th Century, the clarinet was ...
Am I "Jazz People?"
by Bruce Lindsay
I rarely write anything too serious in a JazzLife UK article and, for the most part, this month's missive will be no different. However, the summer of 2010 started very sadly for UK jazz with the deaths of four popular, talented and influential musicians, and it seems appropriate to write a few words to remember each ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy Bolden
All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy Bolden's birthday today! Buddy BoldenBuddy Bolden - cornet (1877 - 1931) Cornetist Buddy Bolden is one of the premier legendary figures of jazz. Credited as the founder of “jass," later to be called jazz, he was the first player to pursue an improvisational style... more ...
"Louis" A Silent Movie with Live Accompaniment at the Keswick Theatre
by Wade Luquet
"Louis" A Silent Movie with Live AccompanimentAugust 31, 2010Keswick TheaterGlenside, Pennsylvania The Keswick Theatre returned to its roots with a twist. The elegant music venue in suburban Philadelphia built in 1928 as a movie and vaudeville house was one of the five cities hosting a showing of the silent film “Louis." ...
James Zollar: Zollar System
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It is an unfortunate fact that trumpeter James Zollar is nowhere near as well-known as he should be. But that may be about to change. Zollar Systems may be about to put Zollar in an orbit all his own. A genuine renaissance man of the horn, Zollar is a singular voice on the instrument that is ...
The Jazz Fiction Anthology
by Florence Wetzel
The Jazz Fiction AnthologySascha Feinstein and David Rife, EditorsSoftcover; 500 pagesISBN: 978-0-253-22137-7Publisher2009 This fine anthology of jazz fiction is a treasure trove of stories and characters that illuminate the multicolored world of jazz. The editors--Sascha Feinstein and David Rife--are to be commended for their ...
W. Royal Stokes Donates Collection to the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives
The Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives at the University of the District of Columbia has acquired a significant collection of recordings, books, and periodicals from jazz author, historian, radio personality, and critic W. Royal Stokes, a D.C. native and former writer for The Washington Post. “The University of the District of Columbia is a natural and ...
