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Mort Weiss: Mort Weiss Meets Bill Cunliffe
by C. Michael Bailey
If it is a Mort Weiss recording, bebop cannot be very far away. Competent bop clarinetists are as scarce as hen's teeth, the most critically accepted being Tony Scott, Buddy Defranco and Weiss. Weiss' most recent recordings, Mort Weiss Meets Sam Most (SMS Jazz, 2006) and B3 and Me (SMS Jazz, 2006), reflect his solid bop ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy DeFranco
All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy DeFranco's birthday today! Buddy DeFrancoBuddy DeFranco has the unprecedented distinction of winning twenty Downbeat Magazine Awards, nine Metronome Magazine Awards, and sixteen Playboy All-Stars Awards as the number one jazz clarinetist in the world... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Buddy DeFranco ...
Memories Of You
Featuring the music of Buddy DeFranco
Duration: 3:43
Buddy DeFranco on Shearing
When people talk about the “George Shearing sound," they are referring to a special combination of instruments that the pianist first assembled in late 1948—and how he arranged those instruments to produce a gentle, swinging approach to jazz. The instrument mix—piano, vibes, guitar, bass and drums—tricks the ear into thinking it's listening to a much larger ...
John Burnett Orchestra with Special Guest Buddy DeFranco: Down For Double
by Jerry D'Souza
On his third CD as leader, conductor John Burnett pays tribute to the music of Glenn Miller, Buddy Rich, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, among others. The music here was recorded at three different times, from 2000 to 2010, but there is an underlying factor that unites it all. The John Burnett Orchestra swings mightily, abetted ...
John Burnett Swing Orchestra / University of Missouri Concert Big Band / Either-Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
John Burnett Swing OrchestraDown for DoubleDelmark2010 John Burnett, an Englishman who now lives and works (as a morning host at WDCB Radio) in suburban Chicago, is a great admirer of the golden age of big bands in the U.S., which spanned roughly three decades, from the 1930s through ...
Toshiko Akiyoshi: The Music Keeps Her Young
by Jack Bowers
Pianist Billy Taylor, now in his eighty-ninth year, once recorded an album titled Music Keeps Us Young. I'm a firm believer in that and could point to several notable examples, one of whom is composer / pianist / bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi who was in Albuquerque and Santa Fe last month with husband Lew Tabackin to headline ...
In Memoriam: Herb Ellis (1921-2010)
by AAJ Staff
I met Herbie way before he joined Oscar Peterson, going back to at least 1953. Herb worked for me, and he also recorded with me a few times. He worked with me on the Steve Allen show--he and Barney Kessel would take turns. There was also a group with Buddy DeFranco and a tribute to Benny ...
Tommy Gumina
by Elliott Simon
It is the rare jazz instrumentalist who gains such a total understanding of their instrument that by technical innovation they change the way the instrument is played to achieve that elusive 'sound in their head.' Jazz accordionist Tommy Gumina is such an artist. When it comes to the accordion, Gumina's modifications and amplification development are on ...
John Pizzarelli: Rockin' in Rhythm
by Woodrow Wilkins
He's the captain of cool. It seems no matter which songs he performs, guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli always delivers a certain amount of dashing and debonair. Rockin' in Rhythm: A Tribute to Duke Ellington is no exception.Items repeatedly culled from the American Songbook can become trite. But Pizzarelli has a knack for making ...
