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Swingin' on a Riff . . . Hangin' by a Thread?
by Jack Bowers
Betty and I returned to Albuquerque on Memorial Day after attending Swingin' on a Riff, the latest in a series of marvelous semi-annual events presented by Ken Poston and the Los Angeles Jazz Institute for more than twenty years at venues in and around L.A. This one was held May 23-26 at the Los Angeles Marriott ...
Ella and Basie!
by Thomas Carroll
In July 1963, singer Ella Fitzgerald and pianist Count Basie's orchestra entered the studio for their first full-length recording session as a collective. They produced a gem for both veteran jazz fans and novices. The album features both artists in top swinging form and it is concise enough to serve as an introduction to those just ...
Michael Bisio: Stepping Into the Limelight
by Gregory Applegate Edwards
Bassist Michael Bisio has become an increasingly visual and aural presence on the jazz/improvisation scene in the time since he moved from the west coast to New York. Yet he has been a significant contributor in jazz circles for years, and success was no overnight thing. Among other ongoing associations, Bisio is currently the bassist in ...
John Gilbreath: Within Earshot
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
Over the past 90 years, a music scene has been developing in the northwest corner of the US that has provided a fertile imprint on jazz. It may not be as critically important within a historical context as that of New York and New Orleans, but Seattle has a landscape that has been developed and nurtured ...
Bassist Buddy Catlett, a Seattle Native, Brings Jazz Home
He's performed with the greats, like Frank, Ella and Louis Armstrong During the 1940s, bassist George James “Buddy" Catlett roamed the streets of Seattle as a teenager, performing with such future luminaries as trumpeter Quincy Jones and pianist Ray Charles. “Seattle was one of the hottest cities in America," Jones said, adding that he and Catlett ...
Here Comes Buddy Catlett
Label: Pony Boy Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Night Mist Blues; Here's That Rainy Day; On The Brink; Darn That Dream; Blackbird; Is It
True (About Dixie?); Blues For Buddy; Long Tall Dexter; Blue Monk/Mysterioso/Round
Midnight; Without A Song; Yesterdays.
Buddy Catlett: Here Comes Buddy Catlett
by Mark Sabbatini
Buddy Catlett is a snapshot of everything that's right and wrong with jazz today. A player with legends for more than fifty years--and supposedly Count Basie's favorite bassist--he's currently gigging as a sideman in a Seattle club on Thursday nights. Such unpretentiousness and enduring passion for the craft is what makes so many longtime players so ...
