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Bob Brookmeyer: Jack of All Trades, Master of Valves
by Jack Bowers
Bob Brookmeyer, a Renaissance man among jazz musicians who died December 15, 2011, four days before his eighty-second birthday, will be remembered as many things: composer, arranger, musician, educator, outspoken arbiter who brooked no nonsense and wasn't shy about letting others know when he believed they were not giving the music he loved the best they ...
Pianist/bassist Ron Paley rejuvenates Big Band music on thrillingly eclectic new album
The Ron Paley Big Band is so big that not one musical style can contain them. On their latest album Bring 'Em Back!, the group accomplishes the nearly impossible task of marrying the Big Band sound with the unexpected. Considering that one of the record's most startling tracks, “Hot Rock Big Band," manages to stitch together ...
SuperSax Me
by Jack Bowers
Back in the early 1970s bassist Buddy Clark and saxophonist Med Flory conceived a brilliant idea: to form a group (primarily a reed section with rhythm) that would use orchestrated arrangements of saxophonist Charlie Parker's transcendent bop solos as the basis for its music. As for a name, nothing less than SuperSax would suffice. The nine-piece ...
Claire Daly: The Most Jazz Life I Could Ever Imagine
by Andrea Wolper
December 22, 1935. “I am going up the Taku River by dogteam to Fairbanks." “But you can't do that; there are mountains or something you can't get over. Anyway, it's no place for a woman." Thus man disposes of woman. That settled I went quietly about my business of getting ready.Thus begins the journal ...
2011: The Year In Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The ebb and flow of jazz in 2011 was marked by a Grammy Awards coup, a Grammy dustup, economic changes that consolidated the recording industry a bit, impacted clubs in various locales, and provided some new opportunities. The U.S. Postal Service literally put its stamp on jazz, even as the government wrestled with the future of ...
Birdland Big Band, New York, NY, December 28, 2011
by Dan Bilawsky
The Birdland Big Band directed by Tommy IgoeBirdlandNew York, NYDecember 28, 2011 Establishing a foothold in the world of big bands today is no easy feat. Strong label support and distribution (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, for example), constant touring, television appearances and festival appearances (as with Wynton Marsalis and ...
Take Five With Stockton Helbing
by AAJ Staff
Meet Stockton Helbing: I starting playing drums in the sixth grade, while growing up in South Carolina. After high school, I attended the University of North Texas where I played in the well known One O'clock Lab band under the direction of Neil Slater. That opportunity helped open the door to being hired by ...
Bassist Mike Boone's group at the Kennett Flash on January 4th
Appearing on Wednesday, January 4th at the Kennett Flash, 102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square PA will be bassist Mike Boone and his group. Showtime: 7:30 p.m. One show. Tickets: $10/$5 students. No advance sales. For info: Call 484-732-8295. Dreambox Media artist bassist Mike Boone has been a Philadelphia icon for many years, especially for his legendary ...
