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Article: Film Review

Rick Stepton: Off-The-Cuff Trombone

by Nicholas F. Mondello
January 19, 2016

There's a fascinating--almost stunning--moment mid-way through Off-the-Cuff Trombone wherein the late Buddy Rich is accompanying and intently observing trombonist Rick Stepton as Stepton solos with great intensity and zeal. Perceptive eyes can see that Rich, the toughest of tough customers, is visibly and physically moved at what he's heard. It's a not-so-subtle acknowledgement of the utmost ...

Article: Year in Review

Top 12 "Read" Album Reviews: 2015

by Michael Ricci
December 31, 2015

All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top twelve published in 2015. East River PLS.trio by Karl Ackermann Published: February 22, 2015 The Thompson Fields Maria Schneider Orchestra by Dan Bilawsky ...

Album

Birdland

By Buddy Rich

Label: Lobitos Creek Ranch
Released: 2015
Track listing: Mexicali Rose; Birdland; Milestones; Just Friends; CTA; God Bless The Child; Moments Notice; I Hear A Rhapsody; Three Day Suckers; Parthenia; Keep The Customer Satisfied.

Article: Album Review

Five Play: Live at the Deer Head Inn

Read "Live at the Deer Head Inn" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
December 1, 2015

I haven't been to the Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania in years. But if I make it there, I hope to time my visit to coincide with Five Play at theDeer Head Inn, which bills itself as the “oldest continuously running jazz club in the country." Long may it prosper, for there are good musical things ...

Article: Album Review

Patrick Williams: Home Suite Home

Read "Home Suite Home" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 2, 2015

Composer, arranger and band leader Patrick Williams leads some of the finest jazz musicians in L.A. on another exciting portrait of big band swing on Home Suite Home, an album that's far more personal than all of his previous works. Documenting a personal homage to his family and his first musical love, Williams pays tribute to ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Buddy Rich

September 30, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Buddy Rich's birthday today! Arguably the greatest jazz drummer of all time, the legendary Buddy Rich exhibited his love for music through the dedication of his life to the art. His was a career that spanned seven decades, beginning when Rich was 18 months old and continuing until his death in ...

Article: Drum Addiction

Less Is More? Really?

by Mat Marucci
August 11, 2015

There have been popular views by certain so-called experts that seem to have been accepted as dogma, the term “less is more" being one of them. However, as in any subject from sports to politics to science to religion, every pundit has an equal who has a contrary opinion. I, for one, am bothered by some ...

Article: Interview

Steve Smith: Drummer For All Seasons

by R.J. DeLuke
July 20, 2015

Drummer Steve Smith has traced the history of jazz drumming--pretty much most of American music drumming--in his storied career that has seen him drive big bands, small jazz combos, and fiery fusion groups, including tenures with Jean Luc Ponty and the rock band Journey. Though sometimes--as in the case of jazz-rock fusion--he was thrown ...

Article: Album Review

Walt Weiskopf: Open Road

Read "Open Road" reviewed by Blaine Fallis

by Blaine Fallis
July 20, 2015

"Premonition" was the perfect opening tune on Walt Weiskopf's Open Road album, because it sets the tone. It even matches the album cover...we're going somewhere fast, barely able to quite focus in due to the speed. But it's exciting! Bassist Mike Karn drives the band until 1:45 when he and pianist Peter Zak suddenly ...

Article: Interview

Bob Mintzer: Seeing the bigger picture

by Ben Scholz
July 17, 2015

"To be a great musician one must zoom out and be a part of the big picture when playing in an ensemble. The primary focus is on the greater whole. Only by doing this does a significant band sound emerge. If people of the world could only grasp this way of looking at things, we would ...